California high school choir group win big with BioShock inspired musical performance

The Powerhouse choir from Burbank, California's John Burroughs High School recently swept the Hart Encore 2022 competition with a show based on BioShock. According to Showchoir, Powerhouse's performance won first place for Musicianship, Showmanship and Best Soloist, sweeping all three Mixed Division categories. A video of the performance, posted to YouTube by Rob Arroyo, shows exactly why Powerhouse was so well-received. The stage design and wardrobe perfectly capture BioShock's 1950s aesthetic, and the music is inspired heavily by that same period. For example, Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary" is performed with the words "rolling on the river" replaced by "rolling underwater" to fit Rapture. The choir even inhabits iconic characters like Andrew Ryan and Sander Cohen, artfully adapting Rapture's downfall.

By THOMAS MCNULTY via ScreenRant.com.