In August 2011 the Family sang at the
BBC Proms,
Royal Albert Hall, collaborating with the
Northern Sinfonia, the
BBC Singers and
Kathryn Tickell. The group's contribution received universal acclaim across the UK music press. In January and February 2013, they recorded with
Sting songs for his play and album,
The Last Ship, which was released on 23 September 2013. The Wilson Family then performed those songs with Sting at a series of 10 benefit concerts, held at the Public Theater, New York, in September and October 2013. The show was broadcast by
BBC on 22 December 2013, and featured the group performing songs from
The Last Ship stage show and an additional unaccompanied song from their own repertoire, a version of a Rudyard Kipling poem "Big Steamers", put to music by folk musician and friend of the Family,
Peter Bellamy. ==EFDSS Gold Badge Award==