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TV star Nathan McLeod is taking his talents from the small screen to the church.

McLeod will lead the band Look Out Below at the Oratory Youth Concert Sept. 21 at Toronto鱿鱼视频app St. Vincent de Paul parish.
Known for his role as Gabe, the hot older brother who loves dishing out girl advice to his younger brothers on YTV鱿鱼视频app Life with Boys, McLeod鱿鱼视频app abilities go beyond acting. Performing in musical theatre since he was nine, the 18-year-old plays the guitar and piano, but thinks of himself as a singer first when it comes to his musical skills.

These skills will be on full display when McLeod headlines the Oratory Youth Concert.

McLeod is a Catholic and said he was attracted to St. Vincent de Paul鱿鱼视频app Latin Mass and has been commuting to Toronto from Oakville to attend the service since last summer. McLeod has performed in other churches before, but this is his first time doing so at St. Vincent de Paul. He plans on performing Christian rock, praise and worship and original songs. 

鈥淓very song that I write has a story behind it and God鱿鱼视频app always been a really big part of my life,鈥� said McLeod, 鈥渟o His influence completely affects what I write about, even in my secular music.鈥�

One of the original songs he plans on performing at the youth concert, 鈥淪tand Tall,鈥� is about God helping him through being bullied in elementary school. McLeod will also perform 鈥淯nborn Baby,鈥� a song he wrote for his older brother Nicholas. The elder McLeod is active in the pro-life community and is currently studying in seminary with plans to join the priesthood, says his younger brother. 

McLeod first turned to songwriting at age 12 when his grandmother Rose Sliger died of a severe form of Parkinson鱿鱼视频app Disease. McLeod recalls Sliger as 鈥渢he luckiest woman in the world鈥� who would always beat him at board games and who taught him about patience.

鈥淭ill her dying day she was the toughest woman I knew. She was for sure a great example for my life,鈥� he said.

鈥淕rowing up in music theatre, music was always a big part of my life that when something tragic and something that affected me so much as my grandmother dying, it really encouraged me to want to write her a song, which was the reason I learned the guitar.鈥�

With guitar in hand, McLeod will be playing with Look Out Below, a group of five friends from the Etobicoke School of the Arts. 

鈥淲e respect Nathan as a singer,鈥� said band leader Sanjay Parker, who classifies his band鱿鱼视频app sound as funk dance music.

Parker says they can鈥檛 guarantee they all will play together in the future, 鈥渟o we want to play as much as we can now.鈥�

The concert, organized by St. Philip Youth, will have young acts performing for their peers.

鈥淚 believe God is sending me on this journey of music to be in  a position of power so that I can be a good role model and bring about change,鈥� McLeod said.