IV. THE SWEET COLD WATER We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity. We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours. Texts by Rumi, translated by Colem...  moreIV. THE SWEET COLD WATER We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity. We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, speak to us with both vivid immediacy and transcendence. The idea for the piece originated with the Mellon Elemental Arts Initiative, which propo...    less

WORCESTER’S Elgar Chorale is holding a concert to raise notes of a financial kind in support of Acorns - but the charity is no stranger to the power of music.   While the choir is excited about its Concert for Hope, which features Vivaldi&rsq...

Isang Gabi Ng Pasasalamat (A Farewell Concert)

The NGGC experience is about bringing you into our world. Delve into the UNFILTERED and embodied way we interact, and grow together musically. In this production we want to break down the 4th wall barrier which separates you (the audience) from us (the...  moreThe NGGC experience is about bringing you into our world. Delve into the UNFILTERED and embodied way we interact, and grow together musically. In this production we want to break down the 4th wall barrier which separates you (the audience) from us (the performers). We want this to be an equally memorable experience for you, like it has been for us. Join us, and see how this youth initiative developed into The NGGC Experience. If you enjoyed the experience, please like and chat with us live in the comments!  less

from a live performance in December 2023

live performance at TIMELESS in April 2024. Knox United Church, Saskatoon, SK.