[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Three years ago, for the first time in over 13 years, I started a choir from scratch. I put a call out to my readers for advice on how to recruit Singers t...

Catharsis by Stefan Klaverdal Performed by St Johannes Chamber Choir in Malmö Electronics played by Stefan Klaverdal Conductor: Christian Schultze Catharsis, menaning "purification" or "cleansing" is made in this context as a spiritual purification ...  moreCatharsis by Stefan Klaverdal Performed by St Johannes Chamber Choir in Malmö Electronics played by Stefan Klaverdal Conductor: Christian Schultze Catharsis, menaning "purification" or "cleansing" is made in this context as a spiritual purification for voices. Either for a concert setting (like this), or as an immersive piece involving the audience. Performance at Lund Sacred Contemporary Music Festival, in Lunds Domkyrka 2018. Score included in video. Read more on www.stefanklaverdal.com #lscmf #fst100  less

"A Palette to Paint Us as We Are" by Elizabeth Alexander. Text by Geral Rich. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir ...  more"A Palette to Paint Us as We Are" by Elizabeth Alexander. Text by Geral Rich. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. Give us a palette to paint us as we are. Enough of black and white, yellow and red, Those false colors that sham at fact. Coffee chocolate, and cafe au lait Ivoried-saffron and saffroned-ivory, Bronze and brass, copper and rose gold, Tea and pale butter, golden almond, Infinite varieties of browns and tans, Pale rose, pink, and soft rose cream, Mahogany, oak, cedar, and champagne. These are the colors of people I see, Not black and white, not yellow and red. Those false colors no longer will do. Give us a palette to paint us true.  less

University of Toronto Gospel Choir's Annual Christmas Concert 2013 - December 7th, 2013

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I looked at how Singers choose where to stand in their section (Don’t stand too close to me! – finding the right place to stand in y...

London choir Vasari Singers perform's Gabriel Jackson's anthem Let us all rejoice in the Lord. This was filmed in a live concert performance at St Sepulchre's Church, London, in October 2012. http://www.vasariSingers.org Video production by Lee Devine 2012

THERE IS NO ROSE by Joshua B. Himes. Directed by Gregory Cleveland. SERENADE performs at the MSVMA State Solo & Ensemble Festival, March 22, 2014.

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"We Are the Music-Makers" by Patti Drennan. Text from "Ode" by Arthur O'Shaughnessy with additional verses by Patti Drennan. Recorded live on May 3, 2015, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ense...  more"We Are the Music-Makers" by Patti Drennan. Text from "Ode" by Arthur O'Shaughnessy with additional verses by Patti Drennan. Recorded live on May 3, 2015, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams;— World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems.  less

Performance by the Mansfield University Concert Choir conducted by Peggy Dettwiler at the 2014 World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia. They won a gold medal and third place in the Mixed Youth Choir Category.