Hello everyone,   I wanted to let you know about a Book/ cd set that Ive just published. It's a collection of Makwayera style songs From Zimbabwe and includes 12 transcriptions and an accompanying CD of field recordings (24 tracks). Makwayera singi...

I should have gone on a holiday. I spent the summer re-reading "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" and "the Heroes of Olympus". I looked forward to "the House of Hades", the fourth Book in "the Heroes of Olympus" series. It was released on early autumn, whi...

Everyone Sang by Matthew Nielsen South Salem High School's Symphonic Choir preforming at the Oregon 6A choir championships. the fabulous amazing spectacular Carol Stenson is their long standing director. South Salem took FIRST PLACE at Oregon's State C...  moreEveryone Sang by Matthew Nielsen South Salem High School's Symphonic Choir preforming at the Oregon 6A choir championships. the fabulous amazing spectacular Carol Stenson is their long standing director. South Salem took FIRST PLACE at Oregon's State Competition. This was their second song of four. This whole competition took place at George Fox University in Newburg Oregon. the South Salem Saxons also took first at their Districts festival in Salem/Keizer Oregon. First Place : South Salem High School 'Saxons" Tied Second Place (alphabetical order) : Canby High School 'Cougars' and Sprague High School 'Olympians' Fourth Place : West Salem High School 'Titans' Fifth Place : Saint Mary's Academy  less

"Famine Song" by VIDA, arr. Matthew Culloton. 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 Direc...  more"Famine Song" by VIDA, arr. Matthew Culloton. 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. Written by the women's quartet VIDA and inspired by the stories of Sudanese basket weavers who expressed the pain and hope experienced by those in the famine of the 1980s. Ease my spirit Ease my soul Please free my hands From this barren soil Ease my mother Ease my child Earth and sky be reconciled Rain Weave my mother Weave my child Weave your baskets of rushes wild Weave my mother Weave my child Weave your baskets of rushes wild Under the sun comes the hunger to everyone Famine's teeth Famine's claws On the sands of Africa Rain Weave my mother Weave my child Weave your baskets of rushes wild Weave my mother Weave my child Weave your baskets of rushes wild Rain  less

the Twelve - William Walton Matthew Christopher Shepard, conductor Kurt Knecht, organ Sarah Reed, mezzo soprano Victoria Olson, soprano Soprano: Maggie Hire, Victoria Olson, Sarah Reed, Sydney Seratte, Sarah Sheldon Alto: Hannah Draper Burnett, Jo...  morethe Twelve - William Walton Matthew Christopher Shepard, conductor Kurt Knecht, organ Sarah Reed, mezzo soprano Victoria Olson, soprano Soprano: Maggie Hire, Victoria Olson, Sarah Reed, Sydney Seratte, Sarah Sheldon Alto: Hannah Draper Burnett, Joanna Ehlers, Josepha Haden, Katie Kendle, Nanette Kraus, Ann Lewis Tenor: Tom Assel, Mark Ball, Jacob Bleything, Nico Caruso, Daniel Hansen, Josh Maize Bass: Kyle Chamberlin, Andrew Cunard, Jon Duncan, Paul Eltschinger, Nick Gillock, Josh Markley Without arms or charm of culture, Persons of no importance, From an unimportant Province, they did as the Spirit bid, Went forth into a joyless world of swords and rhetoric To bring it joy. When they heard the Word, some demurred, some were shocked, some mocked. But many were stirred, and the Word spread. Dead souls were quickened to life; the sick were healed by the Truth revealed; released into peace From the gin of old sin, men forgot themselves in the glory of the story told by the Twelve. then the ...    less

Four Irish Songs on Poems of William Allingham. http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Scott_Villard

'Down in the River' to Pray arr by Matthew Culloton Cantores Celestes Women's Choir Kelly Galbraith, Director LIVE in Concert Apr 23, 2016 concert: 'Songs of the Universe' www.cantorescelestes.com FaceBook.com/CantoresCelestes Twitter.com/Cantores_choir

Back by popular demand, my workshop for choral directors, Conduct with Charisma, will run again on 24 November 2012. Details of the content and how to Book can be found at http://www.helpingyouharmonise.com/charisma_workshop and you can also get...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In David Zweig’s Book he talks about Invisibles: people who are unseen when their job is done perfectly (who only draw attention to themselves ...