I Thank You God was commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and premiered at the National ACDA Convention in February, 1999. The text is adapted from the E.E. Cummings poem of the same name. Composer Gwyneth Walker writes: "Thi...  moreI Thank You God was commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and premiered at the National ACDA Convention in February, 1999. The text is adapted from the E.E. Cummings poem of the same name. Composer Gwyneth Walker writes: "This is a poem of grandeur and of praise. Therefore it might be expected that this musical setting would aim at vastness, grandeur and awakening." Walker accomplishes this through a variety of means. First, the piano introduction includes slowly unfolding piano arpeggios which focus on open intervals of octaves, fifths and fourths, exploiting the full range of the piano keyboard. The composer also takes the Singers on a harmonic journey which begins in a low register in C minor, and then travels through a number of other key areas until it reaches the distant key of G-flat. At this point, the voices are drawn closely together into a tone cluster containing the pitches G-flat, A-flat and B-flat, only to open apart into the glorious C major chords which conclude the ...    less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I regularly run weekend workshops with up to 40 Singers.     Photo by Dennis Mojado   Sometimes I include name games to get to kn...

Joho Choir Tour 2013 - Viking Singers perform in the Neptune Pool at Hearst Castle

National Competition in Fermo 18 ottobre 2015

County Town Singers perform Masters in This Hall (Audrey Snyder) at their December 4, 2010 Christmas Concert at Simcoe Street United Church, Oshawa, ON

Barrie Cabena's "Prayer of St. Francis", performed by The Larkin Singers under the direction of Matthew Larkin. Fire & Light, September 11, 2010, Christ Church Deer Park, Toronto.

Vancouver Cantata Singers perform John Rutter's arrangement of the traditional folk song, Dashing Away with a Smoothing Iron. Recorded in the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, live at Spinal Chord 2012. Watch in HD!

SUNDAY 24 MAY at 2.15pm THE ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL in Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire - website www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk  We make our first appearance at this prestigious National festival in a beautiful church  -- I...

We are excited to launch our terrific program for Australia's most dynamic Singers Festival! Melbourne InterNational Singes Festival - 5 to 10 June 2013   Melbourne has always been seen as the home of great arts and culture in Australia. So wh...

2013.5.20 北歐音畫夏季音樂會 2 大東文化藝術中心演藝廳 指揮: 科勒.漢肯 Kåre Hanken Psalm 100: Jauchzet den Herrn, alle Welt! - Felix Mendelssohn 詩篇100篇：普天下當向耶和華歡呼 - 孟德爾頌 孟德爾頌（Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847）為浪漫時期德國作曲家，也是1830-40年代德國音樂的先鋒。其音樂風格融合了巴哈對位手法、莫札特整齊曲式結構與旋律優美以及貝多芬帶...  more2013.5.20 北歐音畫夏季音樂會 2 大東文化藝術中心演藝廳 指揮: 科勒.漢肯 Kåre Hanken Psalm 100: Jauchzet den Herrn, alle Welt! - Felix Mendelssohn 詩篇100篇：普天下當向耶和華歡呼 - 孟德爾頌 孟德爾頌（Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847）為浪漫時期德國作曲家，也是1830-40年代德國音樂的先鋒。其音樂風格融合了巴哈對位手法、莫札特整齊曲式結構與旋律優美以及貝多芬帶有戲劇性的力量。 〈普天下當向耶和華歡呼〉為1843年孟德爾頌接任柏林皇家教堂合唱團指揮後，寫給兩組混聲四部合唱團的教會合唱曲，並於隔年1844年完成。作品選用聖經詩篇100篇為歌詞，文詞優美，表達上主子民內心的欣喜讚美，以及對上主拯救恩典必然來臨的信心與篤定，並展現出十六世紀末威尼斯樂派複合唱風格。 Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt! Dienet dem Herrn mit Freuden; Kommt vor sein Angesicht mit Frohlocken! Erkennet, daß der Herr Gott ist! Er hat uns gemacht, und nicht wir selbst zu seinem Volk und zu Schaafen seiner Wei-de. Gehet zu seinen Toren ein, mit Danken, Zu seinen Vorhöfen, mit Loben; danket ihm, lobet seinen Namen! Denn der Herr ist freundlich, und seine Gnade währet ewig und seine Wahrheit für und für. 普天下當向耶和華歡呼！ 你們當樂意事奉耶和華， 當來向祂歌唱！ 你們當曉得耶和華是神！ 我們是祂造的， 也是屬祂的；我們是他祂的民， 也是祂草場的羊。 當稱謝進入祂的門； 當讚美進入祂的院。 當感謝祂，稱頌祂的名！ 因為耶和華本為善。 祂的慈愛存到永遠； 祂的信實直到萬代。  less