"The 21st Century (A Girl Born in Afghanistan)" - Greg Bartholomew's choral setting of excerpts from Kofi Annan's Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Performed by The Ethos Consortium, conducted by Paul E. Oakley in Charlotte, North Carolina, January 28, 2007. Mo...  more"The 21st Century (A Girl Born in Afghanistan)" - Greg Bartholomew's choral setting of excerpts from Kofi Annan's Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Performed by The Ethos Consortium, conducted by Paul E. Oakley in Charlotte, North Carolina, January 28, 2007. More info at gregbartholomew.com.  

Mixed choir «Saluto» (Lithuania, Kaunas); Karl Jenkins "The armed man: a mass for Peace" V. Sanctus. The Museum Hall of Kaunas IX fort, 2012.06.14, Lithuania Kaunas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Ramutė Štreimikytė

Choir of the Earth's August 2022 Concert Performance of Slava! - five pieces of stunning Orthodox Church music, including: ● Hymn of Praise, Rachmaninoff ● Ukrainian Prayer, John Rutter CBE ● Otche Nash (Our Father), Kedrov ● Shchedryk, a traditiona...  moreChoir of the Earth's August 2022 Concert Performance of Slava! - five pieces of stunning Orthodox Church music, including: ● Hymn of Praise, Rachmaninoff ● Ukrainian Prayer, John Rutter CBE ● Otche Nash (Our Father), Kedrov ● Shchedryk, a traditional Ukrainian folk song ● Hymn of the Cherubim, Tchaikovsky ● Outro & Credits  

This is the abridged version of "The 21st Century (A Girl Born in Afghanistan)," a setting for mixed choir of excerpts from Kofi Annan's Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Performed by the Southwest Minnesota State University Chorale under Stephen Kingsbury.

PEKTORAL Chamber Choir (Kyiv). Art director - Andriy Karpinets. First live performance of Ariel Ramirez' composition ''Mass for Peace and Justice'' (Misa por la Paz y la Justicia) in Ukraine. Solo - Dmytro Foschanka. October 18, 2011. Church of St. Al...  morePEKTORAL Chamber Choir (Kyiv). Art director - Andriy Karpinets. First live performance of Ariel Ramirez' composition ''Mass for Peace and Justice'' (Misa por la Paz y la Justicia) in Ukraine. Solo - Dmytro Foschanka. October 18, 2011. Church of St. Alexander, Kiev, Ukraine. VI International Festival "THROUGH THE CENTURIES AND THE COUNTRY". With the assistance Embassy of Argentina in Ukraine. This video contains two pieces of the Mass: 1. Introducción y Señor ten piedad de nosotros. 2. Gloria a Dios. Argentine composer, pianist and music director Ariel Ramírez composed the Mass for Peace and Justice in 1981, during the military dictatorship in Argentina. His childhood friend, the presbytery Osvaldo Catena, assembled the texts, amongst which is the Peace message of Pope John Paul II of 1979. Our SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/pektoral-chamber-choir/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PektoralChoir.Ukraine  less

Psalm 117 for SSAA Chorus unaccompanied Music and Translation by Stanley M. Hoffman (2000) Performed by the Peace College Chamber Singers Raleigh, North Carolina James S. Smith, conductor Music and Translation: © Copyright 2001 by Ione Pres...  morePsalm 117 for SSAA Chorus unaccompanied Music and Translation by Stanley M. Hoffman (2000) Performed by the Peace College Chamber Singers Raleigh, North Carolina James S. Smith, conductor Music and Translation: © Copyright 2001 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5776 Recording: © Copyright by William Peace University Raleigh, North Carolina. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Justin G. Roy Vice President for Communications and Marketing William Peace University.  less

A special African Prayer as performed by the UP Youth Choir 2012

for this final week of Advent, Brethren brings the traditional Austrian Carol, "Still, Still, Still". May these words give you Peace and hope as we "dream of the joyous day to come"...

The Lord bless you and keep you written for Sister Anita and the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, Wisconsin. A lovely Prayer for two part choir with piano or organ. Available via: https://www.timknightmusic.com/product-page/the-lord-bless-you-and-keep-yo...  moreThe Lord bless you and keep you written for Sister Anita and the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, Wisconsin. A lovely Prayer for two part choir with piano or organ. Available via: https://www.timknightmusic.com/product-page/the-lord-bless-you-and-keep-you-2-part-choir-piano https://www.halleonard.com/product/8771089/the-lord-bless-you-and-keep-you  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The world can be a terrible place sometimes as we’ve seen in the news lately. It’s hard to imagine how a single person can make a difference. Ch...