Joy To The World featuring the Traces Gospel Choir and the Jens Wendelboe Orchestra on the NRK blockbuster Christmas TV show "Kvelden før Kvelden" (The Night before the Night) in 2014.

This post was originAlly written for www.onlinerehearsals.blogspot.com - I thought it might be of wider interest The time has come; some might say the time is Long past, for us to decide what we are as a choir and how we move forward. In many ways...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last time I wrote about whether it’s better to be over-rehearsed or under-prepared. I talked about people who like to spend a Long time working on on...

I think I’ve started a new project that is going to keep me learning new musical skills for a Long time….. I love working on choral arrangements, however the more I do and the more I think about them, the more I actuAlly learn. I am extremel...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

Downtown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net) NOVUS New York Trinity WAll Street, New York City Full Concert Video: https://trinitywAllstreet.org/videos/... Concert Program: http://shorturl.at/ouwFR Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net...  moreDowntown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net) NOVUS New York Trinity WAll Street, New York City Full Concert Video: https://trinitywAllstreet.org/videos/... Concert Program: http://shorturl.at/ouwFR Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Amy Schroeder, violin Jennifer Liu, violin Jessica Meyer, violin Mike Nicolas, cello Mitchell Vines, pianist Elizabeth Bates, soprano Ola Gjeilo’s Dark and Luminous Night portrays the passage of the soul from mortality to its union with God. Based on the 16th century poem by a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, St. John of the Cross, the piece depicts a soul leaving its “still house” and venturing into the Night. Seemingly fearless, the soul is guided out of the darkness by the light of love; Luminous Night reveals the soul’s fulfillment. Lyrics: St. John of the Cross One dark Night, fired with love’s urgent Longings – ah, the sheer grace! – I went out unseen, my house being now All stilled. In darkness, and secure, by the secret l...    less

Downtown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net) NOVUS New York Trinity WAll Street, New York City Full Concert Video: https://trinitywAllstreet.org/videos/... Concert Program: http://shorturl.at/ouwFR Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net...  moreDowntown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net) NOVUS New York Trinity WAll Street, New York City Full Concert Video: https://trinitywAllstreet.org/videos/... Concert Program: http://shorturl.at/ouwFR Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Amy Schroeder, violin Jennifer Liu, violin Jessica Meyer, violin Mike Nicolas, cello Mitchell Vines, pianist Elizabeth Bates, soprano Ola Gjeilo’s Dark and Luminous Night portrays the passage of the soul from mortality to its union with God. Based on the 16th century poem by a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, St. John of the Cross, the piece depicts a soul leaving its “still house” and venturing into the Night. Seemingly fearless, the soul is guided out of the darkness by the light of love; Luminous Night reveals the soul’s fulfillment. Lyrics: Charles Anthony Silvestri/St. John of the Cross Long before music was sung by a choir, Long before silver was shaped in the fire, Long before poets inspired the heart, You were the Spirit of...    less

Aufzeichnung der Night of Gospel Music 2011 in der Friedenskirche Ludwigsburg. Abendsterne - Der Junge Chor aus Ludwigsburg / Eglosheim Chorleiter: Jörg Thum Ton: Ulrich Thelen Kamera: Jürgen Häffner Regie/Schnitt: Frank J. Dürring Aufzeichn...  moreAufzeichnung der Night of Gospel Music 2011 in der Friedenskirche Ludwigsburg. Abendsterne - Der Junge Chor aus Ludwigsburg / Eglosheim Chorleiter: Jörg Thum Ton: Ulrich Thelen Kamera: Jürgen Häffner Regie/Schnitt: Frank J. Dürring Aufzeichnung vom 7. Mai 2011  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I went to see a concert by Village Harmony this week. It was over an hour Long and included an amazing variety of songs from around the world: Georgi...