forst prize at the National competition "Concorso Polifonico Nazionale Guido d'Arezzo" nel 2019

German choir Kammerchor Vocalisti won the Fleischmann Trophy at this years' Cork International Choral Festival. This is one of the pieces they performed for the closing gala concert in City Hall.

Ancient Christmas carol from Piae Cantiones This is my arrangement for our community choir (Soprano, Alto and Bass), but transposed down a third here for me to sing. (The arrangement also has an optional piano part which I did not use for this recording)

Bournemouth Male Voice choir at St Ambrose Church in Westbourne. We Rise Again is by Leon Dubinsky, who grew up in Sydney and now lives with his wife and children on a seaside property in Cape Breton's Englishtown. Written in 1984 as a hopeful t...  moreBournemouth Male Voice choir at St Ambrose Church in Westbourne. We Rise Again is by Leon Dubinsky, who grew up in Sydney and now lives with his wife and children on a seaside property in Cape Breton's Englishtown. Written in 1984 as a hopeful tune for the musical The Rise and Follies of Cape Breton Island during a severe economic downturn, it begins: When the waves roll on over the waters and the ocean cries We look to our sons and daughters To explain our lives As if a child could tell us why That as sure as the sunrise As sure as the sea As sure as the wind in the trees We rise again in the faces of our children We rise again in the waves out on the ocean and we rise again.... The day he wrote "Rise Again," Dubinsky recalls, he was watching his ailing father observing his grandchildren playing in a swimming pool. Dubinsky's father had immigrated to Canada from the Ukraine, settling in Cape Breton; he would die a year later, in 1985. The words just came to him, Dubinsk...    less

"Eatnemen Vuelie" by Frode Fjellheim, arr. Alex Colaizzi (GCSF Class of 2014). From the opening credits of the Disney film "Frozen". Recorded live on May 4, 2014, at All Saints Episcopal Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Sing...  more"Eatnemen Vuelie" by Frode Fjellheim, arr. Alex Colaizzi (GCSF Class of 2014). From the opening credits of the Disney film "Frozen". Recorded live on May 4, 2014, 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.  

Thomas Rossin conducts Rutter's Christmas Carol, What Sweeter Music. Recorded at St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel, University of St. Thomas

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   choir leaders don’t last forever so there will come a time when a choir needs to find a new one.     If you’re the person ...

Rehearsal of Gilad Hochman's 'Whom My Soul Loveth' for Cello and choir (2009) with Kammerchor Aachen, Martin te Laak (conductor) and Walter Mengler (cello). Score available at www.giladhochman.com/vocal-scores © 2017 Gilad Hochman

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