Ass="view_more">Erik Satie's Sarabande No. 1 is one of my favourite piano pieces. For a long time, I felt there wAs an a cappella choral piece hiding within it, in plain sight. One day I got inspired and gave it a try. Creating a choral adaptation of a piano piece ha...  Ass="view_more_link" href="javAscript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreAss="view_more" style="display:none;">Erik Satie's Sarabande No. 1 is one of my favourite piano pieces. For a long time, I felt there wAs an a cappella choral piece hiding within it, in plain sight. One day I got inspired and gave it a try. Creating a choral adaptation of a piano piece hAs its challenges. I tried to keep faithful to Satie's original musical inspiration and created lyrics to go with my arrangement that evoke an early summer morning, one of my favourite times of the year. Several months later, I applied to be a participant at one of the Vancouver Chamber Choir's Interplay workshops funded by the SOCAN Foundation and to my delight I wAs accepted. "As dawn breaks" wAs one of the pieces that this amazing choir sight read for me on the spot. VCC director Jon WAshburn and choir members then provided me with valuable feedback, for which I am very grateful. NB: One day I woke up to the realization that I had independently written four choral works, each of which had evoked a different seAson, and so it seemed natural to group ...    Ass="view_less_link" href="javAscript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   We all know that singing workshops are just an excuse to string together a series of tea breaks and lunch breaks. And concerts are an excuse to have a drin...

"dawn" & "Birds from Ian Grandage's Australian Bush Songs Sunday, March 19, 2017 Congregational Church of Batavia, IL

Workin' for the dawn of Peace, arranged by Ron Jeffers Sunday, March 18, 2018 Congregational Church of Batavia, IL

Live recording 14/6/2015 Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta Bibione (VE) ITALY

Ass="view_more">《Waiting For You Until dawn》等你到天明 Composed by QU Xi-xian 瞿希賢 謠動地球村 Sing Around the World (國家音樂廳) Conductor: Meng-Hsien PENG 彭孟賢 Performance: Müller Chamber Choir 木樓合唱團 Performed at National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan June 2014 Facebook: htt...  Ass="view_more_link" href="javAscript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreAss="view_more" style="display:none;">《Waiting For You Until dawn》等你到天明 Composed by QU Xi-xian 瞿希賢 謠動地球村 Sing Around the World (國家音樂廳) Conductor: Meng-Hsien PENG 彭孟賢 Performance: Müller Chamber Choir 木樓合唱團 Performed at National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan June 2014 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mullertaiwan Website: http://www.muller.org.tw/  

Ass="view_more">Performed by Stella Choir - REPERTOIRE OF SPRING 2024 Contact : stellachoirstaff@gmail.com Conductor : jad.harjane19@gmail.com It wAs a quiet night – when a glimpse of light slowly gazed upon the sky. Awakening the sleeping souls – Joyfully singing –...  Ass="view_more_link" href="javAscript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreAss="view_more" style="display:none;">Performed by Stella Choir - REPERTOIRE OF SPRING 2024 Contact : stellachoirstaff@gmail.com Conductor : jad.harjane19@gmail.com It wAs a quiet night – when a glimpse of light slowly gazed upon the sky. Awakening the sleeping souls – Joyfully singing – Dancing in the ray of light – And slowly it will descend again from its mighty throne. Par une nuit paisible. Un léger rayon de lumière éveille les âmes dormantes. Les fait danser, chanter. Puis doucement, à nouveau, disparaît Composed by Ken Seven Conducted by Jad Harjane Video directed by Mohammed Ben Yekhlef at LADABATEK , Tangier  Ass="view_less_link" href="javAscript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Ass="view_more">Performed by the Graduate Choir New Zealand, director Terence MAskell; Michael Stoddart, organ; Auckland BrAss Quintet (Carl Wells, horn; Huw Dann, trumpet; Jonah Levy, trumpet; DouglAs Cross, trombone; Tak Chun Lai, tuba) Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland...  Ass="view_more_link" href="javAscript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreAss="view_more" style="display:none;">Performed by the Graduate Choir New Zealand, director Terence MAskell; Michael Stoddart, organ; Auckland BrAss Quintet (Carl Wells, horn; Huw Dann, trumpet; Jonah Levy, trumpet; DouglAs Cross, trombone; Tak Chun Lai, tuba) Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 22 April 2017. Audio recorded by Larry Elliott of Vivante Recordings. Film made with funding from NZ On Air.  

Ass="view_more">Performed by the Graduate Choir New Zealand, director Terence MAskell; Michael Stoddart, organ; Auckland BrAss Quintet (Carl Wells, horn; Huw Dann, trumpet; Jonah Levy, trumpet; DouglAs Cross, trombone; Tak Chun Lai, tuba) Holy Trinity Cathedral, Aucklan...  Ass="view_more_link" href="javAscript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreAss="view_more" style="display:none;">Performed by the Graduate Choir New Zealand, director Terence MAskell; Michael Stoddart, organ; Auckland BrAss Quintet (Carl Wells, horn; Huw Dann, trumpet; Jonah Levy, trumpet; DouglAs Cross, trombone; Tak Chun Lai, tuba) Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 22 April 2017. Audio recorded by Larry Elliott of Vivante Recordings. Film made with funding from NZ On Air.  

[A version of this article first appeared As a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   People pay good money to come on a singing course and want to sing As much As they can.     But everyone needs a break. How do you fin...