Prairie Spring by Greg Bartholomew A setting for SAB choir of the poem by Willa Cather. With optional piano accompaniment. Recording by Matthew Curtis (Choral Tracks). Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of fron...  morePrairie Spring by Greg Bartholomew A setting for SAB choir of the poem by Willa Cather. With optional piano accompaniment. Recording by Matthew Curtis (Choral Tracks). Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains. Prairie Spring was first published in 1913 as the prologue to the novel O Pioneers! Sheet music is available from J. W. Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/11208222.item Prairie Spring Evening and the flat land, Rich and sombre and always silent; The miles of fresh-plowed soil, Heavy and black, full of strength and harshness; The growing wheat, the growing weeds, The toiling horses, the tired men; The long empty roads, Sullen fires of sunset, fading, The eternal, unresponsive sky. Against all this, Youth, Flaming like the wild roses, Singing like the larks over the plowed fields, Flashing like a star out of the twilight; Youth with its insupportable sweetness, Its fierce necessity, Its shar...    less

When singing in groups becomes illegal, what is a choir to do? As the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the world, that was the question faced by the Grande Prairie Boys' choir and their conductor Jeannie Vanwynsberghe Pernal. This documentary follows their ...  moreWhen singing in groups becomes illegal, what is a choir to do? As the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the world, that was the question faced by the Grande Prairie Boys' choir and their conductor Jeannie Vanwynsberghe Pernal. This documentary follows their journey and explores how the choir (and the community that loves them) copes when the music is MUTED. All music performed by the Grande Prairie Boys’ Choir Conductor: Jeannie Vanwynsberghe Pernal Directed and produced by: Rew Jones Cinematographer: David McGregor Camera Operators: Cody Flynn Mike Evans David McGregor Rew Jones Additional Cinematography by: Nathaniel Fast Tom Gorman Sound Recording by: Cody Flynn Arjun Roy Chris McIntyre GPBC Sound Personnel Sound Mixer Chris McIntyre Grips Les Tunke J. Francis Morgan The Parting Glass Traditional Arrangement by: Trent Worthington Silent Night Traditional Arrangement by: Kaplan, Olusola, Bram Published by: Sony Music Publishing Sing Merrily a Song Written by: C...    less

To make a Prairie - for piano and three voices Music by John Graham poem by Emily Dickinson, 1830 - 1886 To make a Prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee. And revery*. The revery alone will do, If bees are few. Music sung ...  moreTo make a Prairie - for piano and three voices Music by John Graham poem by Emily Dickinson, 1830 - 1886 To make a Prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee. And revery*. The revery alone will do, If bees are few. Music sung (in the key of F) by the dwsChorale The scores in B flat and in F will be available soon.  

Tread Softly by Benjamin Bolden Prairie Voices, Between Friends concert. November 12, 2016, Westminister United Church. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Conducted by Geung Kroeker-Lee http://www.Prairievoices.ca

A fun choral work about the opening up of Canada by railroad, written by Canadian composer Jeff Smallman.

"Let's sing, it's Spring!" is dedicated to my uncle and aunt, James and Daphne Shaw, and their amazing clan, the "Bowen Island Shaws." I have given this song the sub-title: "A Crazy Choral Etude for Rolled Rs and Perfect 5ths." It is meant, no pun inte...  more"Let's sing, it's Spring!" is dedicated to my uncle and aunt, James and Daphne Shaw, and their amazing clan, the "Bowen Island Shaws." I have given this song the sub-title: "A Crazy Choral Etude for Rolled Rs and Perfect 5ths." It is meant, no pun intended, to be a musical lark, great fun for a choir to sing, rolling Rs like crazy, with no holding back. 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 them together into a choral suite that I have called "The Ottawa Four Seasons Suite." "Let's sing, it's Spring!", with its rousing coda section, works perfectly as the closing number of this suite. Also of note, in early 2018, 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. "Let's sing, it's Spring!" was one of the pieces that this amazing choir sight read for me on the sp...    less

Founded in 2000 by Dr. Elroy Friesen, Prairie Voices is an award-winning choir of 18-25 year old singers. Past directors have included Dr. Elroy Friesen, Kristel Peters and Nathan Poole. The current artistic team consists of director, Vic Pankratz, assist...  moreFounded in 2000 by Dr. Elroy Friesen, Prairie Voices is an award-winning choir of 18-25 year old singers. Past directors have included Dr. Elroy Friesen, Kristel Peters and Nathan Poole. The current artistic team consists of director, Vic Pankratz, assistant director Geung Lee and accompanist Ben Sellick. Prairie Voices performs in their own concert series, tours, is a regular guest of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and has recorded 6 CDs (including one as guest choir with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra). While placing an emphasis on performing the music of Canadian and Manitoban composers, Prairie Voices also loves to perform innovative contemporary choral music from all over the world. The choir uses energy, expressiveness and movement to connect avant-garde composition with a popular audience. Prairie Voices is known for their passionate style of performance, which combines exceptional vocals with engaging presentation to provide the ultimate choral experience. Prairie Voices has performed around th...    less

Walk Out On the Water by Royal Canoe, arr. Geung Kroeker-Lee Prairie Voices, Kanatakor concert. May 6, 2017, Maranatha Evangelical Free Church. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Conducted by Geung Kroeker-Lee http://www.Prairievoices.ca

The Grande Prairie Boys’ Choir is celebrating its seventeenth season, providing audiences at home and away with the gift of song from the hearts of 135 boys between the ages of 7 and 20. Along side intensive voice training, drama instruction, theory and ...  moreThe Grande Prairie Boys’ Choir is celebrating its seventeenth season, providing audiences at home and away with the gift of song from the hearts of 135 boys between the ages of 7 and 20. Along side intensive voice training, drama instruction, theory and sight reading in several smaller ensembles for several age categories, the choir produces 6 sold out concerts per year. Their most recent ambitions include producing a Symphony and Singing in the City concert with professional orchestral musicians mentoring local professional and semiprofessional performers from Grande Prairie. The Senior and Men of Note Choirs have travelled Nationally to BC, and ON and internationally to Phoenix, Arizona. In 2014, they entered and won second place in the Canadian National Music Festival and in 2016 were chosen out of 45 choirs to perform at the National Choral Conference in Edmonton where they premiered a choral piece Magnificat Anima Mea to huge acceptance. They won first place in Provincials in 2017 and traveled to Irelan...    less

"Today, this Spring", No. 1 from "Today, This Spring" by Libby Larsen. Text by Janice Kimes. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of th...  more"Today, this Spring", No. 1 from "Today, This Spring" by Libby Larsen. Text by Janice Kimes. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. Today, this Spring Is time for walking on the soft earth In sounds that sweeten the air And reach beyond the long dark sleep; For sun to warm the cheek, And quicken breath; A time to shed the griefs That brown the spirit of beginning; To trust the restless energy Demanding space and speak of life, My own, which recreates itself in you.  less