This post was orginally found on our Embro Thistle singers blog. I remember when we had Professional Development Days when I was teaching, the teachers would complain that they were more tired that day than from a whole day of teaching.  I had had...

12th International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf, Germany, www.modfestivals.org; June 10-15, 2011; Live recording; This is a service of Choral Festival Network www.choralfestivalnetwork.org; Competition Round 2, June 12

Who are we? Well, we are the Kórus Spontánusz! That was our answer, unexpected even for us, since we hadn’t thought of a name yet. It happened on a December night in 2001 in Sopron in front of the Dömötöri Patisserie where we sang Christmas carols for ...  moreWho are we? Well, we are the Kórus Spontánusz! That was our answer, unexpected even for us, since we hadn’t thought of a name yet. It happened on a December night in 2001 in Sopron in front of the Dömötöri Patisserie where we sang Christmas carols for the passersby. We didn’t notice being founded, only the joy of polyphonic singing. It was, and still is our experience that making music together strengthens existing friendships and facilitates the development of new ones. We started out with 13 people and our numbers have only been growing ever since, we count 25-35 members on average. We gladly sing anything may that be it religious or secular, Hungarian or from abroad regardless of its period or language if it fits our skills and numbers. We sing in churches, restaurants, museums, the Academy of Music, small villages in Hungary or Austria, at international competitions, libraries – anyplace where we are welcome. Singing in a Choir is a demanding activity; it takes a lot of time, energy, discipline a...    less

IV. THE SWEET COLD WATER We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity. We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours. Texts by Rumi, translated by Colem...  moreIV. THE SWEET COLD WATER We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity. We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double Choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, speak to us with both vivid immediacy and transcendence. The idea for the piece originated with the Mellon Elemental Arts Initiative, which propo...    less

Beatus Vir RV 597 Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Coro Academia Concerto Altamiro Bernardes Madrigal Mackenzie Parcival Módolo Catedral Metropolitana de Sorocaba 15 de agosto de 2007

2013.5.20 北歐音畫夏季音樂會 2 大東文化藝術中心演藝廳 指揮: 科勒.漢肯 Kåre Hanken Da pacem Domine - Arvo Pärt 請賜平安 - 佩爾特 愛沙尼亞當代著名作曲家佩爾特（Arvo Pärt, 1935-），1976年起，他創造出以單一和弦支撐全曲結構的作曲手法，如教堂的單一鐘聲般，稱為「鐘」（tintinnabuli）手法，代表作為〈聖母讚主曲〉（Magnificat, 1989）。〈請賜平安〉是2004年受西班牙古樂專家沙瓦爾（J...  more2013.5.20 北歐音畫夏季音樂會 2 大東文化藝術中心演藝廳 指揮: 科勒.漢肯 Kåre Hanken Da pacem Domine - Arvo Pärt 請賜平安 - 佩爾特 愛沙尼亞當代著名作曲家佩爾特（Arvo Pärt, 1935-），1976年起，他創造出以單一和弦支撐全曲結構的作曲手法，如教堂的單一鐘聲般，稱為「鐘」（tintinnabuli）手法，代表作為〈聖母讚主曲〉（Magnificat, 1989）。〈請賜平安〉是2004年受西班牙古樂專家沙瓦爾（Jordi Savall, 1942-）委託而作，他在女中音聲部置入葛利果聖歌素材，其餘聲部尾隨作和聲變化，安靜地呈現樂曲，佩爾特也特別將這首禱詞獻給2004年馬德里車站爆炸案的犧牲者。 Da pacem Domine, in diebus nostris quia non est alius qui pugnet pro nobis nisi tu Deus noster. 主啊！在我們活著的每一天，請賜我們平安 因為除你以外 再沒有誰 會為我們而爭戰  

The Lassus Scholars, named after the great Renaissance composer Orlande de Lassus, seek to achieve excellence in expression and interpretation in all musical styles from the 16th century to the present day.

The fundamental connection between music and scenic performance – this will be the intent with which CHOREOS wants to produce a new quality of musical scenic performances. The long-term experience of scenic choreographic work with different Choirs shows ...  moreThe fundamental connection between music and scenic performance – this will be the intent with which CHOREOS wants to produce a new quality of musical scenic performances. The long-term experience of scenic choreographic work with different Choirs shows us that singing or experiencing music is always connected to a primal impulse to movement. This primal impulse is unfolded our production, connect it to space and light and bring it all together in our performance. The result is a new musical work in a physical wholesomeness in which sound and movement do not compete but complement and enhance each other in fruitful ways. We are not interested in creating pictures for the music – we enhance the uncompromising sound to another level of perception, we heighten and amplify the body consciousness of our singing performers. We use the knowledge about the space and the powerful energies therein for our performances of Choir singing. The dialogue between the perception of the inside and outside, the area of tension ...    less

12th International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf, Germany, www.modfestivals.org; June 10-15, 2011; Live recording; This is a service of Choral Festival Network www.choralfestivalnetwork.org; Competition Round 1, June 11

If you’re a singer on your way to a voice lesson, rehearsal, or audition, it’s always good to do a bit of warming up in the car, because there are few things more annoying to music directors than singers wasting time complaining that they&rsqu...