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The text of “In Those Years, No One Slept” is a scene from a time of conflict/war, by Romanian-American immigrant Claudia Serea. The score is at once rhythmic and exciting, haunting and unsettling. It was a winner of the 2018 Uncommon Music Festival Compo...  moreThe text of “In Those Years, No One Slept” is a scene from a time of conflict/war, by Romanian-American immigrant Claudia Serea. The score is at once rhythmic and exciting, haunting and unsettling. It was a winner of the 2018 Uncommon Music Festival Composition Competition. It is accessible for all fine high school, collegiate and community choral ensembles. Performers are encouraged to present this work in a more dramatic fashion than usual, “within (or surrounding) the audience.” 2018 Winner of the Uncommon Music Festival Composition Award & premiere in Sitka, Alaska, summer 2018.  less

text: Sophie BERNARD Music: Jean-Christophe ROSAZ by Ensemble vocal FaMajeur cond. Marie-Clotilde MOES --- Qui me consolera dans la nuit noire, la nuit plus noire que les hommes Non pas celle où l’on entre pour mieux sentir le monde, non pas...  moretext: Sophie BERNARD Music: Jean-Christophe ROSAZ by Ensemble vocal FaMajeur cond. Marie-Clotilde MOES --- Qui me consolera dans la nuit noire, la nuit plus noire que les hommes Non pas celle où l’on entre pour mieux sentir le monde, non pas celle qui contraint à l’infini par sa clarté soudaine Non pas encore la nuit de nos murmures roses, et que j’entends ton regard qui m’excède et la respiration de l’enfant (car il revient, analogie des anges) Qui me consolera sans toi, sans lui qui nous aime --- Who will console me in the dark night, the night darker than men Not the one where we enter to feel better the world, not the one that constrains to infinity by its sudden clarity Not yet night of our pink whispers, and that I hear your look that exceeds me and the breath of the child (for he returns, analogy of angels) Who will console me without you, without him who loves us --- Fluidité des lignes ou densité sonore, ombre et lumière, crainte ou sérénité, calme o...    less

Sheet Music available by sending an email to contact@santiagoveros.site RITUAL DEL NUEVO DÍA (Ritual of the new day) SSAA + solo Commissioned by Lockport Township High School Bel Canto Chorale and its conductor Benjamin Saunders About the Work (app...  moreSheet Music available by sending an email to contact@santiagoveros.site RITUAL DEL NUEVO DÍA (Ritual of the new day) SSAA + solo Commissioned by Lockport Township High School Bel Canto Chorale and its conductor Benjamin Saunders About the Work (approx. duration 4 mins.) When Santiago and I began to discuss this commission, we kept returning to the subject of mental health and inclusion. In a discussion with students, one student voiced that they “feel excluded and not cared for,” and that their struggle with mental health “has made [them] feel alone and helpless.” Santiago begins the piece with an old, quasi-ritualistic melody that calls back to previous times and traditions. As the work continues, the melody unites together with the other voices to emulate inclusion and unity of voices. His text draws parallels to nature and how we are able to bloom through the darkness of adversity with the help of others. We hope this work aids in our conversations about the importance of discussing mental heal...    less

L'9ATRA - Les voix du Choeur Les voix du choeur au concert du 22 Juin 2013 à La BNRM. Pianiste et Compositeur : Achraf Sbai Direction Artistique: Rabii Merouane Solistes: Hala Sbai - Karam Bensaber

AN IRISH BLESSING Music by Alejandro D. Consolacion II Based on the theme from the movie "Il Postino" by Luis Enriquez Bacalov Humans are subject to being relational with one another. With this, one of the horrors the Covid-19 pandemic has caused is...  moreAN IRISH BLESSING Music by Alejandro D. Consolacion II Based on the theme from the movie "Il Postino" by Luis Enriquez Bacalov Humans are subject to being relational with one another. With this, one of the horrors the Covid-19 pandemic has caused is the shutdown of all possible aspects of normal human interaction, and choral singing and rehearsals for the same are no exemption to the new rule. This does not mean, however, that distance defeats the purpose of creating harmony, especially in Music. It is in this light that I formed a virtual Choir from my group, CANTUS, as well as other friends from various Music communities. This is the product of a team effort: the singers, the pianist, the video and audio editor; you name it. Technology has given us all kinds of possibilities. But again, no words can ever express how much we miss seeing each other, teasing each other, laughing with each other, and most of all, singing with each other; simply put, just being together. The Music behind this benedic...    less

Music & Lyrics: Mick Jackson Arrangement, Musical Direction & Production: Doron Ben-Ami Recordings: ofer Yair Stage Direction: Shuki Wagner Editing: Orit Dembsky "Quinta & a Half" Ensemble: Inbal Ceder, Yarden Cohen, Ayala Fossfeld, Doron Ben-Ami...  moreMusic & Lyrics: Mick Jackson Arrangement, Musical Direction & Production: Doron Ben-Ami Recordings: ofer Yair Stage Direction: Shuki Wagner Editing: Orit Dembsky "Quinta & a Half" Ensemble: Inbal Ceder, Yarden Cohen, Ayala Fossfeld, Doron Ben-Ami, Matan Kaufman and Oz Weiss. Contact us: quintaandahalf@gmail.com or doronib@gmail.com find us on Facebook (Quinta and a Half)  

Yih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) [Psalm 19:14] Setting in English by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2003 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. ww...  moreYih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) [Psalm 19:14] Setting in English by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2003 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5864. Recording: © Copyright 2003 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.  

Yih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) [Psalm 19:14] Setting in Hebrew by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2003 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www...  moreYih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) [Psalm 19:14] Setting in Hebrew by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2003 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5864. Recording: © Copyright 2003 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.  

"Life is a Circle" by Swiss/Italian composer Ivo Antognini - August 8, 2011 in la Iglesia Sagrado Corazon, Puerto Madryn, Patagonia Argentina, Dr. Brady Allred, conductor, at the 9th World Symposium on Choral Music. Life is a Circle was written for th...  more"Life is a Circle" by Swiss/Italian composer Ivo Antognini - August 8, 2011 in la Iglesia Sagrado Corazon, Puerto Madryn, Patagonia Argentina, Dr. Brady Allred, conductor, at the 9th World Symposium on Choral Music. Life is a Circle was written for the Salt Lake Vocal Artists and had its official world premiere at the symposium. Life is a Circle By Black Elk ~ Oglala Sioux ~1863-1950 Everything the power of the world does, is done in a circle. The sky is round and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind in its' greatest power whirls. Birds make their nests in circles; for their's is the same religion as ours. The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon does the same and both are round. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing and always come back to where they were. The life of a man is a circle, from childhood to childhood. and so it is with everything where power moves.  less