CANTUS Festival Orchestra Franz Miguel Ramirez, conductor

Come to Me, My Love Norman Dello Joio Western High School Fort Lauderdale, FL US Western Singers Brandon Monse, director Michele Cabeza, piano Florida Vocal Association 2011 South State Choral Music Performance Assessment Wertheim Perfor...  moreCome to Me, My Love Norman Dello Joio Western High School Fort Lauderdale, FL US Western Singers Brandon Monse, director Michele Cabeza, piano Florida Vocal Association 2011 South State Choral Music Performance Assessment Wertheim Performing Arts Center Florida International University Miami, FL April 28, 2011  

The OACC's mission is to make the joy of performing high quality choral music available to everyone, and thereby enrich the cultural life of our community. As a non-auditioned chorus, we inspire singers at all levels of ability to improve their vocal tech...  moreThe OACC's mission is to make the joy of performing high quality choral music available to everyone, and thereby enrich the cultural life of our community. As a non-auditioned chorus, we inspire singers at all levels of ability to improve their vocal technique through informative rehearsals and performances of a wide variety of music, including sacred and secular, classical and popular, and historic and contemporary  

Video: Ritvars Bluka Music and Lyrics: Laura Jēkabsone Audio: Morten Vinther, The Real Group @Cosmos Mastering, Stockholm MUAH: Jolanta Salaka Project Manager: Aiva Švēde www.latvianvoices.lv LATVIAN VOICES album SILVER (Sudrabs) https://www.latvian...  moreVideo: Ritvars Bluka Music and Lyrics: Laura Jēkabsone Audio: Morten Vinther, The Real Group @Cosmos Mastering, Stockholm MUAH: Jolanta Salaka Project Manager: Aiva Švēde www.latvianvoices.lv LATVIAN VOICES album SILVER (Sudrabs) https://www.latvianvoices.lv/product-page/cd-sudrabs-silver https://open.spotify.com/album/5dRWB31vyJkfqY2Y1uEbwc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LatvianVoices/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/latvianvoicesofficial/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/latvianvoices Silver Moon You taught me the sound of silence. There are too many words that don't mean anything. Now you are white and in you,​ my color reflects. I eat memories but can't get full. Long nights go by when I howl for you like a dog. You stop but I went into the silver moon. The storms passed and wars stopped. Times changed and we changed as well. My story now is white and in it your color reflects. After three lifetimes we will meet again. The castle will resurface to which even time ...    less

As part of The Vocal Art Ensemble's "INKSPELL--Choral Music Inspired by Masters of Poetry" concerts, this piece started the 'modern poetry' section of the concert. As the introduction states, Eric Whitacre's famous "Sleep" was originally composed to Rober...  moreAs part of The Vocal Art Ensemble's "INKSPELL--Choral Music Inspired by Masters of Poetry" concerts, this piece started the 'modern poetry' section of the concert. As the introduction states, Eric Whitacre's famous "Sleep" was originally composed to Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", but when Whitacre realized the Frost estate was not releasing permission for musical settings of the poem, Charles Silvestri wrote the poem "Sleep" around the music Whitacre had written. To honor the inspiration the poem gave Mr. Whitacre, and to further honor all poets who inspire choral composers, we presented this beloved piece with the original Frost lyrics.  less

Companion pieces "Lux Aeterna / The Road of Passage" from the CD "Sensation" and the DVD "Invocations of Ireland" written, filmed and edited by Michael McGlynn and performed by Anúna. Sheet Music is available from www.anuna.ie. Soloist Lynn Hilary.

Jakarta Festival Chorus (Male Chorus), I August 2015, GKY Pluit.

Recorded live from AfterGlow's concert "Pandemic & Racism: What's Going On." Concert location: First Presbyterian Church, Oakland, CA Date: August 7, 2022 Kymry Esainko, Collaborative Pianist Swen Ervin, Creative Director Arnold Lee, Music Director...  moreRecorded live from AfterGlow's concert "Pandemic & Racism: What's Going On." Concert location: First Presbyterian Church, Oakland, CA Date: August 7, 2022 Kymry Esainko, Collaborative Pianist Swen Ervin, Creative Director Arnold Lee, Music Director Video Direction: Omid Zoufonoun  

http://www.facebook.com/stellenbosch.acapella Music by: Antoni Schonken The Stellenbosch based acapella group, Acastella, performing Pater Noster (Our Father) Performed at KOMPOS, Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, South Africa acastella.stellies@gmail.com

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] What is a Choir leader without a Choir?   There are times when you won’t be able to be with your Choir in person. Here are some things to help k...