[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’m having a tough time writing this blog post.   Colleen is bored by scragz   I didn’t sleep well last Night, I’ve been...

BÜMK Klasik Müzik Korosu Şef: Kaan Bayır Albert Long HAll Mayıs 2011 Lux Aurumque - Eric Whitacre

Hawaiian proverb set to music. "Love is like a healing dew washing away All hurt". From Lila Flood, arranged by Nickomo. This concert was the culmination of a six-week project which creates a choir from scratch for one Night only. Each winter and summe...  moreHawaiian proverb set to music. "Love is like a healing dew washing away All hurt". From Lila Flood, arranged by Nickomo. This concert was the culmination of a six-week project which creates a choir from scratch for one Night only. Each winter and summer, Chris Rowbury gathers a random bunch of singers from in and around Ipswich. There are no auditions and All songs are taught and learnt by ear. UsuAlly eight songs are learnt in six two-hour sessions and in the winter are performed at St. Peters by the Waterfront, Ipswich. http://chrisrowbury.com  less

The Lost Sound A cappella mixed voice chorus at Night of 1000 voices 2012 Exeter Devon

Let There Be Light by Craig Courtney South Salem High School's Symphonic Choir preforming at the Oregon 6A choir championships. The fabulous amazing spectacular Carol Stenson is their Long standing director. South Salem took FIRST PLACE at Oregon's Sta...  moreLet There Be Light by Craig Courtney South Salem High School's Symphonic Choir preforming at the Oregon 6A choir championships. The fabulous amazing spectacular Carol Stenson is their Long standing director. South Salem took FIRST PLACE at Oregon's State Competition. This was their second song of four. This whole competition took place at George Fox University in Newburg Oregon. The South Salem Saxons also took first at their Districts festival in Salem/Keizer Oregon. First Place : South Salem High School 'Saxons" Tied Second Place (alphabetical order) : Canby High School 'Cougars' and Sprague High School 'Olympians' Fourth Place : West Salem High School 'Titans' Fifth Place : Saint Mary's Academy  less

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...  moreErik 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 ...    less

Concert of Academic Choir of Gdańsk University of Technology after quarantine - a live stream! New technologies, absolutely new repertoire. You're welcome! We waited for a Long time when we would meet again at the hAlls of the Gdańsk University of T...  moreConcert of Academic Choir of Gdańsk University of Technology after quarantine - a live stream! New technologies, absolutely new repertoire. You're welcome! We waited for a Long time when we would meet again at the hAlls of the Gdańsk University of Technology and sing together. Although maintaining the required distance and security measures, we managed to meet for a few rehearsals, which we decided to end with a concert :) Due to the current situation, this time we are not meeting you personAlly, dear audience. So we invite you to an online concert, which we broadcast live from the Aula of the Main Building of the Gdańsk University of Technology straight to your homes! AdditionAlly, to make it even easier to feel at the concert, the broadcast is 360°! Repertoire: 00:37 - Laudate Dominum (Marek Raczyński) 04:01 - Peace, I leave with you (Knut Nystedt) 06:23 - Plegaria (Javier Busto) 09:57 - O Salutaris Hostia (Vytautas Miškinis) 14:10 - Wjun nad Wodoj (Irina Denisowa) 19:21 - Ederlezi (arr. Imre...    less

Stille Nacht - Silent Night - Cicha noc Zespół Wokalny Minimus opr. Marek Raczyński

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I never sleep the Night before running a singing workshop and I always feel terribly nervous before a concert – whether I’m singing or conducti...

"The Singing Place" by Joan Szymko. Text by Lily A. Long. Recorded live on May 15, 2015, 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 Dir...  more"The Singing Place" by Joan Szymko. Text by Lily A. Long. Recorded live on May 15, 2015, 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. Cold may lie the day, And bare of grace; At Night I slip away To the Singing Place. A border of mist and doubt Before the gate, And the Dancing Stars grow still As hushed I wait. Then faint and far away I catch the beat In broken rhythm and rhyme Of joyous feet,— Lifting waves of sound That will rise and swell (If the prying eyes of thought Break not the spell), Rise and swell and retreat And fAll and flee, As over the edge of sleep They beckon me. And I wait as the seaweed waits For the lifting tide; To ask would be to awake,— To be denied. I cloud my eyes in the mist ...    less