11th International Choir Competition Maribor, Slovenia April 2011

Aha! TV Studio Recording at Kansas City Kansas Community College - May 2015

Phoenix Chorale Christopher Gabbitas, Artistic Director Composed by Roderick Williams b. 1965 Text by St Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582) Let nothing trouble you, Let nothing frighten you, Everything is fleeting, God alone is unchanging, Patience c...  morePhoenix Chorale Christopher Gabbitas, Artistic Director Composed by Roderick Williams b. 1965 Text by St Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582) Let nothing trouble you, Let nothing frighten you, Everything is fleeting, God alone is unchanging, Patience can obtain everything, The one who possesses God wants for nothing: God alone suffices Performance at Camelback Bible Church, Paradise Valley, Arizona On October 9th 2021, the Chorale's first concert, for a limited audience, following the Covid-19 hiatus. Video Direction: Andrew Staples Sound Engineering: Sound Mirror Learn more about Phoenix Chorale at https://www.phoenixChorale.org If you like our music, please Subscribe!  less

33rd International May Choir Competition Varna, Bulgaria May 2011

Angels We Have Heard on High, arr. David Zabriskie. The Virginia Wesleyan College Singers with Bryson Mortensen conducting, George Stone, piano, Lauren Lide, flute, and the Tapestry Bell Ensemble in Norfolk, VA. Like the Choirs at Virginia Wesleyan Colleg...  moreAngels We Have Heard on High, arr. David Zabriskie. The Virginia Wesleyan College Singers with Bryson Mortensen conducting, George Stone, piano, Lauren Lide, flute, and the Tapestry Bell Ensemble in Norfolk, VA. Like the Choirs at Virginia Wesleyan College at https://www.facebook.com/The-Choirs-at-Virginia-Wesleyan-College-1498497363730214/.  

DIVINE Chorale, GHANA - "ODO A ENNI KABEA" Composed by Emmanuel B. Darko (Inspector De Sanku-Man)

We are a non-auditioned Community choir, vibrant, fun and friendly, launched in Nov 2016. We welcome anyone aged 11+, no experience necessary. 3 concerts a year plus other performance opportunities. Inclusive and relaxed, free first session.

Recording: Nathaniel Dett Chorale Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, Conductor. Kendrew Heriveaux, solo - - - ( Traducción al Español abajo ) - - - Score available at: http://sydneyguillaumemusic.com/portfolio-items/ayiti-1-lesklavaj - - - English Tr...  moreRecording: Nathaniel Dett Chorale Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, Conductor. Kendrew Heriveaux, solo - - - ( Traducción al Español abajo ) - - - Score available at: http://sydneyguillaumemusic.com/portfolio-items/ayiti-1-lesklavaj - - - English Translation: 1- Slavery I come from Africa, the land of my father. From the French, Hispanic and English ships, I landed in the Americas, the unfamiliar land. This is Haiti, this is my story. I come from Africa with my strong religion, With banbous, drums, with all my soul. Right when I debarked, the villains muted me. They swore a thousand times they would convert me. They did all they could to make me lose my mind, To forget my ancestors who are still in Africa. Thus I cut the chords with words of Liberty, Words of Equality, words of Dignity. I spent three hundred years under the chains of slavery; Night and day I struggled with work, Carrying loads on my head, loads on my shoulders, For others to rejoice in the metropolitan lands. Slave...    less

La Chorale CasaSawt sous la direction de son chef de chœur Adnane Matrone, chante lors de sa participation au dixième Symposium Mondial de chant choral à Séoul en 2014. "Khlili" est un chant arrangé par Adnane Matrone

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] When I started my most recent Community choir The OK Chorale back in 2011 I decided it wasn’t going to be a performing choir.     Brig...