"Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Jake Runestad. Performed by the Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble. Craig Hella Johnson, conductor. Purchase scores: http://jakerunestad.com/store/why-the-caged-bird-sings

Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane, Arr. Peter Gritton - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Swara Vocal Ensemble, Belgium

The male Vocal quintet Thios Omilos was founded in 2002 by members of Thomanerchor Leipzig. Ensemble Thios Omilos: Patrick Grahl, tenor; Cornelius Frommelt, tenor; Tobias Ay, bariton; Phillipp Goldmann, bass; Emmanuel Jessel, bass ''Gloria'', ''Credo...  moreThe male Vocal quintet Thios Omilos was founded in 2002 by members of Thomanerchor Leipzig. Ensemble Thios Omilos: Patrick Grahl, tenor; Cornelius Frommelt, tenor; Tobias Ay, bariton; Phillipp Goldmann, bass; Emmanuel Jessel, bass ''Gloria'', ''Credo'' from Hans Leo Hassler's Missa Dixit Maria Official web site: http://www.thiosomilos.de/  

Cantu Spiritus means "singing spirit" in Latin. We are a select group of choristers from the Santa Fe, NM area. Our repertoire includes chamber works from the late Medieval to the Modern Era with emphasis on the polyphonic works of the Renaissan...  moreCantu Spiritus means "singing spirit" in Latin. We are a select group of choristers from the Santa Fe, NM area. Our repertoire includes chamber works from the late Medieval to the Modern Era with emphasis on the polyphonic works of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.  

Diederik van der Laag - Pursue Light Text: Omar Khayyam Swara Vocal Ensemble Ivan Yohan, conductor Camille Hubert, soprano Chia Fen Wu, soprano Wei-Lian Huang, soprano Lydia Pernal-Stoddart, soprano Mirthe Dokter, soprano Anna Nuytten, alto ...  moreDiederik van der Laag - Pursue Light Text: Omar Khayyam Swara Vocal Ensemble Ivan Yohan, conductor Camille Hubert, soprano Chia Fen Wu, soprano Wei-Lian Huang, soprano Lydia Pernal-Stoddart, soprano Mirthe Dokter, soprano Anna Nuytten, alto Boris Kondov, countertenor Laurence Renson, alto María Gil Muñoz, alto Zayra Velázquez, alto Hendrik Mispelon, tenor José Pizarro, tenor Paul Gosme, tenor Mark Trigg, tenor (solo) Andrés Soler Castaño, bass Jan Moeyaert, bass Laurent Fobelets, bass Thomas Vandenabeele, bass Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, bass Recorded at Église Saint-Albert, Schaerbeek/Brussels, Belgium, Nov 2022  less

Choir Matrix is a community women's Vocal Ensemble open to all self-identified women with no audition, devoted to empowering and building community among womxn in northeastern Connecticut through choral music. Our mission as an Ensemble is to connect...  moreChoir Matrix is a community women's Vocal Ensemble open to all self-identified women with no audition, devoted to empowering and building community among womxn in northeastern Connecticut through choral music. Our mission as an Ensemble is to connect with the community and each other through the exploration of quality choral music, including the promotion of women composers, within an engaging, encouraging, and intergenErational environment focused on healthy Vocal technique and artistic excellence. We encourage those with children to join us as we have a tandem youth choral program (Consonare Youth Choirs) that rehearses at the same time.  less

We are dedicated to the research and diffusion of dramatic colonial music. Our project El Otro en la Sociedad Criolla focused on compositions on the issues of minority groups discriminated against during the colony, such as indigenous peoples, blacks, gyp...  moreWe are dedicated to the research and diffusion of dramatic colonial music. Our project El Otro en la Sociedad Criolla focused on compositions on the issues of minority groups discriminated against during the colony, such as indigenous peoples, blacks, gypsies and the disabled. We love music in Spanish and the native languages ​​of Spanish America. We love creating theater from these themes.  

Kitka women's Vocal ensmble "Awakening" from The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between Worlds (Concert Version) Live performance in Köln, Germany, 2009 Musical Direction, Composition, Arrangement and Dramaturgy by Mariana Sadovska Stage Direction by Andr...  moreKitka women's Vocal ensmble "Awakening" from The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between Worlds (Concert Version) Live performance in Köln, Germany, 2009 Musical Direction, Composition, Arrangement and Dramaturgy by Mariana Sadovska Stage Direction by Andre Erlen and Ellen Sebastian Chang Traditional Song Souces in "Awakening": Rano, Rano - Ričice, Ukraine Provedu Rusalki - Ričice, Ukraine Oj lecit strela - Ričice, Ukraine Ispod duba, voda buba - Bosnia Do mar ciften do per gjah - Albania Blaho slovy Bože - Poltava region, Ukraine In Slavic folklore, Rusalki are powerful, enticing female entities who inhabit waters, forests and fields. Believed to be the restless spirits of women who have died unjust, untimely, or unnatural deaths - such as brides who died on their wedding night; young mothers who perished during childbirth; unmarried women who committed suicide after being rejected by a lover; or female babies who were stillborn - Rusalki regulate human, animal and agricultural fertility; seasonal cy...    less