When I was a junior in college, my mother was fighting breast cancer and my way of coping with it was to write a choral piece for her. I wrote “Pour Toi, Mère” (For You, Mother) which premiered at my senior composition recital. A few years later, Kevin F...  moreWhen I was a junior in college, my mother was fighting breast cancer and my way of coping with it was to write a choral piece for her. I wrote “Pour Toi, Mère” (For You, Mother) which premiered at my senior composition recital. A few years later, Kevin Fenton programmed that piece for his choir at FSU. He shared with me his strong connection with the piece at a time when his sister-in-law, Peggy Fenton was also fighting breast cancer. Sadly, Peggy Fenton lost her fight with cancer in 2009. That same year Kevin contacted me and asked if I would write a piece in her memory for her husband and her two daughters. He shared with me a video of a presentation she did at the Mother’s Day banquet at her church, just a few days before her passing. The title of her presentation was “From Hats to Crown”. She shared stories about her life and the many relationship roles one plays: as a daughter, a sister, as a wife, a mother and a teacher. As she talked about each role she wore a different hat. She ended with a crown, shar...    less

Watch the London chamber choir Vasari Singers, directed by Jeremy Backhouse, perform "There is an old belief" from Hubert Parry's Songs of Farewell, live in concert. http://www.vasarisingers.org

Early bird dealine for this weekend ends on Friday 22 April, £20 per person extra after that date.   SING FOLK Songs OF EASTERN EUROPE — residential weekend   Friday 22 July 2016 5pm to Sunday 24 July 2016 2pm Brathay Hall Ambles...

Arranged for Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus, and Piano by Stanley M. Hoffman Synthesized performance and scrolling score in search of live performances. Music and Words: Public Domain Arrangements and Translations: © Copyright 2021 by Stanley M. Hoffman. ...  moreArranged for Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus, and Piano by Stanley M. Hoffman Synthesized performance and scrolling score in search of live performances. Music and Words: Public Domain Arrangements and Translations: © Copyright 2021 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The three missing Songs are composed to texts by Langston Hughes and Claude McKay; alphabetically they are titled African Dance (LH), Harlem Dancer (CM), and Misery (LH). Although the texts are in the Public Domain, the German translations by Anna Siemsen that Zemlinsky used are protected in the EU until 2037. Videos including the translations that would be broadcast to the world on a service such as YouTube are forbidden until then. However, those three Songs may be performed in the USA until 2037 and worldwide thereafter. The sheet music is available from the arranger. stanley(at)stanleymhoffman.com AVAILABLE EDITIONS • Piano/Vocal Score (soprano solo and piano; each song is also available separately) • Piano/...    less

A sampling of Shakespeare Songs by Matthew Harris. Performed by Kantorei of Kansas City for their album, "Music and Sweet Poetry: Choral Music by Matthew Harris," set for release by Resonus Classics in February of 2014. www.resonusclassics.com www.kantor...  moreA sampling of Shakespeare Songs by Matthew Harris. Performed by Kantorei of Kansas City for their album, "Music and Sweet Poetry: Choral Music by Matthew Harris," set for release by Resonus Classics in February of 2014. www.resonusclassics.com www.kantoreikc.org Matthew Harris has composed six books of Shakespeare Songs featuring many song texts that appear in various plays. www.matthewharrismusic.com  

Gilad Hochman's PRAYER OF THE LIVING – Elegy and Canon for mixed SSATB choir a cappella (2012, rev. 2018) Kammerchor Hannover Stephan Doormann – conductor Text: Agnus Dei (Catholic Mass, Latin), Psalm 34,15 (Bible, Hebrew) Dona nobis pacem; בַּקֵּ...  moreGilad Hochman's PRAYER OF THE LIVING – Elegy and Canon for mixed SSATB choir a cappella (2012, rev. 2018) Kammerchor Hannover Stephan Doormann – conductor Text: Agnus Dei (Catholic Mass, Latin), Psalm 34,15 (Bible, Hebrew) Dona nobis pacem; בַּקֵּשׁ שָׁלוֹם וְרָדְפֵהוּ Grant us peace; Seek peace and pursue it Gib uns deinen Frieden; Suche Frieden und jage ihm nach Commissioned for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Score available over: www.giladhochman.com/prayer-of-the-living-scores © 2012 Gilad Hochman  less

Chantage, in the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year 2006 competition, conducted by James Davey, in the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, on 10 December 2006. Performing Christ's Love Song, by Richard Allain. Part 2

A setting by Edward Gold of a poem by Thomas Love Peacock sung by David Warin Solomons multitracking as the dwsChorale Glee- The Ghosts In life three ghostly friars were we, And now three friarly ghosts we be. Around our shadowy table placed, The spe...  moreA setting by Edward Gold of a poem by Thomas Love Peacock sung by David Warin Solomons multitracking as the dwsChorale Glee- The Ghosts In life three ghostly friars were we, And now three friarly ghosts we be. Around our shadowy table placed, The spectral bowl before us floats: With wine that none but ghosts can taste, We wash our unsubstantial throats. Three merry ghosts—three merry ghosts— three merry ghosts are we: Let the ocean be port, and we’ll think it good sport To be laid in that red sea. With Songs that jovial spectres chaunt, Our old refectory still we haunt. The traveller hears our midnight mirth: "O list!" he cries, "the haunted choir!" The merriest ghost that walks the earth, Is sure the ghost of a ghostly friar. Three merry ghosts—three merry ghosts— three merry ghosts are we: Let the ocean be port, and we’ll think it good sport To be laid in that red sea.  less

Cantores Celestes Women's Choir Kelly Galbraith: Director The Trillium Brass Quintet recorded on Dec 6, 2014 'An Appalachian Christmas' recorded by Patric McGroarty www.cantorescelestes.com http://www.facebook.com/CantoresCelestes http://www.yout...  moreCantores Celestes Women's Choir Kelly Galbraith: Director The Trillium Brass Quintet recorded on Dec 6, 2014 'An Appalachian Christmas' recorded by Patric McGroarty www.cantorescelestes.com http://www.facebook.com/CantoresCelestes http://www.youtube.com/user/cantorescelestes http://twitter.com/Cantores_Choir  

"Cuatro canciones eslovacas" de Bela Bartók (1. Wedding Song from Poniky, 2. Song of the Hayharvesters from Hiadel, 3. Dancing Song from Medzibrod, 4. Dancing Song from Poniky). Coro del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias. Piano: Nauzet Medros. ...  more"Cuatro canciones eslovacas" de Bela Bartók (1. Wedding Song from Poniky, 2. Song of the Hayharvesters from Hiadel, 3. Dancing Song from Medzibrod, 4. Dancing Song from Poniky). Coro del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias. Piano: Nauzet Medros. Directora: Nikoleta S. Popova