(Music begins at 3:30 after introduction) World Premiere - Florida ACDA Conference - October 31, 2014. Treble Voices (Lake Nona Middle School) & Lake Nona Singers-(Lake Nona High School)... Justin Chase, Courtney Connelly, & Michelle Bendett, director...  more(Music begins at 3:30 after introduction) World Premiere - Florida ACDA Conference - October 31, 2014. Treble Voices (Lake Nona Middle School) & Lake Nona Singers-(Lake Nona High School)... Justin Chase, Courtney Connelly, & Michelle Bendett, directors. - - - For the score, go to: sydneyguillaumemusic.com/portfolio-it…n-monn-nouvo - - - Haitian Creole text by: Gabriel T. Guillaume - - - English Translation Yon Monn Nouvo (A World Anew) Open your ears and listen, Hear and listen, my friends. Open your hearts and hear, Hear and listen, my brothers: Both you and I are full of dreams; You help me and I help you. That is how we will come to build a world anew. “With many hands, the load is light." “One finger alone cannot eat okra.” Knowledge and wealth are goods of humanity That we must share in all friendliness. These are statements that bring happiness; Words of wisdom that make life harvest. We are, each one of us, seeds of eternity That sprout and bloom in our humanity. L...    less

Taken during our residential rehearsal weekend at Loretto School. Photo by Gordon Smith

C6 performing in the Chicagoland Voices 2015 Winter Concert by Mia Makaroff as recorded by Rajaton Solo Alison Rohrbach

Amidst the current gloom, it cheered us up no end to receive this review from @RSCM Magazine this month for 'Six Anthems for Mixed Voices' - there are some lovely recordings on our Youtube Channel of some of them. In particular, 'If my lips could sing' an...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many English pop groups in the 60s started off by emulating their cousins from across the pond and sang with an American accent. Cliff Richard still does! ...