The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford David Crown (conductor) Basilica di San Marco, Milan (Italy) 27 June 2010 Website: http://www.somervillemusicSociety.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Conductor's Website: http://www.da...  moreThe Choir of Somerville College, Oxford David Crown (conductor) Basilica di San Marco, Milan (Italy) 27 June 2010 Website: http://www.somervillemusicSociety.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Conductor's Website: http://www.david-crown.com  

  (A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog Choral Clarity)     Eliminating the Choral Caste System:   As we aspire to have outstanding high school Choral programs, it is easy to fall into the trap of pe...

The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford David Crown (conductor) Basilica di San Marco, Milan 27 June 2010 Website: http://www.somervillemusicSociety.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Conductor's Website: http://www.david-crown.com

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

We are searching again for singers for our Choral workshops in Italy this year. 15-18 October 2020 on Lake Garda with W. A. Mozart's - Coronation Mass, KV 317. For more information please visit www.Choral-workshops.com. We are looking forward to you an...

Greetings fellow Choral educators!   Please feel free to click on the links below to hear some of my latest Choral music.  Send me an email if you would like some sheet music (great prices)!  I’m also accepting four more commissions...

Psalm 117 for SSAA Chorus unaccompanied Music and Translation by Stanley M. Hoffman (2000) Performed by the Peace College Chamber Singers Raleigh, North Carolina James S. Smith, conductor Music and Translation: © Copyright 2001 by Ione Pres...  morePsalm 117 for SSAA Chorus unaccompanied Music and Translation by Stanley M. Hoffman (2000) Performed by the Peace College Chamber Singers Raleigh, North Carolina James S. Smith, conductor Music and Translation: © Copyright 2001 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5776 Recording: © Copyright by William Peace University Raleigh, North Carolina. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Justin G. Roy Vice President for Communications and Marketing William Peace University.  less

Hi everyone,   I am reaching out to all of you about Musica Sacra's Kickstarter campaign to make an album of my Choral music. None of my Choral works are available on a professional recording, and Kent Tritle and Musica Sacra are interested, but we...

Johann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 Sinfonia, Versus 1: Christ lag in Todesbanden (Chorus) The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Musicians of the Dreaming Spires Douglas Knight (organ) David Crown (conductor) St. Michael at...  moreJohann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 Sinfonia, Versus 1: Christ lag in Todesbanden (Chorus) The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Musicians of the Dreaming Spires Douglas Knight (organ) David Crown (conductor) St. Michael at the North Gate, Oxford 9 March 2012 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Website: http://www.somervillemusicSociety.com  

You are here because you have an interest in Choral music.  I'm here because it is my passion.  I compose, sing, direct and arrange Choral music -- my choir, The Stairwell Carollers, is my instrument. I've been tuning this instrument now f...