[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   Do you have to be able to read music to Sing? Lots of people believe so and are put off joining choirs, or even Singing at All, as a result.   &n...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir] Sarcastic remarks from X Factor judges. Teachers telling kids to “stand at The back and just mime”. Being made to stand up and Sing solo to get...

BaYede uyiNkosi yaMakhosi (Lord you are The King of Kings)

HAllelujah from "A Soulful Messiah" by GF Handel arr. Mervyn Warren 2018 Chicagoland Voices Winter Concert Sunday, January 21, 2018 Jason Krigas, Director Kathryn Polyack, Accompanist

Soloists: Petra Jurič, Antonela Pilić Burić, Marijana Markotić, Lana Ćebo, Jelena Grubišić-Čabo A part of The choir's performance at The International Choral Competition of Folcloristic Music ADRIA CANTAT 2016, awarded Golden Prize and 1st Place in The r...  moreSoloists: Petra Jurič, Antonela Pilić Burić, Marijana Markotić, Lana Ćebo, Jelena Grubišić-Čabo A part of The choir's performance at The International Choral Competition of Folcloristic Music ADRIA CANTAT 2016, awarded Golden Prize and 1st Place in The respective category. Recorded on May 28, 2016, in The Croatian National Theatre in Šibenik. camera operator: Monika Kasalo recording and production: Bernard Kahle - b.kahle@yahoo.com www.facebook.com/BKrecordings  

Formed primarily as a recording and backing ensemble of male Voices some 30 Years ago under The direction of Alan Simmons, The MasterSingers evolved into its present format of four female and eight male Voices, The unique voicing – SATTBB - in 1993. We c...  moreFormed primarily as a recording and backing ensemble of male Voices some 30 Years ago under The direction of Alan Simmons, The MasterSingers evolved into its present format of four female and eight male Voices, The unique voicing – SATTBB - in 1993. We currently need anoTher 2nd Tenor  

Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Libretto: https://goo.gl/dFZ4JP Commission for St. Paul’s Chapel: Spire and Shadow Zachary Wadsworth: Spire and Shadow Downtown Voices NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, conductor Part of Trinity's Time's Arrow Festival, Spir...  moreWednesday, January 11, 2017 Libretto: https://goo.gl/dFZ4JP Commission for St. Paul’s Chapel: Spire and Shadow Zachary Wadsworth: Spire and Shadow Downtown Voices NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, conductor Part of Trinity's Time's Arrow Festival, Spire and Shadow celebrates The 250th anniversary of The opening of St. Paul's Chapel, combining colorful and vibrant new music by Zachary Wadsworth with powerful poems about New York City spanning five centuries. Commissioned by Trinity Church WAll Street, this major new work explores The history of our church, The city of New York, and The many residents who have lived, loved, suffered, toiled, and triumphed here.  less

The All-night Vigil (Vespers) Sergie Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943) Downtown Voices - Trinity WAll Street (http://DowntownVoices.net) Stephen Sands, Conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Luthien Brackett, mezzo-soprano Brian Giebler, tenor PROGRAM: 1. ...  moreThe All-night Vigil (Vespers) Sergie Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943) Downtown Voices - Trinity WAll Street (http://DowntownVoices.net) Stephen Sands, Conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Luthien Brackett, mezzo-soprano Brian Giebler, tenor PROGRAM: 1. Пріидите, поклонимся (Priidite, poklonimsya) Come, Let us Worship 2. Благослови, душе моя, Господа (Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda) Bless The Lord, O My Soul 3. Блажен муж (Blazhen muzh) Blessed is The Man 4. Свeте тихій (Svete tikhyi) Gladsome Light 5. Нынe отпущаеши (Nyne otpushchaYeshi) Lord, Now Lettest Thou 6. Богородице Дeво (Bogoroditse Devo) Rejoice, O Virgin 7. Слава в вышних Богу (Slava v vyshnikh Bogu) Glory to God in The Highest (The Six Psalms) 8. Хвалите имя Господне (Khvalite imya Gospodne) Praise The Name of The Lord 9. Благословен еси, Господи (Blagosloven esi, Gospodi) Blessed Art Thou, O Lord 10. Воскресение Христово видeвше (VoskreseniYe Khristovo videvshe) Having Beheld The Resurrection of Christ 11. Величитъ ...    less

Viderunt Omnes by Mikołaj Zieleński, a.k.a. Nicolaus Zielenski - transposed for men's Voices Viderunt omnes fines terræ salutare Dei nostri. Alleluia All The ends of The earth have seen The salvation of our God. Alleluia (The score link is for...  moreViderunt Omnes by Mikołaj Zieleński, a.k.a. Nicolaus Zielenski - transposed for men's Voices Viderunt omnes fines terræ salutare Dei nostri. Alleluia All The ends of The earth have seen The salvation of our God. Alleluia (The score link is for The original SATB version)