[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’ve written before about how hard it is to get a cross-section of ages and genders in your Choir (How to recruit singers to truly reflect your...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]Many Choir leaders have a strong style and particular choice of repertoire. They lead large, thriving Choirs which have a strong vision. Other Choir leaders...

The 30-member Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir is the representative Choir of the 150-member Jerusalem Oratorio Choir. The Chamber Choir rehearses twice a week in a friendly yet serious environment. The Chamber Choir sings a varied repertoire of class...  moreThe 30-member Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir is the representative Choir of the 150-member Jerusalem Oratorio Choir. The Chamber Choir rehearses twice a week in a friendly yet serious environment. The Chamber Choir sings a varied repertoire of classical liturgical and secular Music from the Renaissance to the present, as well as arrangements of spirituals and songs from around the world, Israeli and Jewish Music, and more. The Choir performs regularly in churches and concert spaces in Jerusalem and around Israel and has performed in festivals and programs in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, the United States, and Switzerland. The Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir is an unaffiliated Choir whose membership spans the religious/secular and political divide in Israeli society. The Choir accepts members without discrimination as to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, or political affiliation. Every year the Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir welcomes visiting singers (students, volunteers, ...    less

The Surrey Children's Choir family represents 3 Choirs, a Junior Training Choir, an Intermediate Training Choir, and the Senior Surrey Children's Choir. The "family" also includes older levels, a treble chamber Choir, a mixed young adult chorus...  moreThe Surrey Children's Choir family represents 3 Choirs, a Junior Training Choir, an Intermediate Training Choir, and the Senior Surrey Children's Choir. The "family" also includes older levels, a treble chamber Choir, a mixed young adult chorus, and a community adult chorus. The Junior and Intermediate Training Choirs (JTC and ITC) provide a program of sequentially developed skills which prepare choristers for admission into the Surrey Children's Choir. The training Choirs perform annually at the Family Christmas Concert and Year End concert (held in May of each year). They also often compete at the Fraser Valley Kiwanis Music Festival, always with great results. The training Choirs may also perform at various events in the community. The SCC, a treble-voice Choir of boys and girls aged 12-18 is a consistent gold medal winner at local festivals, hailed by Gerald Van Wyck, Vancouver Community College professor as "one of the best children's Choirs in Canada". These exuberant young vo...    less

Psalm 130 for Baritone Solo, SATB Chorus unaccompanied by Stanley M. Hoffman (1999) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Aaron Engebreth, baritone Music and Translation: © Copyright 2001 by Ione Press, Inc., a divis...  morePsalm 130 for Baritone Solo, SATB Chorus unaccompanied by Stanley M. Hoffman (1999) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Aaron Engebreth, baritone 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. 5676 Recording: © Copyright 2001 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.  

Rosh Tov and Jeanne Rabin's Ensemble performing "Od Lo Tamu Kol Plaayich" (Your Wonders Never Cease) - love song to the land of Israel. Words - Yoram Teharlev Music - Rami Kleinstein Arrangement - Alexander Sasha Kantsberg & Jeanne Rabin www/jeann...  moreRosh Tov and Jeanne Rabin's Ensemble performing "Od Lo Tamu Kol Plaayich" (Your Wonders Never Cease) - love song to the land of Israel. Words - Yoram Teharlev Music - Rami Kleinstein Arrangement - Alexander Sasha Kantsberg & Jeanne Rabin www/jeannerabin.com מופע משותף של שתיים ממקהלותיה של ג'יני רבין,"האנסמבל בראש טוב" שהתקיים במשכן למוסיקה, רעננה כאן מבצעים את שירם הנפלא של יורם טהרלב ורמי קחליינשטיין בעיבוד של סשה קנצברג עם ג'יני רבין - עוד לא תמו כל פלאייך  

Barlow Bradford's Utah Chamber Artists perform "Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun". Bradford put Walt Whitman's words from Leaves of Grass to Music in this choral work. GIVE me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling; Give me juicy a...  moreBarlow Bradford's Utah Chamber Artists perform "Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun". Bradford put Walt Whitman's words from Leaves of Grass to Music in this choral work. GIVE me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling; Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard; Give me a field where the unmow'd grass grows; Give me an arbor, give me the trellis'd grape; Give me fresh corn and wheat—give me serene-moving animals, teaching content; Give me nights perfectly quiet, and I looking up at the stars; Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers, where I can walk undisturb'd; Give me for marriage a sweet-breath'd woman, of whom I should never tire; Give me a perfect child—give me, away, aside from the noise of the world, a rural, domestic life; Give me to warble spontaneous songs, reliev'd, recluse by myself, for my own ears only; Give me solitude—give me Nature—give me again, O Nature, your primal sanities!  less

OMNES Ensamble Vocal Masculino Grupo mexicano fundado en 1995 cuyo repertorio abarca desde el canto bizantino, canto gregoriano, polifonía, lieder, espirituales negros, música mexicana, boleros, música infantil, comedia Musical y música contemporánea, ...  moreOMNES Ensamble Vocal Masculino Grupo mexicano fundado en 1995 cuyo repertorio abarca desde el canto bizantino, canto gregoriano, polifonía, lieder, espirituales negros, música mexicana, boleros, música infantil, comedia Musical y música contemporánea, entre otros. Sus últimas presentaciones fueron hechas en 2009. Grabación realizada en Toluca en 1998. Integrantes: Miguel Ángel Angulo, tenor I. Jorge García-Fajardo, tenor II. Armando Becerra, barítono. Javier Martínez-Ramírez, bajo. Director: Mtro. Jorge García-Fajardo. Correo: giorgiopipo@hotmail.com  less

Anim Zemiros for SATB Chorus unaccompanied by Stanley M. Hoffman (1985) World Premiere Performance The New York Virtuoso Singers Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor January 2, 2009 Music: © Copyright 1985 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffma...  moreAnim Zemiros for SATB Chorus unaccompanied by Stanley M. Hoffman (1985) World Premiere Performance The New York Virtuoso Singers Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor January 2, 2009 Music: © Copyright 1985 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. Performance by The New York Virtuoso Singers © Copyright 2009 by Harold Rosenbaum. Used by permission of Harold Rosenbaum. The sheet Music is available for sale from the composer.  

III Sagayán (Pre-Battle Ceremony) from Mangá Pakalagián (Ceremonies) Composer (Music and Text) - (Nilo Alcala) Maguindanaon translation - Danongan Danny Kalanduyan Philippine Madrigal Singers (Mark Anthony Carpio, Choirmaster) performed at the 201...  moreIII Sagayán (Pre-Battle Ceremony) from Mangá Pakalagián (Ceremonies) Composer (Music and Text) - (Nilo Alcala) Maguindanaon translation - Danongan Danny Kalanduyan Philippine Madrigal Singers (Mark Anthony Carpio, Choirmaster) performed at the 2017 European Grand Prix for Choral Singing EGP 2017, Tolosa, Spain - - - - - - - - - - Composer's notes on MANGA PAKALAGIAN*) (*Manga Pakalagian - was commissioned and premiered by the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Grant Gershon at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Nov. 15, 2015) I grew up in the Philippines where culture is as colorful and diverse as the number of its islands — all 7,107 of it. A quick Google search of “Philippine History” will give you a peak at our rich history of pre-colonial kingdoms (rajahnates, sultanates, etc.) which began to rise about 900 AD. Prior to Christianization of the Central and Northern parts, and even prior to the Islamization of the Southern parts of the country — these Philippine kingdoms shared with its neighbori...    less