The East Central University Chorale performing "Beati Quorum Via" set by C. V. Stanford. November 2013. Dr. J. Steven Walker, conducting This performance was recorded in the St. Josephs Catholic Church in Ada, Oklahoma. November, 2013

SINGING When the soul first put on the body's shirt, the ocean lifted up all its gifts. When love first tasted the lips of being human, it started singing. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. ...  moreSINGING When the soul first put on the body's shirt, the ocean lifted up all its gifts. When love first tasted the lips of being human, it started singing. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double Choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, speak to us with both vivid immediacy and transcendence. The idea for the piece originated with the Mellon Elemental Arts Initiative, which proposed funding activities that would involve students in a...    less

Founded in June 2010, Ponte Singers is one the of most preeminent youth Choir in Hong Kong. With members graduated from Hong Kong traditional schools like Diocesan Boys’ School, Belilios Public School, St. Paul’s Coeducation College, Ying Wa Girls’ School...  moreFounded in June 2010, Ponte Singers is one the of most preeminent youth Choir in Hong Kong. With members graduated from Hong Kong traditional schools like Diocesan Boys’ School, Belilios Public School, St. Paul’s Coeducation College, Ying Wa Girls’ School, St. Stephen’s Girls’ College, St. Paul’s College, Wah Yan College Kowloon, and also universities like the Hong Kong University and the Chinese University, the group was immediately invited by the HKSAR government to a celebration performance in early July 2010. The group also presented a standard professional program of sacred music in its first concert “Inspiratio” in August 2010, and a themed concert, featuring a range of masterpieces of Chinese Choral music,「聲．華」in August 2011, which won critical acclaim from local music conductors, composers and musicians. In addition to performing traditional Choir masterpiece, Ponte Singers also rearranges Hymns, Pop and folk songs, aiming to share a variety of music style, and to present our own interpretation of mus...    less

Music composed by Kim André Arnesen Improvised piano by Toni Arnold Shreve

The East Central University Chorale performing "Ubi Caritas" by Ola Gjeilo. Dr. J. Steven Walker, Conducting Rudy Lupinski, Piano This performance was recorded at St. Josephs Catholic Church at the East Central University Chorale and ECU Singers ...  moreThe East Central University Chorale performing "Ubi Caritas" by Ola Gjeilo. Dr. J. Steven Walker, Conducting Rudy Lupinski, Piano This performance was recorded at St. Josephs Catholic Church at the East Central University Chorale and ECU Singers Fall Concert. December 19th, 2012.  

III. WATER FROM YOUR SPRING What was in that candle's light that opened and consumed me so quickly? Come back, my friend! The form of our love is not a created form. Nothing can help me but that beauty. There was a dawn I remember when...  moreIII. WATER FROM YOUR SPRING What was in that candle's light that opened and consumed me so quickly? Come back, my friend! The form of our love is not a created form. Nothing can help me but that beauty. There was a dawn I remember when my soul heard something from your soul. I drank water from your spring and felt the current take me. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double Choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, sp...    less

Men of Faith Passing on the Faith through Songs of Praise: Continuing the Gospel Quartet tradition at Augsburg College (Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A.), the mission of the Augsburg Centennial Singers is to present concerts that personalize a Christian faith a...  moreMen of Faith Passing on the Faith through Songs of Praise: Continuing the Gospel Quartet tradition at Augsburg College (Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A.), the mission of the Augsburg Centennial Singers is to present concerts that personalize a Christian faith and encourage listeners to establish and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ and to provide a fellowship for men who find joy in singing songs that have musical excellence, address the heart and reflect a variety of musical traditions. This video was recorded in September 2008. For more information about the Centennial Singers, go to: http://centennialsingers.org/.  less

The Virginia Wesleyan Chorale is a small, auditioned group at Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk, Virginia. The Choir is composed of 16-20 singers from all majors who perform a variety of music, from classical, to folk, to contemporary jazz. Members of ...  moreThe Virginia Wesleyan Chorale is a small, auditioned group at Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk, Virginia. The Choir is composed of 16-20 singers from all majors who perform a variety of music, from classical, to folk, to contemporary jazz. Members of the Wesleyan Chorale also perform in the Wesleyan Singers, an open-enrollment ensemble that performs a variety of music while developing vocal technique and musicianship skills.  

IV. THE SWEET COLD WATER We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity. We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours. Texts by Rumi, translated by Colem...  moreIV. THE SWEET COLD WATER We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity. We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double Choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, speak to us with both vivid immediacy and transcendence. The idea for the piece originated with the Mellon Elemental Arts Initiative, which propo...    less

Weitere Infos: http://chor.helbling-verlag.de/?pagename=product&product=C7388 Weite melodische Bögen und eine berückende Klangsinnlichkeit kennzeichnet Chris Artleys Vertonung von Psalm 121. Ausgesprochen stimmungsvoll setzt der neuseeländische Komponi...  moreWeitere Infos: http://chor.helbling-verlag.de/?pagename=product&product=C7388 Weite melodische Bögen und eine berückende Klangsinnlichkeit kennzeichnet Chris Artleys Vertonung von Psalm 121. Ausgesprochen stimmungsvoll setzt der neuseeländische Komponist die Klangkörper Chor, einzelne Stimmgruppen, Orgel und Trompete ad lib. miteinander in Beziehung. Ein bewegendes Konzertstück, welches das Publikum unmittelbar in seinen Bann zieht. Broad melodic arches and an enchanting sensuousness of sound characterize Chris Artley's setting of Psalm 121. He sets the Choir, the individual groups of voices as well as organ and trumpet ad lib in relationship to each other in an impressively atmospheric manner. It is a moving concert piece that will immediately fascinate the audience.  less