Co-cheòl, performing Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie (written Huddie Ledbetter) at the AUS-ACA National Championship at Ormond Hall, Village Melbourne on 6/9/14. Co-cheòl are: Claire Patti, Georgie Walton, Merrily Hanson and Ginger Hanson.

  (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...

Ian Assersohn conducts Dorking Camerata as they record his setting of "High Flight" (words by John Gillespie Magee) - one of a collection of arrangements of war related poems published by Apple Tree Music in 2011. The accompanist is Jan Assersohn. Rec...  onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">Ian Assersohn conducts Dorking Camerata as they record his setting of "High Flight" (words by John Gillespie Magee) - one of a collection of arrangements of war related poems published by Apple Tree Music in 2011. The accompanist is Jan Assersohn. Recorded on 14th May 2011 by Mark Sugden-Best at his Treetops RecorDing Studio, Capel, Surrey, UK. Video by David Tilsley Links: http://www.appletreemusic.net http://www.dorkingcamerata.org http://www.treetopsstudio.co.uk  

Headed by Kathryn Cobb-Woll, accompanied by Laurie Cobb. The Santa Ana High School Chamber Singers are a group of High school singers that compete, perform and sing in distinguished events such as Heritage Festivals in new York, Disneyland Candlelight, et...  onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">Headed by Kathryn Cobb-Woll, accompanied by Laurie Cobb. The Santa Ana High School Chamber Singers are a group of High school singers that compete, perform and sing in distinguished events such as Heritage Festivals in new York, Disneyland Candlelight, etc. They have annual concerts such as their Pop's Concert, Cabaret Concert and Winter Concert.  

RJC High School Christmas Concert, December 2021 Richard Janzen, director Charlotte Yung, piano

During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic, alumni and friends of RJC High School produced a Virtual Choir for an online Fundraiser for Rosthern Junior College High School. Video came in from Canada, USA, and Mexico. Show More for song lyrics. directed and vide...  onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic, alumni and friends of RJC High School produced a Virtual Choir for an online Fundraiser for Rosthern Junior College High School. Video came in from Canada, USA, and Mexico. Show More for song lyrics. directed and video edited by Richard Janzen music mastered by Brandon Janzen This Still Room text by John Greenleaf Whittier music by Jonathan Adams And so I find it well to come for deeper rest to this still room; for here the habit of my soul feels less the outer world's control. The strength of mutual purpose pleads more earnestly our common needs; and from the stillness, multiplied by these still forms on either side. The world that time and sense have known fall off, and leaves us God alone.  onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Some choirs and singing groups meet frequently, often once a week, requiring a High level of commitment. Others meet less frequently and work on a dr...

Private Mennonite High School in Rosthern, SK, Canada The choral program began at RJC over 100 years with the Mendelssohn Choir and has evolved into a vibrant intensive program which involves most of the students at the small Mennonite High School. Ove...  onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">Private Mennonite High School in Rosthern, SK, Canada The choral program began at RJC over 100 years with the Mendelssohn Choir and has evolved into a vibrant intensive program which involves most of the students at the small Mennonite High School. Over 95% of the students avail themselves of the four choirs currently in existence there.  

This was prepared to sing together with High School choirs from across Western Canada at the Cantando Music Festival in Edmonton in April, 2020, that was unfortunately cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Secret for the Mad" by dodie I've got a...  onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">This was prepared to sing together with High School choirs from across Western Canada at the Cantando Music Festival in Edmonton in April, 2020, that was unfortunately cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Secret for the Mad" by dodie I've got a secret for the mad In a little bit of time it won't hurt so bad And I get that I don't get it But you will burn right now but then you won't regret it You're not gonna believe a word I say What's the point in just drowning another day And I get that I don't get it But the world will show you that you won't regret it Little things, all the stereotypes They're gonna help you get through this one night And there will be a day When you can say you're okay and mean it I promise you it'll all make sense again I promise you it'll all make sense again There's nothing to do right now but try There are a hundred people who will listen to you cry And I get that they don't get it But they love you so much that you won't regret it You're at the b...    onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Richard Janzen, director Jason Lai, clarinet arranged by Stephen Hatfield Filmed in the little white church at the Rosthern Museum and Mennonite Interpretive Centre, on the campus of Rosthern Junior College High School.