A Prayer FOR the World FOR SATB Chorus unaccompanied Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2004) WORDS by Harold S. Kushner PerFORmed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2004 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publi...  moreA Prayer FOR the World FOR SATB Chorus unaccompanied Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2004) WORDS by Harold S. Kushner PerFORmed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2004 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 6328. WORDS: first published March 23, 2003 in PARADE Magazine. Used by permission from PARADE, © Copyright 2003. Also used with permission from Harold S. Kushner and Curtis Brown, Ltd., his literary agents. Recording: © Copyright 2004 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Photograph of Harold S. Kushner Courtesy of Temple Israel of Natick, MA www.tiofnatick.org  less

Land of Crystal Dreams FOR SATB Chorus and optional Percussion (Glockenspiel and Vibraphone) Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2002) WORDS by Erica L. Hoffman PerFORmed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor (unaccompanied perFORmance) ...  moreLand of Crystal Dreams FOR SATB Chorus and optional Percussion (Glockenspiel and Vibraphone) Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2002) WORDS by Erica L. Hoffman PerFORmed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor (unaccompanied perFORmance) Music: © Copyright 2004 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. WORDS: © Copyright by Erica L. Hoffman. Adapted and used by permission. Recording: © Copyright 2004 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved.  less

A Song FOR SATB Chorus and Flute Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2004) WORDS by Howard Schwartz PerFORmed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Tim Macri, flute Music: © Copyright 2005 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Pub...  moreA Song FOR SATB Chorus and Flute Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2004) WORDS by Howard Schwartz PerFORmed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Tim Macri, flute Music: © Copyright 2005 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 6432 Text: © Copyright by Howard Schwartz. Used by permission. Recording: © Copyright 2005 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. House of Song: Drawing by Naomi Hoffman (Age 8). © Copyright 2013 by Naomi Hoffman. All rights reserved. Used by permission.  less

The Scattered Leaves (a piece FOR Jewish Holocaust remembrance) FOR SATB Chorus and Piano Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (1995, arr. 2005) WORDS by Joseph H. Albeck (1995) The Philovox Ensemble Jane Ring Frank, conductor Scott Nicholas, piano Music...  moreThe Scattered Leaves (a piece FOR Jewish Holocaust remembrance) FOR SATB Chorus and Piano Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (1995, arr. 2005) WORDS by Joseph H. Albeck (1995) The Philovox Ensemble Jane Ring Frank, conductor Scott Nicholas, piano Music: © Copyright 2007 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 6842. Used by permission. "We, the living" by Joseph H. Albeck, © Copyright 1995 by Joseph H. Albeck All rights reserved. Used by permission. Recording © Copyright 2007 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.  less

FOR this final week of Advent, Brethren brings the traditional Austrian Carol, "Still, Still, Still". May these WORDS give you peace and hope as we "dream of the joyous day to come"...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

With a clear start to my groggy day, i reminisce on the wedding the day beFORe thinking how lovely it was to see my friend happily married and content. People had been gracious with the kind WORDS regarding my music FOR the ceremony and I was grateful FOR...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I caught a scene from the movie Spartacus the other day. The character played by Tony Curtis was asked to perFORm a song. He then proceeded to speak ...

The link goes to an SATB version, but I have sung a lower transposition here. The video contains the WORDS and an English translation

This was originally published on the Embro Thistle Singers' blog.    Have you ever walked through a mall or downtown and "people watched"?  Oh my.  There are people walking around who, in my mother's WORDS, would be horrified if thei...