[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   You work on a song in Choir week after week, but slowly things seem to get worse. You worry about getting the words right, you can’t seem to re...

'Reconciliation' and 'Only Remembered' sung by The Peace Through Folk Choir in support on the occasion of the Coope Boyes and Simpson 'CODA' last tour concert in Leek on May 11th 2017

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]I’ve been praised many times by the singers I work with for being so patient. Which makes me wonder: what’s the alternative?I must admit that I ...

The first portion of Walt Whitman's great elegy in memory of Abraham Lincoln, as set to music by Ethan McGrath

Available through Santa Barbara Music Publishing. Sheet Music: https://sbmp.com/SR2.php?CatalogNumber=1513

From Sergei Rachmaninoff's "All-Night Vigil" No. 5 Nïne otpushchayeshi. Justin Kroll, Tenor Recorded live March 17, 2024 Arborlawn United Methodist Church Fort Worth, TX

"Suite de Lorca" by Einojuhani Rautavaara. Text by Federico García Lorca. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of The Girl Choir of South Florida on Friday, May 18, 2012, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Artistic Directo...  more"Suite de Lorca" by Einojuhani Rautavaara. Text by Federico García Lorca. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of The Girl Choir of South Florida on Friday, May 18, 2012, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson. Translated Text: 1. Cancion del Jinete (Song of the Horseman) Cordoba. Distant and alone. A black nag, the giant moon, and olives in my saddlebag. Even if I know the way, I never will reach Cordoba. Over the plain, through the wind, a black nag, the bloody moon. The Reaper is watching me from the tall towers of Cordoba. Oh, such a long road! Oh, my valiant nag! Oh, the Reaper awaits me before I ever reach Cordoba! Cordoba. Distant and alone. 2. El Grito (The Scream) The arc of a scream curves from hill to hill. Ay! From the olive trees, a black rainbow over the blue night. Ay! Like a viola's bow, the scream has made the long strings of the wind vibrate. Ay! (The people of the caves put their ...    less

"Stand Still" by Dan McGrath, arr. Gayle Giese. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the combined Choirs of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wa...  more"Stand Still" by Dan McGrath, arr. Gayle Giese. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the combined Choirs of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese, Violin: Allen Giese.  

The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir singing Thou, Oh Lord, from I'm Amazed DVD. I do not own this video.

Full Performance of the "Mass in G" by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Sunday, March 15, 2014 Congregational Church of Batavia, IL