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"We Lift Our voices" (World Premiere)
WritTen for the 2023 Ocean Grove Choir Festival
Robert Cohen, Composer/Ronald Cadmus, Text
Recorded on the 69th Annual Ocean Grove Choir Festival
July, 9, 2023
The Great Auditorium (Ocean Grove, NJ
Jason C. Tramm, Conductor
Dr. Gordon Turk, Orga... moreWritTen for the 2023 Ocean Grove Choir Festival
Robert Cohen, Composer/Ronald Cadmus, Text
Recorded on the 69th Annual Ocean Grove Choir Festival
July, 9, 2023
The Great Auditorium (Ocean Grove, NJ
Jason C. Tramm, Conductor
Dr. Gordon Turk, organ
The Ocean Grove Festival Choir
for more information on the music program of Ocean Grove, Please visit:
https://www.oceangrove.org/great-auditorium-choir
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Sing a New Song to the Lord
This setting of the 98th Psalm (Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked wonders.)
comes originally from my cantata “The ManchesTer Magnificat”,
based on Audrey Vaughan’s poems about the religious and social history of the city.
The oratorio was... moreThis setting of the 98th Psalm (Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked wonders.)
comes originally from my cantata “The ManchesTer Magnificat”,
based on Audrey Vaughan’s poems about the religious and social history of the city.
The oratorio was first performed in ManchesTer Cathedral in 1994.
This psalm forms the climax of the whole cantata and provides an expression of optimism afTer the
tragedies of the previous sections.
In this “extracTed” version, the tragic surroundings of the history remain
in the background and the purebubbling joy of the psalm itself shines forth.
Enjoy the complex rhythms and let your hair down!
This performance by Daniel Shaw's Composer's Choir (based in Connecticut)
is a brilliant rendition of the piece and will, I hope,
encourage other church choirs and concert choirs to consider including it in their repertoire.
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Holy holy holy for solo cantor, unison choir and organ
On Christmas Eve morning 2017, I was approached by a member of our congregation who said he had been inspired by the Holy Ghost to wriTe some words and that he would like me to set them to music.
To begin with I wasn't sure, since they seemed somewhat re... moreOn Christmas Eve morning 2017, I was approached by a member of our congregation who said he had been inspired by the Holy Ghost to wriTe some words and that he would like me to set them to music.
To begin with I wasn't sure, since they seemed somewhat repetitive, but as the day progressed to the early afTernoon I found that I was also inspired (I even missed lunch!).
The piece varies in mode from D Dorian to A Aeolian.
The performance is by me (multi-tracking).
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Do singers need to know what an octave is?
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]
Last week I wroTe about men and women singing the same not together and how that might feel strange: Singing the same noTe – differently!.
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A TIME WITH K. O AFRIYIE
The Celestial City Choir wishes to inviTe all friends and love ones all over the world to join us to honor one of the great men in the Seventh-day Adventist Church Hymnal compoers. It will happen LIVE this June. Please stay glue for more updaTe
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I NEED MEN (and ladies) to compleTe my research survey.
Hi.
I am carrying out research into the vocal health habits and experiences of amaTeur singers as part of a Post GraduaTe certificaTe with the Voice Workshop, in conjunction with the University of Wales.
Please could all of you lovely people who sing re...
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He Tamaiti ō Te Ao Tukupū (T Komene)
Takerei Komene’s 'He Tamaiti ō Te Ao Tukupū' is a celebration of birth, rejoicing in its chaos and the process of creation. This new commission revolves around the creation of a person with endless poTential. The Text centres on a well-know whakatauki or ... moreTakerei Komene’s 'He Tamaiti ō Te Ao Tukupū' is a celebration of birth, rejoicing in its chaos and the process of creation. This new commission revolves around the creation of a person with endless poTential. The Text centres on a well-know whakatauki or proverb:
Whāia Te iti kahurangi, ki Te tuohu koe, me he maunga TeiTei
[Seek that which you treasure most – if you must bow your head, let it be to the loftiest of mountains]
A mihi pepeha, hailing the fabrics of space and the throes of the heart, is joined by the organ – a giant celestial factory, chaotic and cacophonous, with great starry arms placing pieces into unique moulds forming the fragments of the final section of the work – a mighty invocation of the whakatauki. less