Soloist: K. Gray Arr. Moses Hogan JYC 2014 Catch us in concert on February 22, 2014! the UWI Chapel jamaicayouthchorale@gmail.com for details

Melbourne Street Choir Inc presents Now We Are 8 - It’s Time to celebrate with the Choir of Hope & Inspiration!   Deakin Edge, Federation Square Saturday 13th september 3pm & 7:30pm   the award winning choir that inspired the nation...

That Time of year for SATB Chorus unaccompanied Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2010) Performed by the Saint Joseph Valley Camerata, David A. seitz, music director official World Premiere Performance November 14, 2010, Rieth Recital Hall, Goshe...  moreThat Time of year for SATB Chorus unaccompanied Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2010) Performed by the Saint Joseph Valley Camerata, David A. seitz, music director official World Premiere Performance November 14, 2010, Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College Music Center, Goshen, IN Words: Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare. Music: © Copyright 2012 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 7740. Recording: © Copyright 2010 by the Saint Joseph Valley Camerata. All rights reserved. Used by permission of David A. seitz.  less

My musical re-imagining of the Nativity story, with a surprise in the 2nd verse. Dedicated to my dear cousin, Madeleine Shaw. NB: choirs interested in obtaining copies of the score can contact the Leading Note at info@leadingnote.com. I would lik...  moreMy musical re-imagining of the Nativity story, with a surprise in the 2nd verse. Dedicated to my dear cousin, Madeleine Shaw. NB: choirs interested in obtaining copies of the score can contact the Leading Note at info@leadingnote.com. I would like to acknowledge the a capella choir that I sing in, the Stairwell Carollers, and our director Pierre Massie, for their musical inspiration these past 25 years. I would also like to thank my friends in our "Ad hoc Chorale" for testing out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offering valuable comments. And with deepest appreciation to my brother Adam Rain and my friend Geneviève Lajoie for their invaluable support throughout my composing journey.  less

MNC was Contestant 16 on 11/6/14, and our semi Final performance earned us a spot in the Top 10 Finals and the 2015 Harmony Achievement medal!

How to Handle Negative Comments was first published in the Embro Thistle Singers Blog.   As much as it pains us to admit, we do get negative comments from Time to Time.  How we handle those can set a tone for our choirs.  Getting upset or...

This jaunty melody with countermelodies has been written for an a cappella choir of SATBB with splits in some of the voices from Time to Time. the words are my own and tell of children playing their games in the dusty streets (ie of Bethlehem) unaware tha...  moreThis jaunty melody with countermelodies has been written for an a cappella choir of SATBB with splits in some of the voices from Time to Time. the words are my own and tell of children playing their games in the dusty streets (ie of Bethlehem) unaware that a miracle has happened and asking them to look up to the angels and join their singing. the performance here is by the Composer's Choir conducted by Daniel Shaw.  

VanDeca performing "the Longest Time"

setting of the incantation of the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth, for three altos and guitar. Performed by the composer. Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd Thrice and once the hedgepig whin'd Harper cries: 'Tis Time, 'tis Time. ...  moresetting of the incantation of the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth, for three altos and guitar. Performed by the composer. Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd Thrice and once the hedgepig whin'd Harper cries: 'Tis Time, 'tis Time. Round about the cauldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone Days and nights hast thirty one Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hellbroth boil and bubble. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, Witch's mummy, maw and gulf of the ravin'd saltsea shark, ...    less

Choirs R Us performing at their Christmas Concert 2012 on 8 December. Choir Director: Jenny Bennett. Keyboardist: Adam Day.