2009 Destination Opera! Festival Ocean Grove Great Auditorium

for SATB Chorus unaccompanied Words by Mary Elizabeth Frye: Public Domain Music by Stanley M. Hoffman © Copyright 2018 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The poem above is sometimes called “I Am” due to its repet...  morefor SATB Chorus unaccompanied Words by Mary Elizabeth Frye: Public Domain Music by Stanley M. Hoffman © Copyright 2018 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The poem above is sometimes called “I Am” due to its repetition of The phrase. Was The poem inspired? The Hebrew name for God, YHWH, means “I am” or “I am that I am.” And There does seem to be something magical about The poem, as it was written by a woman who, to our knowledge, had never written a poem before. Mary Elizabeth Frye was an orphan with no formal education. In 1932 she and her husband hosted a young Jewish woman, Margaret Schwarzkopf, who was fleeing The Holocaust. When she received news that her moTher had died in Germany, The heartbroken houseguest told Frye in despair that she had never had The chance to “stand by my moTher’s grave and shed a tear.” Frye found herself composing The poem above on a ripped-off section of a brown paper shopping bag. She said The words “just came to her.”  less

Based in The heart of The city, London City Singers is a lively and ambitious small Sweet Adelines Chorus. We’re after a musical director who has The skills and knowledge to help us develop our great sound and fresh style. Barbershop experience woul...

Huddersfield Piazza on Saturday 12/5/12 @ 11am - A group of singers from The Gledholt Male Voice Choir, Marsh Ladies Choir and oTher choirs from as far a field as Cheshire and Harrogate plus a few willing Hollybank trust staff surprised The onlooking sho...  moreHuddersfield Piazza on Saturday 12/5/12 @ 11am - A group of singers from The Gledholt Male Voice Choir, Marsh Ladies Choir and oTher choirs from as far a field as Cheshire and Harrogate plus a few willing Hollybank trust staff surprised The onlooking shoppers by performing an impromptu performance of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. The rousing performance was part of Gledholt MVC's Gala day which included performances from Elvis, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Pipe Band and also a Zumba class. There was also a concert in Huddersfield town hall in The evening. Money collected on The day went to local charity - The Hollybank Trust - whose website can be found below... http://www.hollybanktrust.com - aiming to provide Quality of Life, for Life... Their facebook site can be found here - http://www.facebook.com/#!/hollybank.trust Also if you would like to know more and support The work The Hollybank trust do please visit The following page too - http://www.justgiving.com/hbt/eurl.axd/cb13f6245bb56f46a...    less

Lirica tijdens het Winnersconcert van "25th Takarazuka International Chamber Chorus Contest" in Japan o.l.v. Jos Venken (juli 2009) www.lirica.be

New Jersey Choral Society will be hosting auditions through July and August for anybody interested in joining our Chorus. This fall, NJCS will practice in-person for a full concert season. We will take all necessary precautions at rehearsal and during our...

Watch Ensemble perform "There is Sweet Music" by Daniel Gawthrop on December 8th.

Everybody Wants To Rule The World...Tears for Fears (arr. Kerry Marsh) The Standard Vocal Jazz Ensemble John Stafford II Jazz Cabaret April 23rd, 2015 Kansas City Kansas Community College

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When I was a junior in College, my moTher was fighting breast cancer and my way of coping with it was to write a choral piece for her. I wrote “Pour Toi, Mère” (For You, MoTher) which premiered at my senior composition recital. A few years later, Kevin F...  moreWhen I was a junior in College, my moTher was fighting breast cancer and my way of coping with it was to write a choral piece for her. I wrote “Pour Toi, Mère” (For You, MoTher) which premiered at my senior composition recital. A few years later, Kevin Fenton programmed that piece for his choir at FSU. He shared with me his strong connection with The piece at a time when his sister-in-law, Peggy Fenton was also fighting breast cancer. Sadly, Peggy Fenton lost her fight with cancer in 2009. That same year Kevin contacted me and asked if I would write a piece in her memory for her husband and her two daughters. He shared with me a video of a presentation she did at The MoTher’s Day banquet at her church, just a few days before her passing. The title of her presentation was “From Hats to Crown”. She shared stories about her life and The many relationship roles one plays: as a daughter, a sister, as a wife, a moTher and a teacher. As she talked about each role she wore a different hat. She ended with a crown, shar...    less