I Thank You God was commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and premiered at the National ACDA Convention in February, 1999. the text is adapted from the E.E. Cummings poem of the same name. Composer Gwyneth Walker writes: "Thi...  moreI Thank You God was commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and premiered at the National ACDA Convention in February, 1999. the text is adapted from the E.E. Cummings poem of the same name. Composer Gwyneth Walker writes: "This is a poem of grandeur and of praise. therefore it might be expected that this musical setting would aim at vastness, grandeur and awakening." Walker accomplishes this through a variety of means. First, the piano introduction includes slowly unfolding piano arpeggios which focus on open intervals of octaves, fifths and fourths, exploiting the full range of the piano keyboard. the composer also takes the singers on a harmonic journey which begins in a low register in C minor, and then travels through a number of other key areas until it reaches the distant key of G-flat. At this point, the voices are drawn closely together into a tone cluster containing the pitches G-flat, A-flat and B-flat, only to open apart into the glorious C major chords which conclude the ...    less

Recorded by Quorum in Leicester Cathedral on Saturday 11th February 2017

Alive and Singing™ sing "Lovely Day" (arranged by its director Jamie Serafi) at St Andrew's C of E Church, Ampthill, on Sunday 2nd December 2012 as part of the annual Christmas Tree Festival. for more information about Alive and Singing™ go to http://www....  moreAlive and Singing™ sing "Lovely Day" (arranged by its director Jamie Serafi) at St Andrew's C of E Church, Ampthill, on Sunday 2nd December 2012 as part of the annual Christmas Tree Festival. for more information about Alive and Singing™ go to http://www.aliveandsinging.com Alive and Singing's debut album "Don't Look Back" can be found on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/dont-look-back/id560810247?v0=9988&ign-mpt...  

Have you ever wonderd if there is a good tool out there for assisting in managing the day to day running of the chorus or vocal group?   Our managment team has! we tried writing our own web based management application.  It worked pretty well bu...

I am thrilled to share with you some exciting news. I never imagined that this piece would bring so many people together, but I am honored and humbled to announce that "Galaxias" has become the best-selling work in my catalogue. I'm grateful for everyone...

there might be readers of this blog who want to mount a really big work with a relatively small choir. In which case I thought I’d share some thoughts on our current project to perform Verdi’s Messa di Requiem in Guildford on November 24th 201...

Chicagoland Voices 2016 Winter Concert Great God Almighty by Stacey V. Gibbs Guest conductor - Dana Floor

"You Are the New Day" by John David. Originally performed by the King's Singers. Recorded live on June 4, 2013, at Christ Lutheran Church in Oakland Park, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Dir...  more"You Are the New Day" by John David. Originally performed by the King's Singers. Recorded live on June 4, 2013, at Christ Lutheran Church in Oakland Park, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson. You are the new day You are the new day I will love you more than me and more than yesterday If you can but prove to me you are the new day Send the sun in time for dawn Let the birds all hail the morning Love of life will urge me say you are the new day When I lay me down at night knowing we must pay Thoughts occur that this night might stay yesterday Thoughts that we as humans small could slow worlds and end it all lie around me where they fall before the new day One more day when time is running out for everyone Like a breath I knew would come I reach for the new day hope is my philosophy Just needs days in which to be Love of life means hope for me borne on a new day You are the new day  less

County town Singers perform God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Donald Moore) at their December 4, 2010 Christmas Concert at Simcoe Street United Church, Oshawa, ON

we Are God's People - Brahms - Jakarta Festival Chorus (JFC) Aula Simfonia Jakarta, Indonesia. Conductor: Rev. Lee Chong Min. 13 October 2012.