Best Day of My Life, Cool Choir, FriDay 23rd June, 2017, Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada See www.coolchoir.com for more information

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...  onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">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 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...    onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

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My Spirit Sang All Day - Geral Finzi Performed by the Abbeydale Singers on their 25th anniversary concert, at St. John's Church, Ranmoor, Sheffield, 16th July 2011. See http://www.abbeydalesingers.org.uk for more details.

Last June, at the Final School Year Concert of our Voces Blancas del Nalón Schools Choirs, we rehearsed and sang our interpretation of the New one Day one Choir Song. We did it so, that the 21st of September, we could join our voices to all those thousand...  onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">Last June, at the Final School Year Concert of our Voces Blancas del Nalón Schools Choirs, we rehearsed and sang our interpretation of the New one Day one Choir Song. We did it so, that the 21st of September, we could join our voices to all those thousand of choirs and choral singers that are singing for the peace within the oneDayoneChoir initiative. El pasado junio, en el Festival de fin de curso de los Coros Escolares de Voces Blancas del Nalón, preparamos y cantamos nuestra interpretación de la pieza the New one Day one Choir Song. De esta manera, sumamos nuestras voces a las de miles de coros y coralistas del mundo que cantan el día 21 de septiembre por la paz mundial. Festival de Fin de Curso Coros Escolares de Voces Blancas del Nalón, junio 2018  onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Choirs R Us performing at their Christmas Concert on 8 December 2012. Choir director: Jenny Bennett, Keyboardist: Adam Day. For more info: www.choirsrus.co.uk

Night and Day by Cole Porter, arranged by Andrew Carter - transposed for male voice choir and performed by David W Solomons as the dwsChorale the original score for SATB is at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/3622555?aff_id=175705

This post was orginally found on our Embro Thistle Singers blog. I remember when we had Professional Development Days when I was teaching, the teachers would complain that they were more tired that Day than from a whole Day of teaching.  I had had...

i thank You God for Most This Amazing Day - Eric Whitacre Performed by the Abbeydale Singers on their 25th anniversary concert, at St. John's Church, Ranmoor, Sheffield, 16th July 2011. See http://www.abbeydalesingers.org.uk for more details.

"Unclouded Day" from "Heavenly Home: Three American Songs" Arranged by Shawn Kirchner, TTBB version 2018 Performed in Norwich Cathedral, UK