A request by artistic director Susan Glass for a new Choral work addressing climate change resulted in the creation of “Planet Earth Lullaby.” Composer Rich Campbell contemplated and determined the piece would be both an alarm for help and a call to actio...  moreA request by artistic director Susan Glass for a new Choral work addressing climate change resulted in the creation of “Planet Earth Lullaby.” Composer Rich Campbell contemplated and determined the piece would be both an alarm for help and a call to action. For over a century the internationally recognized distress signal has been the Morse Code sequence for SOS: 3 short, 3 long, 3 short ( . . . - - - . . . ). This became the rhythmic framework of note durations (heard in various ways) throughout this work, though it collapses when the chorus sings of “catastrophic climate collapse.” The SOS pattern then returns, transformed into longer durations, calling for renewed attention and devotion to our environment. Commissioned by the Glass Menagerie Chorus, NYC.  less

Two men's choirs joined together to make 240 strong.

He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven Text by William Butler Yeats, music by Desmond Earley Marie Woulfe (mezzo-soprano solo) Geraldine O’Doherty (harp) Desmond Earley (conductor) UCD Choral Scholars 2014-2015 Sound Recording Andrew Mellor Zucca Films...  moreHe Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven Text by William Butler Yeats, music by Desmond Earley Marie Woulfe (mezzo-soprano solo) Geraldine O’Doherty (harp) Desmond Earley (conductor) UCD Choral Scholars 2014-2015 Sound Recording Andrew Mellor Zucca Films Recorded on Friday 20th March 2015 in the college chapel at Castleknock College, Dublin, Ireland. This video (c) and (p) UCD Choral Scholars 2015 Twitter: @UCDChoral  

Score video of THE FERVID HOKEY POKE, Greg Bartholomew's setting for mixed choir (SATB) of the poem by Jeff Brechlin. Audio recording by Matt Curtis (Choral Tracks). Jeff Brechlin won The Washington Post's Style Invitational in March 2003 with his poem T...  moreScore video of THE FERVID HOKEY POKE, Greg Bartholomew's setting for mixed choir (SATB) of the poem by Jeff Brechlin. Audio recording by Matt Curtis (Choral Tracks). Jeff Brechlin won The Washington Post's Style Invitational in March 2003 with his poem The Hokey Poke. The competition asked readers to rewrite some banal instructions in the stvle of a famous writer. Brechlin chose to rewrite one verse of the traditional dance song The Hokey Pokey as if written by William Shakespeare, for which he won the prize of a shotgun shell salt and pepper shaker. His poem is used with permission. For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com/hokeyindex.html  less

Concierto del 21 de diciembre de 2024 en la Parroquia Virgen Inmaculada de Lourdes Ciudad de Buenos Aires

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I read an article in the latest Sounding Board (the journal of community music from Sound Sense) about the University of Sunderland’s new BA in...

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Best Vocal Group of 13. International Choral Competition Gallus, Maribor 2015 4 Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor Op. 75: Der frohe Wandersmann (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - Compulsory program 13. mednarodno zborovsko tekmovanje Gallus Maribor 2...  moreBest Vocal Group of 13. International Choral Competition Gallus, Maribor 2015 4 Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor Op. 75: Der frohe Wandersmann (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - Compulsory program 13. mednarodno zborovsko tekmovanje Gallus Maribor 2015 (Obvezni program) 4 Lieder für vierstimmigen Mannerchor op. 75: Der frohe Wandersmann(Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy)  

ANDREA O. VENERACION INTERNATIONAL Choral FESTIVAL  MANILA, 2013  August 7 – 10, 2013  Cultural Center of the Philippines   The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is pleased to announce the Andrea O. Veneracion Interna...