SINGING When The Soul first put on The body's shirt, The ocean lifted up all its gifts. When love first tasted The lips of being human, it started singing. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. ...  moreSINGING When The Soul first put on The body's shirt, The ocean lifted up all its gifts. When love first tasted The lips of being human, it started singing. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by The Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and The Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by The thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from The Persian by Coleman Barks, for double choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, The giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and The ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, speak to us with both vivid immediacy and transcendence. The idea for The piece originated with The Mellon Elemental Arts Initiative, which proposed funding activities that would involve students in a...    less

Robinson Secondary School Select Women's Ensemble Sydney Guillaume, guest conductor Michael Thompson, accompanist June 4, 2015 - - Lord of Life LuTheran Church Fairfax, Virginia. - - - - - - - - Sheet music available at: http://sydneyguillaum...  moreRobinson Secondary School Select Women's Ensemble Sydney Guillaume, guest conductor Michael Thompson, accompanist June 4, 2015 - - Lord of Life LuTheran Church Fairfax, Virginia. - - - - - - - - Sheet music available at: http://sydneyguillaumemusic.com/choral-music - - - English Poetic Translation: I see The love flow in The eyes of The moTher; Tenderness and joy have overcome The faTher. Through The eyes of Their very first born, I discover hope, I contemplate The future. He is beautiful, full of life and full of promise; He is beautiful, full of life, and a carrier of hope. Akeem, Akeem… The voice of The future. Akeem, Akeem… Akeem is his name. Life on The wings of love Once again burst out The sweet symphony. This splendor exploded time For us to discover The buds of spring. He is beautiful, full of life and full of promise; He is beautiful, full of life, and a carrier of hope. Akeem, Akeem… The voice of The future. Akeem, Akeem… Akeem is his name. The birth of a ...    less

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FRANCIS ROUS – The LORD’S MY SHEPHERD (PSALM 23) | MUSIKTEERS ENSEMBLE GH https://youtu.be/28GKuHU-fvg ✨ NOW LIVE! ✨ Experience The peace of Psalm 23 in this moving performance of Francis Rous’ *“The Lord’s My Shepherd”,* brought to life by Musikteer...  moreFRANCIS ROUS – The LORD’S MY SHEPHERD (PSALM 23) | MUSIKTEERS ENSEMBLE GH https://youtu.be/28GKuHU-fvg ✨ NOW LIVE! ✨ Experience The peace of Psalm 23 in this moving performance of Francis Rous’ *“The Lord’s My Shepherd”,* brought to life by Musikteers Ensemble GH. #FrancisRous #TheLordsMyShepherd #MusikteersEnsembleGH #GhanaChoir #SacredMusic