Every phrase feels like a heart standing before God and acknowledging that grace has been real, present, and faithful. It is thanksgiving as testImony, worship as memory, joy born from reflection.

Rachel L. Jackson, Minister of Music. conducts the Fremont Presbyterian Choir and Orchestra. Sacramento, California, December 10, 2022. Arranged for SATB by John Whittaker From FOLKSONGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS - IV. WINTER (1949, arr. 2020) CELEBRATIN...  moreRachel L. Jackson, Minister of Music. conducts the Fremont Presbyterian Choir and Orchestra. Sacramento, California, December 10, 2022. Arranged for SATB by John Whittaker From FOLKSONGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS - IV. WINTER (1949, arr. 2020) CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF RALPH VAUGHN WILLIAMS Instructed by the greats including Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and friend Gustav Holtz, Composer Ralph Vaughn Williams was one of the first to gather folk songs and carols from around the countryside of England in the early 20th century. He found his identity as a national composer with his synthesis of folk music, classical training and the experience gained as Musical Editor of the English Hymnal. Composed over the span of four decades culminating in 1949, Folksongs of the Four Seasons is a cantata of 16 songs commissioned by The Women’s Institute; four for each season. The Winter section take the listener on a journey through the Christmas practices of the working poor in Victorian England. A...    less

    Les Chanteurs Stairwell (Stairwell Carollers) sont à la recherche de ténors et de basses.  Fière de ses 45 ans d'existence dans la région d'Ottawa Gatineau , cette Chorale a cappella a repris ses ré...

This selection was part of the National Chorale's 2020 Virtual Messiah Sing-In Members of this project belonged to the following ensembles: Morris Choral Society (Morristown, NJ) Ocean Grove Great Auditorium Choir (Ocean Grove, NJ) Seton Hall Univ...  moreThis selection was part of the National Chorale's 2020 Virtual Messiah Sing-In Members of this project belonged to the following ensembles: Morris Choral Society (Morristown, NJ) Ocean Grove Great Auditorium Choir (Ocean Grove, NJ) Seton Hall University Chorus (South Orange, NJ) Taghkanic Chorale (Yorktown Heights, NY) Jason C. Tramm, Music Diretcor/Conductor Shea Velloso, Organ Quinton Tramm, Audio/Video Engineer December 2020  

I dedicate this piece to my friends in the composer/singer collective, the Ad hoc Chorale, who tested out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offered valuable comments. "How heavy lies the heart" has drawn inspiration from the traditional F...  moreI dedicate this piece to my friends in the composer/singer collective, the Ad hoc Chorale, who tested out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offered valuable comments. "How heavy lies the heart" has drawn inspiration from the traditional French Christmas carol, "Quelle est cette odeur agréable", which John Gay also set as a boisterous drinking song in the Beggar's Opera, "Fill every glass, for wine inspires us!" In addition, the song draws inspiration from Josquin's Missa Pange Lingua. In early 2018, I applied to be a participant at one of the Vancouver Chamber Choir's Interplay workshops funded by the SOCAN Foundation and to my delight I was accepted. "How heavy lies the heart" was one of the pieces that this amazing choir sight read for me on the spot. VCC director Jon Washburn and choir members then provided me with valuable feedback, for which I am very grateful. I would also like to acknowledge the a cappella choir that I sing in, The Stairwell Carollers, and our director Pierre M...    less

The ECU Singers performing "Adoramus Te" by Quirino Gasparini. Dr. J. Steven Walker, conducting This was recorded at the East Central University Chorale and ECU Singers Fall Concert, November 19th, 2012. St. Josephs Catholic Church. Ada, OK

I will praise thee O Lord is a new composition from Mr. Frimpong Kwame Darkwa and sung by him

Recorded in April/May 2021 Alexandra Beliakovich, Piano Jason C. Tramm, Conductor Quinton Tramm, Audio/Video Engineer Members of the Seton Hall University Chorus Ocean Grove Great Auditorium Choir Taghkanic Chorale Morris Choral Society @Jason Tramm

Hofstra Chamber Choir performing Jussi Chydenius' "I am the Great Sun (The Chamber Choir comprises the front half or so of this group, thus the non-singing members of Chorale you see in the back... :) David Fryling, Conductor April 2012, Cathedral of...  moreHofstra Chamber Choir performing Jussi Chydenius' "I am the Great Sun (The Chamber Choir comprises the front half or so of this group, thus the non-singing members of Chorale you see in the back... :) David Fryling, Conductor April 2012, Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, NY  

Music and Lyrics by Santiago Veros https://www.santiagoveros.site Commissioned by The Cantabile Singers - Chris Bowman, conductor Kings Chorale - Bill Perrot, conductor Dedicated with a deep feeling to Bill Perrot, Chris Bowman, Christine Crofu...  moreMusic and Lyrics by Santiago Veros https://www.santiagoveros.site Commissioned by The Cantabile Singers - Chris Bowman, conductor Kings Chorale - Bill Perrot, conductor Dedicated with a deep feeling to Bill Perrot, Chris Bowman, Christine Crofut Carpenter, Elaine Farrar Kondrat, Howard Dawson, Joy Hewitt and Marti Dawson Galaxias We are all stars, we are to illuminate and be illuminated by those around us. This piece will always remain in my heart because it has been the result of the commission of very luminous people who have given me warmth while I was recovering from a hard setback of health. This work is the adventure of mutual support. We are lighting our way but the neighboring stars -those people who are our loved ones on any plane of existence- create and guide that way with more light than we are capable of perceiving. Lyrics and the shadow of twilight fades when the light of the ancestors forms a mantle that protects and guides us. A being illuminating the galaxies The c...    less