Words and Music by Dan Smith Arranged by Jacob Narverud Published by Shawnee Press Performed in Lethbridge Mennonite Church, April 13, 2015

This is a setting of a poem by The Reverend Doctor Malcolm Guite, Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge,with his permission. The poem is a response to the 8th "O Antiphon" for Advent O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neither before thee was an...  moreThis is a setting of a poem by The Reverend Doctor Malcolm Guite, Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge,with his permission. The poem is a response to the 8th "O Antiphon" for Advent O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neither before thee was any like thee, nor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery. Who are the daughters of Jerusalem, Who glimpse you still as you transform their seeing? Whom have you called to this mysterium, And bathed in the blithe fountain of your being? Daughters of sorrow, daughters of despair, The cast-aside, the overlooked, the spurned The broken girls who scarcely breathe a prayer The ones whose love has never been returned. O Maid amongst the maidens, turn your face, For when we glimpse you we are not alone, O look us out of grief and into grace, Lift us in love made stronger than our own, Summon the spring in our worst wilderness, And make us fruitful in your fruitfulness.  less

On Saturday 22nd June the St Peter's Singers of Leeds travel to the picturesque Norcliffe Chapel in Styal Village for a concert programme of contemporary sacred choral music and organ solos. The free concert with retiring collection begins at 7.30pm. This...

Live from the JCI World Congress in Vienna 2005, Cobh Soprano Caroline Fraher sings this beautiful and haunting piece with St Colman's Cathedral Chamber Choir. For more on Caroline: WWW.CarolineFraher.com

From John Rutter's Requiem. Performed by The Tidewater Singers, William R. Thomas, Director. April 30, 2011 at Christ Church in Cambridge, Maryland.

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about the challenges faced by Singers joining an established choir.   photo by fromcolettewithlove   This week I wi...

Hofstra Chamber Choir performing the first movement of Per Nørgård's Wie ein Kind, "Wiigen-Lied" David Fryling, Conductor Alex Schirling and Allison Lindsay, sprechstimme Cathedral of the Incarnation, April 2012

BSRU Concert Choir, College of Music, Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University, Bangkok Thailand, Conductor : Dr Casey Broadway

Performed at the 2012 Season of Harmony Concert November 17, 2012 at Hillsboro High School Words and Music by ROY ORBISON and JOE MELSON Arrangement by TOM GENTRY

We were founded by musician Shona Brown in 2009 with 3 choirs and now are 4 community choirs across Bearsden and Lanarkshire with around 180 members. We rehearse weekly and sing a variety of pop, rock, folk, reggae and gospel. SoundRoutes Singers have ...  moreWe were founded by musician Shona Brown in 2009 with 3 choirs and now are 4 community choirs across Bearsden and Lanarkshire with around 180 members. We rehearse weekly and sing a variety of pop, rock, folk, reggae and gospel. SoundRoutes Singers have performed to sellout audiences at venues across the local region and in 2012 recorded our debut EP Changing Key. The groundbreaking project was in conjunction with Addiewell Prison Choir, also run by Shona Brown, Britain's first prison choir and over £3000 was raised for Shelter Scotland.  less