The Graduate Choir NZ performs the New Zealand National Anthem "God Defend New Zealand", arranged by Terence Maskell. --- The Graduate Choir NZ Director of Music: Terence Maskell http://www.graduatechoir.co.nz http://www.facebook.com/TheGraduateC...  moreThe Graduate Choir NZ performs the New Zealand National Anthem "God Defend New Zealand", arranged by Terence Maskell. --- The Graduate Choir NZ Director of Music: Terence Maskell http://www.graduatechoir.co.nz http://www.facebook.com/TheGraduateChoirNZ http://www.twitter.com/GraduateChoirNZ --- Recorded in July 2008 by Atoll Records. Producer: Wayne Laird http://www.atollcd.com --- Photos by Peter Cammell, Julie Hawton, Brian Lee, TVNZ / Praise Be, and Hans Weichselbaum. ---  

Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Libretto: https://goo.gl/dFZ4JP Commission for St. Paul’s Chapel: Spire and Shadow Zachary Wadsworth: Spire and Shadow Downtown Voices NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, conductor Part of Trinity's Time's Arrow Festival, Spir...  moreWednesday, January 11, 2017 Libretto: https://goo.gl/dFZ4JP Commission for St. Paul’s Chapel: Spire and Shadow Zachary Wadsworth: Spire and Shadow Downtown Voices NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, conductor Part of Trinity's Time's Arrow Festival, Spire and Shadow celebrates the 250th anniversary of the opening of St. Paul's Chapel, combining colorful and vibrant new music by Zachary Wadsworth with powerful poems about New York City spanning five centuries. Commissioned by Trinity Church Wall Street, this major new work explores the history of our church, the city of New York, and the many residents who have lived, loved, suffered, toiled, and triumphed here.  less

I wrote this Christmas carol back in December last year. It came Highly Commended in Westminster School's Carol Competition in 2012, and was the first Highly Commended entry in The Times Carol Competition in 2013. Apologies for some sound distortion - I'v...  moreI wrote this Christmas carol back in December last year. It came Highly Commended in Westminster School's Carol Competition in 2012, and was the first Highly Commended entry in The Times Carol Competition in 2013. Apologies for some sound distortion - I've tried my best to edit most of it out. The performers are credited at the end of the video. Hope you enjoy, and Merry Christmas!  

On 20 June 2026 at 7.30pm Kingston Choral Society presents a summer programme focusing on the natural world. featuring music by Leonard Bernstein, Elgar, Holst, Howells, Parry, Purcell, Stanford and Dowland in his 400th anniversary year. These diverse pie...  moreOn 20 June 2026 at 7.30pm Kingston Choral Society presents a summer programme focusing on the natural world. featuring music by Leonard Bernstein, Elgar, Holst, Howells, Parry, Purcell, Stanford and Dowland in his 400th anniversary year. These diverse pieces share a focus on the natural world. Part one of the concert delights in all things pastoral in a series of anthems, partsongs and folk songs. Part two introduces the ominous note of threats to nature, with Cecilia McDowall’s haunting cantata, The Ice is Listening. Inspired by accounts of seventeenth and eighteenth century frost fairs on the River Thames, this gorgeous work evokes nature’s fragile balance – a theme amplified by Raymond Yiu’s rich song cycle for soprano, The Earth and Every Common Sight, which urgently addresses the peril of climate change. The concert will be conducted by Andrew Griffiths, with Gavin Roberts playing organ and piano and the Soprano, Donna Lennard, performing the song cycle. KCS has been sharing the joy of choral mu...    less

Downtown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net) NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Arvo Pärt – Passio St. Paul's Chapel, New York City Trinity Wall Street This concert featured iconic works of two of the most compelling and...  moreDowntown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net) NOVUS NY Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net) Arvo Pärt – Passio St. Paul's Chapel, New York City Trinity Wall Street This concert featured iconic works of two of the most compelling and influential composers of the 20th century: Arvo Pärt and Francis Poulenc. The monumental work Passio by Arvo Pärt is a meditative setting of texts from the Passion according to St. John and is considered as the apotheosis of his writing. This is the video of that live performance.  less

Pete, Dawn, Louise, Holly, Katrina, Margo, Marjorie, John and Bob  -- the Stairwell Carollers, Xmas, 1990 Way back in 1990, when human beings were still manning all the cameras at CJOH and show guests had a dressing room and a makeup artist, Joel Ha...

Anthem by Edgar Bainton And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a ...  moreAnthem by Edgar Bainton And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of Heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. (Revelation 21) Sung at Canterbury Cathedral during our Royal School of Church Music Summer Course in 1986, under Martin How. I (David W Solomons) was one of the altos. John Huntley - a fellow alto - recorded this performance.  less

Live performance in December 2023 at Shekinah Retreat Centre, Waldheim, SK

Carmina Burana - Carl Orff Stephen Sands, Conductor - http://StephenSands.net Downtown Voices and the Trinity Youth Chorus NOVUS NY St. Paul's Chapel, New York City June 16, 2019 http://DowntownVoices.net

We are directed by Charles West, a patient and perceptive guy with a good sense of humour who quickly identifies where and when we need his help and guidance. We sing a variety of music which, in some cases, is arranged by Charles. We rehearse, with a...  moreWe are directed by Charles West, a patient and perceptive guy with a good sense of humour who quickly identifies where and when we need his help and guidance. We sing a variety of music which, in some cases, is arranged by Charles. We rehearse, with a break for chat and refreshment at St Leonards Primary School in Exeter on Wednesday evenings.