A fun choral work about the opening up of Canada by railroad, written by Canadian composer Jeff Smallman.

"Gospel & Jazz: A Family Reunion" is a rare opportunity to pull together two performing groups whose audiences may be different but they are connected by history and by their mutual respect for each other’s contribution to Canadian music. The renowned Tor...  more"Gospel & Jazz: A Family Reunion" is a rare opportunity to pull together two performing groups whose audiences may be different but they are connected by history and by their mutual respect for each other’s contribution to Canadian music. The renowned Toronto Jazz Orchestra (TJO) and the Juno award-winning Toronto Mass Choir (TMC) join together in this historic collaboration. The production will feature this 40-voice Gospel Choir and 18-piece Jazz Orchestra along with special guest vocalists Patricia Shirley, Renee Rowe, Chardon Myers, rapper Terrence Penny, dancer Shawn Byfield and students from the Regent Park School of Music. A night to remember, "Gospel & Jazz: A Family Reunion" will celebrate the many historical and musical connections between these two popular genres. For lovers of great music, this event is not to be missed. Tickets: gospelandjazz.eventbrite.ca  less

An excerpt from movement IV of my Requiem (2007) as performed by the Orlando Chamber Singers under the direction of Gregory Ruffer. text: Keats (from Ode to a Nightingale) Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with e...  moreAn excerpt from movement IV of my Requiem (2007) as performed by the Orlando Chamber Singers under the direction of Gregory Ruffer. text: Keats (from Ode to a Nightingale) Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a musèd rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain  

A piece for women's choir by Canadian composer Jeff Smallman.

Come Ye Sons of Art - Mvt 1 from the Birthday Ode for Queen Mary Cantores Celestes Women's Choir Kelly Galbraith, Director Emperor String Quartet Kate Carver, Piano Matthew Coons, Organ LIVE performance April 21, 2018 'Wrapped in Light' www.cant...  moreCome Ye Sons of Art - Mvt 1 from the Birthday Ode for Queen Mary Cantores Celestes Women's Choir Kelly Galbraith, Director Emperor String Quartet Kate Carver, Piano Matthew Coons, Organ LIVE performance April 21, 2018 'Wrapped in Light' www.cantorescelestes.com  

Sound The Trumpet Mvt 2 from 'Come Ye Sons ofArt' (The Birthday Ode for Queen Mary) Cantores Celestes Women's Choir Kelly Galbraith, Director Kate Carver, Piano Matthew Coons, Organ LIVE performance April 21, 2018 'Wrapped in Light' www.cantore...  moreSound The Trumpet Mvt 2 from 'Come Ye Sons ofArt' (The Birthday Ode for Queen Mary) Cantores Celestes Women's Choir Kelly Galbraith, Director Kate Carver, Piano Matthew Coons, Organ LIVE performance April 21, 2018 'Wrapped in Light' www.cantorescelestes.com  

Coral Reyes Bartlet Amerike Ensamble Olivia Pehme, Marcos Depetris, violín Paula Hernández, cello Juan Carlos Baeza, contrabajo David Martel, teclado José Híjar Polo, director Iglesia de la Peña de Francia, 16 de diciembre de 2012 Concierto E...  moreCoral Reyes Bartlet Amerike Ensamble Olivia Pehme, Marcos Depetris, violín Paula Hernández, cello Juan Carlos Baeza, contrabajo David Martel, teclado José Híjar Polo, director Iglesia de la Peña de Francia, 16 de diciembre de 2012 Concierto Extraordinario de Navidad Grabación y postproducción: Claudio Híjar, Alberto Sicilia y Cristina González Sonido: Luis Acuña Iluminación EC  

VokalArs, an all-female music group, started rehearsing at the end of 2004 with the intention of consolidating a professional chamber size choir who would offer unconventional, high artistical quality concerts. Its components are professionals, whether si...  moreVokalArs, an all-female music group, started rehearsing at the end of 2004 with the intention of consolidating a professional chamber size choir who would offer unconventional, high artistical quality concerts. Its components are professionals, whether singers or related to other areas of music or those who, despite having another occupation, have a solid musical background and an extense vocal and choral experience. The unique sonority of a female group of singers, usually a capella, has been widely explored throughout the history of music by many composers from all times, both male and female. Examples of such music can be found from the Middle Ages up to contemporary music; however it is not until Romanticism that works are composed specifically for female choirs. Thus, a particular genre is born that will keep its own entity up to the present times. This genre has been especially cultivated as of late by female artists and composers. Both aspects, that is presenting works written for female choir as well ...    less

A Shepherds' Song

An a cappella setting for SATB choir of French poet Theophile Gautier's text. Written by Canadian composer Jeff Smallman. Please leave a comment.