Music Sir Arthur Sullivan, Lyrics Henry F Chorley. Gresley Male Voice choir performing Saturday 16th September 2017. http://www.gresleychoir.org

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"Nyon Nyon" by Jake Runestad. 2013 Nebraska All-State choir. andré Thomas, conductor. Purchase scores: http://jakerunestad.com/store This video was produced by Mid-America Video Images.

The second piece in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, Op. 16 Anthony O’Daly was a member of the Whiteboys, a group that resisted encroachments on peasants’ rights to their land with a mixture of rent strikes and violence. In 1820, Daly was wrongfully acc...  moreThe second piece in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, Op. 16 Anthony O’Daly was a member of the Whiteboys, a group that resisted encroachments on peasants’ rights to their land with a mixture of rent strikes and violence. In 1820, Daly was wrongfully accused of shooting at a local landowner and condemned to hang. Although the local population acclaimed him as a hero and attempted to help him escape the gallows, he went quietly to his death. "Anthony! Since your limbs were laid out, the stars do not shine! The fish leap, not out in the waves! On our meadows, the dew does not fall in the morn, for O’Daly is dead!" Barber’s song feels like a huge public outpouring of grief. It begins with the basses repeating Anthony’s name on a drone whilst the upper voices sing a keening melody, and the piece builds to hysteria as the sopranos and altos take over the chanted name. There are also suggestions that Raftery’s poem is not a lament but a traditional poet’s curse, calling down retribution in response to Raftery’s...    less

"Ave Musica" choir performs "Christus Factus Est" by Felice Anerio Conducting by andrea Angelini (Italy) Odessa (UA). March, 23, 2013

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] What is a choir leader without a choir?   There are times when you won’t be able to be with your choir in person. Here are some things to help k...

Norges Ungdomskor (National Norwegian Youth choir) - I Himmelen, Music by Edward Grieg. Baritone: MAgnus Dorholt Kjeldal Conducted by Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl From the choir's performance at the G. Verdi conservatoire on August 1st, 2012 in Torino, I...  moreNorges Ungdomskor (National Norwegian Youth choir) - I Himmelen, Music by Edward Grieg. Baritone: MAgnus Dorholt Kjeldal Conducted by Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl From the choir's performance at the G. Verdi conservatoire on August 1st, 2012 in Torino, Italy, as a part of the international triennial choral festival Europa Cantat. The choir is a project funded and run by the Norwegian youth choral assosiation UNG I KOR. It gathers the elite of young Norwegian singers between 16 and 26 twice each year, in order to let them learn, grow and experience new things, and first and foremost: To sing advanced choir music! (My apologies for the camera work.)  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   When I started my first ever choir, WorldSong, it was an open-access beginner’s choir and anyone who wanted to sing could join.   &nbs...