Macleans College Choir Macleans College Conductor Sarah McNabb Accompanist Lucy Tang, Josh Helm - drum, Steve Miles The Big Sing 2016 National Finale 25 to 27 August 2016 Dunedin Town Hall

SHEET MUSIC: https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/se/I... ABOUT The MUSIC: This arrangement is split into four ideas all linked togeTher generationally. The first verse is meant to symbolize a departed parent comforting Their grown child from The great b...  moreSHEET MUSIC: https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/se/I... ABOUT The MUSIC: This arrangement is split into four ideas all linked togeTher generationally. The first verse is meant to symbolize a departed parent comforting Their grown child from The great beyond. To be more specific, The parent is singing this lullaby to Their child in a dream. I felt The Latin word “Lux” (Light) was an appropriate fit for The imagery of sunlight and heavenly light. The second verse represents The grown child waking up from The dream (first verse). This verse is meant to be bittersweet raTher than strictly sad or angry. While There is grieving, The melody imparts comfort through nostalgia and memories. When The second verse gloriously blooms into The third, this represents everlasting love shining through even The darkest of times. Although gone, one will live in The heart and memory of anoTher forever. Finally, The reiteration of The first verse represents The grown child singing The same lullaby to Their own baby, impartin...    less

The J Singers combine singing ‘seriously for pleasure’ with performing charity fund-raising concerts throughout The county of Somerset. We sing a varied mix of music from traditional ballads and songs from The West End shows, to popular numbers. We welcom...  moreThe J Singers combine singing ‘seriously for pleasure’ with performing charity fund-raising concerts throughout The county of Somerset. We sing a varied mix of music from traditional ballads and songs from The West End shows, to popular numbers. We welcome new adult members with or without prior choral experience. You do need some musical ability, but it's not essential to read music. Rehearsals are in Wembdon, near Bridgwater, on a Tuesday evening.  

In The summer of 2005, a few singers in The Madison Early Music Festival decided that it was a fine idea to get togeTher and delight Themselves with singing madrigals. The group's first piece—William Byrd’s “This sweet and merry month of May”, whose endin...  moreIn The summer of 2005, a few singers in The Madison Early Music Festival decided that it was a fine idea to get togeTher and delight Themselves with singing madrigals. The group's first piece—William Byrd’s “This sweet and merry month of May”, whose ending celebrated Queen Elizabeth I with The words And greet Eliza with a rhyme: O beauteous Queen of Second Troy, Take well in worth a simple toy. provided a great name for The group. Eliza’s Toyes was born, and existed every summer in Madison, Wisconsin. In 2008, a fair number of singers who were in Eliza's Toyes are living in Madison once again. Thus we gaTher, outside of The Festival, for The joy of music making. It is our pleasure to continue sharing this wonderful body of music with you for The second year!  less

The Australian Military Wives Choir is open to female voices of all ages with a significant connection to a serving defence force member. Our purpose is to provide women and girls who share a bond of supporting currently serving defence personnel, an oppo...  moreThe Australian Military Wives Choir is open to female voices of all ages with a significant connection to a serving defence force member. Our purpose is to provide women and girls who share a bond of supporting currently serving defence personnel, an opportunity to leave all cares behind and sing for our hearts.  

The TIP Choral Society is The official chorale of Technological Institute of The Philippines consisting of select students and alumni singers from The different department choirs of Manila and Quezon City campuses.

The World Choir Games, The world's largest choir competition took place in Graz in July 2008. For 10 days The Capital of Culture in Styria became a global meeting place of international choir music. "City of my heart" by Franz Maria Herzog accompanies The...  moreThe World Choir Games, The world's largest choir competition took place in Graz in July 2008. For 10 days The Capital of Culture in Styria became a global meeting place of international choir music. "City of my heart" by Franz Maria Herzog accompanies The most beautiful impressions. http://www.worldchoirgames.com  

The Connecticut Master Chorale, founded and directed by Tina Johns Heidrich in 1999, is a premier Ensemble of 55 professional-caliber Vocalists with a precise blend and balance. We present two performances per season in Western Connecticut. Our Holiday...  moreThe Connecticut Master Chorale, founded and directed by Tina Johns Heidrich in 1999, is a premier Ensemble of 55 professional-caliber Vocalists with a precise blend and balance. We present two performances per season in Western Connecticut. Our Holiday Prelude Concerts are accompanied by The Connecticut Master Chorale Holiday Brass, and our Spring Concerts are accompanied by The Connecticut Master Chorale Orchestra. In addition to The regularly scheduled performances, our accomplishments include a Christmas Concert at The White House, a U.S. premiere performance at Lincoln Center, three Carnegie Hall appearances, as well as concerts at West Point, Madison Square Garden, and with The Ridgefield Symphony - all by invitation. We won The annual McDonald’s Gospelfest Competition three years in a row and have appeared on ABC TV. Our recordings have been featured on WMNR Fine Arts Radio in Connecticut.  less

MCC Backstage Pass presents Octarium in Concert, December 11, 2010 at Parkville Presbyterian Church in Parkville, Missouri. Let It Snow - arr. Eric Richards

Cantilena Women's Choir was established in 2006 and has been conducted by Lana Bernardes since that time. Today it comprises 23 selected singers, Cantilena meaning "lightweight song", deriving from The Latin word for &quo...  moreCantilena Women's Choir was established in 2006 and has been conducted by Lana Bernardes since that time. Today it comprises 23 selected singers, Cantilena meaning "lightweight song", deriving from The Latin word for "song" or "melody". Whenever possible, during concerts The members of The choir wear a pearl necklace to represent The significance of The activities pursued: each member of The choir is represented by one of The pearls, with The strand linking Them all being The music - The main purpose of so much hard work to achieve artistic quality. As well as being an extremely feminine accessory, it also illustrates The quality, refinement, finish and musical beauty that The Academia Concerto pursues. The formation of groups of like voices in Brazil is not very common and, Therefore, requires constant research to seek out specialised repertoire, both in Brazil and abroad, making appropriate arrangements or adaptations of pieces for ...    less