This well-known carol, which tells the story of the Annunciation, is set to a lovely Basque melody arranged by Edgar Pettman. It was recorded on 5th December 2010 in the Harvey Nichols Espresso Bar in Leeds' magnificent Victoria Quarter in the first of S...  moreThis well-known carol, which tells the story of the Annunciation, is set to a lovely Basque melody arranged by Edgar Pettman. It was recorded on 5th December 2010 in the Harvey Nichols Espresso Bar in Leeds' magnificent Victoria Quarter in the first of St Peter's Singers' now-traditional Sunday evening carol performances there. The choir is directed by Dr Simon Lindley, its Music Director since the Singers' formation in June 1977. More information about St Peter's Singers, including details of forthcoming concerts, recitals and liturgical performances, may be found on the choir's website www.stpeters-singers.org.uk and on its Facebook group page 'St Peter's Singers of Leeds'.  less

Sweet Harmony sing Faith Watson's arrangement of Sentimental Journey, first in three-part harmony then in four-part jazzy rhythms

Melodical Sensations performing Sarafina songs, Safa saphela isizwe esimnyama, freedom is coming tomorrow and Sarafina Dance moves. This video was made to commemorate the youth of 1976 that embarked on the march to oppose the Bantu education. Today we ...  moreMelodical Sensations performing Sarafina songs, Safa saphela isizwe esimnyama, freedom is coming tomorrow and Sarafina Dance moves. This video was made to commemorate the youth of 1976 that embarked on the march to oppose the Bantu education. Today we are celebrating their lives through music and dancing. Credits Leading Vocals: Bheki Khathwayo, Mandisa Mbatha & Nonhle Khumalo. Conductor: Sizwe Buthelezi Composer: Sizwe Buthelezi Video cred: Bongani Nkosi Sound cred: Thabiso Mbatha Connect with us Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MelodicalSensations Instagram https://www.instagram.com/melodical_sensations Twitter https://www.twitter.com/m_sensations Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/melodicalsensations Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@melodicalsensations #Sarafina #16June #Youthday #imbewuChallenge  less

'Be Thou My Vision' (trad. Irish, arr. Dan forrest). Performed at the 2019 National Finale of the NZCF Big Sing Festival in Dunedin Town Hall. choir: Voicemale (Westlake Boys High School) Conductor: David Squire piano: Sheryl Clarke Cello: Max Chen

Coro las Veredas, director: Enrique Martín. piano: Paula Mercedes Lozano. Cristina Marín, Flauta. David Mayoral, percusión. Concierto celebrado el 30 de diciembre de 2013 en el Auditorio del Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

First published on http://kellygalbraithblog.com/2013/08/03/the-great-plague-fire-of-london-featuring-music-by-handel-part-rautavaara-tallis-mendelssohn/ 'Themes & Variations' by Kelly Galbraith   It seems every week or so when I listen to the ...

This is a transposed version of Malcolm Sargent's "Zither Carol". It is based on a Czech Furiant (a fast Dance with metre shifting between duple and triple time) called "Sedlák, sedlák", which was also sung as a light-hearted and frolicsome song gently po...  moreThis is a transposed version of Malcolm Sargent's "Zither Carol". It is based on a Czech Furiant (a fast Dance with metre shifting between duple and triple time) called "Sedlák, sedlák", which was also sung as a light-hearted and frolicsome song gently poking fun at a corpulent farmer. The words of the carol are by Malcolm Sargent himself. Girls and boys, leave your toys. make no noise, Kneel at His crib and worship Him. At Thy shrine, Child divine, we are Thine, Our Saviour's here. "Hallelujah!" the church bells ring, "Hallelujah!" the angels sing, "Hallelujah!" from ev'rything. All must draw near. (etc)  less

Erik Satie's Sarabande No. 1 is one of my favourite piano pieces. for a long time, I felt there was an a cappella choral piece hiding within it, in plain sight. One day I got inspired and gave it a try. Creating a choral adaptation of a piano piece ha...  moreErik Satie's Sarabande No. 1 is one of my favourite piano pieces. for a long time, I felt there was an a cappella choral piece hiding within it, in plain sight. One day I got inspired and gave it a try. Creating a choral adaptation of a piano piece has its challenges. I tried to keep faithful to Satie's original musical inspiration and created lyrics to go with my arrangement that evoke an early summer morning, one of my favourite times of the year. Several months later, I applied to be a participant at one of the Vancouver Chamber choir's Interplay workshops funded by the SOCAN Foundation and to my delight I was accepted. "As dawn breaks" was one of the pieces that this amazing choir sight read for me on the spot. VCC director Jon Washburn and choir members then provided me with valuable feedback, for which I am very grateful. NB: One day I woke up to the realization that I had independently written four choral works, each of which had evoked a different season, and so it seemed natural to group ...    less

This is the recording off of Shadows and Reflections, preformed by WomenSing, Martin Benevenuto, artistic director. Commissioned by WomenSing and the River of Words Foundation. Youth Inspiring Youth Commission (2008) Composed between January 20...  moreThis is the recording off of Shadows and Reflections, preformed by WomenSing, Martin Benevenuto, artistic director. Commissioned by WomenSing and the River of Words Foundation. Youth Inspiring Youth Commission (2008) Composed between January 2009 - and July 2009. This composition received its WORLD premiere March 28th, 2010 at St. Mary's Chapel in Moraga, CA.  

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   for the last two weeks I've been sharing a series of 'Frequently asked questions' that I wrote as a result of questionnaires that I used to send round my ...