Voices of Aloha choir sing a rousing rendition of "Place in the choir" at their 2017 Spring Concert under the direction of Mark Yasuhara.

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   It’s a dark January evening, cold and rainy, and we’re snuggled up in the warm eating our supper.     choir starts in half an ho...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   A few years ago I was asked by BBC Radio Suffolk to create a choir from scratch to perform in a concert in aid of Children in Need: The Big Night Out...

Europäischer Kammerchor Köln e.V. Die Ursprünge des Europäischen Kammerchores liegen beim internationalen Chorleitungskurs in St. Moritz (Schweiz) im Jahre 2003. Seitdem treffen sich die engagierten Chorsängerinnen und -sänger aus Deutschland und den eu...  moreEuropäischer Kammerchor Köln e.V. Die Ursprünge des Europäischen Kammerchores liegen beim internationalen Chorleitungskurs in St. Moritz (Schweiz) im Jahre 2003. Seitdem treffen sich die engagierten Chorsängerinnen und -sänger aus Deutschland und den europäischen Nachbarstaaten mehrmals im Jahr in Köln zu konzentrierten Probenphasen, in denen anspruchsvolle Chorprogramme erarbeitet und dem Publikum vorgestellt werden. Dabei widmet sich der Chor immer wieder gern jenen Kleinodien des unbegleiteten Gesanges, die in Kirche und Konzertsaal seltener zu hören sind, ohne dabei die großen Werke vergangener Epochen außer Acht zu lassen. Entsprechend umfasst das Portfolio der Sängergemeinschaft beispielsweise neben nahezu vergessenen Perlen der romantischen A-cappella-Literatur auch mehrere Aufführungen der Bach‘schen Johannes-Passion, Uraufführungen von Michael Ostrzyga und Harald Weiß sowie zahlreiche Werke der neueren und neuesten Chormusik. Nicht zuletzt die Freude am Auskosten des Spannungsfeldes zwischen alter und...    less

Singing Radujte se narodi, a beautiful Croatian folksong arranged for SATB with piano accompaniment by Alen Mancic, a member of the choir...

A promotional video for our CD 'Requiem aeternam' (Stone Records), available from Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0090Z43O0), Amazon US (http://amzn.com/B0090Z43O0) and iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/requiem-ternam/id554920221). The Ch...  moreA promotional video for our CD 'Requiem aeternam' (Stone Records), available from Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0090Z43O0), Amazon US (http://amzn.com/B0090Z43O0) and iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/requiem-ternam/id554920221). The choir of Somerville College, Oxford David Crown (conductor) Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Website: http://www.somervillemusicsociety.com Stone Records: http://stonerecords.co.uk  

PRAIRIE SPRING by Greg Bartholomew A setting for SAB choir of the poem by Willa Cather. With optional piano accompaniment. Recording by Matthew Curtis (Choral Tracks). Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of fron...  morePRAIRIE SPRING by Greg Bartholomew A setting for SAB choir of the poem by Willa Cather. With optional piano accompaniment. Recording by Matthew Curtis (Choral Tracks). Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains. Prairie Spring was first published in 1913 as the prologue to the novel O Pioneers! Sheet music is available from J. W. Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/11208222.item PRAIRIE SPRING Evening and the flat land, Rich and sombre and always silent; The miles of fresh-plowed soil, Heavy and black, full of strength and harshness; The growing wheat, the growing weeds, The toiling horses, the tired men; The long empty roads, Sullen fires of sunset, fading, The eternal, unresponsive sky. Against all this, Youth, Flaming like the wild roses, Singing like the larks over the plowed fields, Flashing like a star out of the twilight; Youth with its insupportable sweetness, Its fierce necessity, Its shar...    less

Vocal composition for SATB choir a cappella. Performed by the Rose Ensemble, conducted by Jordan Sramek, at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, MN in 2012. Russian icons (Eleusa) from the 12th-20th centuries. Second version from 2012.

A tu lado - Javier Busto (Sopran's Guide) Lyrics: Matías Antón Mena Music Arr.: Javier Busto An absolutely romantic text that a man writes to his wife as a declaration of love. The piece was written for the 50th anniversary of the Habaneras Contest in ...  moreA tu lado - Javier Busto (Sopran's Guide) Lyrics: Matías Antón Mena Music Arr.: Javier Busto An absolutely romantic text that a man writes to his wife as a declaration of love. The piece was written for the 50th anniversary of the Habaneras Contest in Torrevieja, Spain. The musical writing has nothing of a traditional habanera. The constant habanera rhythm is not present but must be felt as an internal rhythm. What I have included is the alternation of minor and major modes so typical of habaneras. More Information, contact us: guide4score@gmail.com  less

"Tu es Petrus" (excerpt) for female choir. Coro Giovanile Veneto; Conductor: M. Barbon; Composer: L. Schiavo; Sito web: http://schiavoleonardo.weebly.com "Tu es Petrus" (estratto) per coro femminile. Coro Giovanile Veneto; Direttore: M. Barbon; ...  more"Tu es Petrus" (excerpt) for female choir. Coro Giovanile Veneto; Conductor: M. Barbon; Composer: L. Schiavo; Sito web: http://schiavoleonardo.weebly.com "Tu es Petrus" (estratto) per coro femminile. Coro Giovanile Veneto; Direttore: M. Barbon; Musica: L. Schiavo; Sito web: http://schiavoleonardo.weebly.com