In 2014, Riga will not only be the European Capital of Culture, but also the World Capital of Choral Music. The 8th World Choir Games – the world’s largest Choir competition – will bring the international flair of the Choir Olympic idea...

"There Is a Garden" from the musical "Trouble in Tahiti" by Leonard Bernstein. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Lyric Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. A...  more"There Is a Garden" from the musical "Trouble in Tahiti" by Leonard Bernstein. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Lyric Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Susan Dodd. Leonard Bernstein was on his honeymoon in 1951 when he began composing his one-act opera "Trouble in Tahiti", a candid portrait of the troubled marriage of a young suburban couple. This aria is sung by Dinah during Scene 3 where, in her analyst's office, she is seeking counseling - unbeknownst to her husband Sam - in an attempt to repair their deteriorating marriage. Dinah recalls a dream of an untended garden choked with weeds. In the dream she hears a voice calling to her describing a beautiful garden, a place of love and harmony, which she tries desperately to find. Her dream ends before she can find it.  less

"What Is Pink?" by Janet Gardener. Text by Christina Rossetti. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Lyric Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. A...  more"What Is Pink?" by Janet Gardener. Text by Christina Rossetti. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Lyric Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Susan Dodd.  

"Come to the Celebration" by Laura Farnell. Recorded live on December 16, 2016, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Repertory Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Associate Director:...  more"Come to the Celebration" by Laura Farnell. Recorded live on December 16, 2016, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Repertory Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Associate Director: Robert Todd, Accompanist: Susan Dodd.  

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Live by Bel Canto Choir Vilnius. Buy our music on: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/bel-canto-Choir-vilnius/id704827966 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_srch_drd_B00F4ZGJNI?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=Bel%20Canto%20Choir%20Vilnius&index=digi...  moreLive by Bel Canto Choir Vilnius. Buy our music on: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/bel-canto-Choir-vilnius/id704827966 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_srch_drd_B00F4ZGJNI?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=Bel%20Canto%20Choir%20Vilnius&index=digital-music&search-type=ss I am Here (Vytautas Miskinis). Live by Bel Canto Choir Vilnius from its Christmas & 5th anniversary Concert entitled This is the Only Night, at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall on November 30 and December 1, 2014. The piece I Am Here was written exclusively for the Bel Canto Choir Vilnius by world renowned Lithuanian composer Vytautas Miskinis. For more information on the Choir, please visit its web site at http://www.chorasbelcanto.lt Credits: Arturas Dambrauskas (Artistic Director & Chief Conductor of Bel Canto Choir Vilnius); Audrius Valatkevicius (Executive Producer); Vytautas Drazdauskas (Video Producer at ARTBOX production house); Povilas Varvuolis (Director); Mantas Satkus (Director of Photography); Laura Jurgeliony...    less

"The Violet" by Mark Patterson. Text by Jane Taylor. Recorded live on Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Lyric Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Di...  more"The Violet" by Mark Patterson. Text by Jane Taylor. Recorded live on Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Lyric Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Susan Dodd. Down in a green and shady bed, A modest violet grew; Its stalk was bent, it hung its head As if to hide from view. And yet it was a lovely flower, Its colour bright and fair; It might have graced a rosy bower, Instead of hiding there. Yet thus it was content to bloom, In modest tints arrayed; And there diffused a sweet perfume, Within the silent shade. Then let me to the valley go This pretty flower to see; That I may also learn to grow In sweet humility.  less

"Shiru" by Allan Naplan. Text adapted from Psalms 96 and 98. Recorded live on December 8, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Lyric Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wal...  more"Shiru" by Allan Naplan. Text adapted from Psalms 96 and 98. Recorded live on December 8, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Lyric Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Susan Dodd.  

The Choir "Klang Chamber Choir" from Malaysia singing at "Venezia in Musica 2011", competition category S - Sacred Music: Claudio Monteverdi - Cantate Domino The conductor Lee Shiak Yao was awarded with the Conductor Prize. More about Venezia i...  moreThe Choir "Klang Chamber Choir" from Malaysia singing at "Venezia in Musica 2011", competition category S - Sacred Music: Claudio Monteverdi - Cantate Domino The conductor Lee Shiak Yao was awarded with the Conductor Prize. More about Venezia in Musica: http://www.interkultur.com http://blog.interkultur.com  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I like being in charge, as do most Choir and singing workshop leaders. Our job mainly consists of telling people what to do and helping them to sing ...