Recordings: chubu creative（http://www.chubu-creative.com/） Karuizawa International Choral Festival（http://karuizawa.koyukai.info/en/） Japan 2016 www.latvianvoices.lv https://www.facebook.com/LatvianVoices/

Our last Song is an original carol written by the incomparable composer and arranger, Chris Hoban. Chris has written many of Show Of Hands’ big hits including, ‘Lily and the Rose’ which he wrote for Miranda Sykes and The Lost Sound. We’ve performed this t...  moreOur last Song is an original carol written by the incomparable composer and arranger, Chris Hoban. Chris has written many of Show Of Hands’ big hits including, ‘Lily and the Rose’ which he wrote for Miranda Sykes and The Lost Sound. We’ve performed this together with Show Of Hands, at their 25thAnniversary concert in The Royal Albert Hall in 2017. Chris explains the background of ‘Though We Lie Underground’ for us: I first came across the stories surrounding the curious tradition of West Country miners singing carols underground when listening to a recording of Alan Lomax’s extraordinary live BBC 1957 broadcast “Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year”, a feat of radio genius involving hundreds of performers and groups all over the country, seamlessly brought together for one scintillating hour. At one point, Lomax described how the miners of Devon and Cornwall would celebrate Christmas underground in an almost pagan fashion: they would select the largest lump of tin ore they could handle, set it up in...    less

[This article is a summary of a series that was first posted on my blog Chorus of aproval] Step 1 - Write it! A friend and I have written a Christmas Song for choir. It all started from a throw away comment by a choir member just befor...

The Renaissance Music. All-Ukrainian premiere (Odessa, March, 23, 2013). "Ave Musica" Choir performs "O Sacrum Convivium" by Thomas Tallis Conducting by Andrea Angelini (Italy) www.avemusica.com.ua facebook.com/AveMusicaChoirUkraine

"Pete, Pete" West African Folk Song, arr. Rosephanye Powell. Recorded live on May 15, 2015, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Primes Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic D...  more"Pete, Pete" West African Folk Song, arr. Rosephanye Powell. Recorded live on May 15, 2015, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Primes Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Jorge Valls, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. This Popular children's Folk Song from Ghana is sung traditionally as a call and response. It is an Akan playground Song. "Pete" (which means "vulture") is a nickname for children. It is a reference to a child's great appetite. Vulture, vulture, your mother is calling you. What does she want me to do? She said the meal is ready.   less

Interpretación del Villancico "El tamborilero" adaptado por Sergio Asián

Farewell my lovely blonde Folk Song from Bas-Dauphiné (France) Arrangement: Jean-Christophe Rosaz http://www.jeanchristopherosaz.eu http://www.youtube.com/user/rosazjc https://soundcloud.com/jc-rosaz Women choir: Korallerna (Lund, Sweden) http://...  moreFarewell my lovely blonde Folk Song from Bas-Dauphiné (France) Arrangement: Jean-Christophe Rosaz http://www.jeanchristopherosaz.eu http://www.youtube.com/user/rosazjc https://soundcloud.com/jc-rosaz Women choir: Korallerna (Lund, Sweden) http://korallerna.se/ conductor: Linda Alexandersson (also composer) http://linda-alexandersson.com/ publishing: https://www.schola-editions.com/accueil/ cd: http://www.advitam-records.com/catalogue/meliades.html Florilège Vocal de Tours 2016 http://www.florilegevocal.com/ --- 1)Adieu, ma si charmante blonde, A qui j'ai promis mon coeur! Je m'en vais, je m'en vais, je m'en vais Je m'en vais voguer sur l'onde, Belle je suis ton serviteur! 2)Malgré la pluie, malgré l'orage, Belle, il nous faut embarquer Embarquer, embarquer, embarquer embarquer dessus la Seine, c'est pour aller naviguer. 3)Mon cher amant, si tu me quittes, cher amant, si tu t'en vas, Souviens-toi, souviens-toi, souviens-toi, Souviens-toi de la promesse que ...    less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Sometimes you might have to learn your Song part from a recording rather than with everyone else together in a choir session.   photo by Kat...

We are celebrating 10 years of our unique series for the smaller choir, the Accessible Choral Library Series and are excited to welcome our second female composer to the series (the first being Rosa Conrad with her ever-Popular Sea Shanties), Olivia Spark...

The Renaissance Music. All-Ukrainian premiere (Odessa, March, 23, 2013). "Ave Musica" Choir performs "Ave Verum" by William Byrd Conducting by Andrea Angelini (Italy) www.avemusica.com.ua facebook.com/AveMusicaChoirUkraine