MY RED BOOTS for mixed chorus: world premiere recording performed by members of the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir - Virtual Singers. MY RED BOOTS is based on one of only several poems written by my mother, Jewish Holocaust survivor Rita Hoffman of bless...  moreMY RED BOOTS for mixed chorus: world premiere recording performed by members of the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir - Virtual Singers. MY RED BOOTS is based on one of only several poems written by my mother, Jewish Holocaust survivor Rita Hoffman of blessed memory (1927–2018). Both she and my late father, Josef Hoffman, were Jewish Holocaust Survivors. My mother’s brief memoirs are housed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. I have been trying to hear music for MY RED BOOTS for decades. It is fitting that my muse cooperated with me when I was seeking a text to set to music for the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir’s 2024 call for scores, because global anti-Semitism has not been this rampant since the 1930s. During the events of October 7, 2023 in Israel, "Babies were taken from their mother's arms" just as in my mother's poem. Those with a conscience in the world must keep this evil from "happening again, and again, and again!" MY RED BOOTS My red boots and ruby earrings were s...    less

The Salt Lake Vocal Artists perform the world premiere of "Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est" written for them by Sergey Khvoshchinsky under the direction of Dr. Brady Allred in Lilia Hall, Kawaguchi (Tokyo), Japan live in concert on October 15, 2013. Th...  moreThe Salt Lake Vocal Artists perform the world premiere of "Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est" written for them by Sergey Khvoshchinsky under the direction of Dr. Brady Allred in Lilia Hall, Kawaguchi (Tokyo), Japan live in concert on October 15, 2013. The Salt Lake Vocal Artists toured Japan as part of an invitation to perform at the Karuizawa International Choral Festival and performed in Karuizawa, Tokyo, Mastumoto and Nagoya. Soloist: Tara Wardle Latin Text Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. English Text Christ's love has gathered us into one. Let us rejoice and be pleased in Him. Let us fear, and let us love the living God. And may we love each other with an open heart. As we are gathered into one body, Beware, lest we be divided in mind. Let evil actions stop, let war and conflict cease, And may Christ our God be in our midst. Where charity and love are, God is there. And may we with the saints also, See Thy face in glory, O Christ our Lord: The joy that is immense and good, Where char...    less

Gypsy written by Juliet Russell performed by Vocal Explosion Hastings and Rye Choir LIVE at St Clements Church Hastings back in March. From the CD "The Music of the Gypsies". Come and see Vocal Explosion Hastings and Rye Choir LIVE at St Mary's Church...  moreGypsy written by Juliet Russell performed by Vocal Explosion Hastings and Rye Choir LIVE at St Clements Church Hastings back in March. From the CD "The Music of the Gypsies". Come and see Vocal Explosion Hastings and Rye Choir LIVE at St Mary's Church Rye on 14th June 2014  

The Promise of Liberty written by Greg Bartholomew was performed on May 2, 2013, at the Racine Unified School District's Horlick Area Choir Festival. Horlick High School, Gilmore Middle School, McKinley Middle School, Olympia Brown Elementary, Gifford El...  moreThe Promise of Liberty written by Greg Bartholomew was performed on May 2, 2013, at the Racine Unified School District's Horlick Area Choir Festival. Horlick High School, Gilmore Middle School, McKinley Middle School, Olympia Brown Elementary, Gifford Elementary, Winslow Elementary, Wadewitz Elementary and AppleChor from Red Apple Elementary combined to sing it as the Finale to the festival. There were about 280 children involved. The Directors: Ellen Christensen-Horlick, Keri Bieri-Gilmore, Rob Kroes-McKinley, Anne Mollerskov-Olympia Brown, Jessica Knierim-Gifford and Jack Senzig-Red Apple Greg Bartholomew's piece can be found on his website: http://www.gregbartholomew.com/libertindex.html  less