I think I’ve started a new project that is going to keep me learning new musical skills for a long time….. I Love working on choral arrangements, however the more I do and the more I think about them, the more I actually learn. I am extremel...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on My blog From the Front of the Choir]   I recently wrote about some of the reasons why you might think you can’t sing.   Suessian megaphone by theparadigmshifter   One of th...

BUMK Classical Choir (Conductor: Kaan Bayır) Since 1994, the choir continues to bring students together in choral Life. Besides its regular concerts in Bogazici University, they also performed in cities such as Ankara, Canakkale, Afyon, Denizli, Izmir,...  moreBUMK Classical Choir (Conductor: Kaan Bayır) Since 1994, the choir continues to bring students together in choral Life. Besides its regular concerts in Bogazici University, they also performed in cities such as Ankara, Canakkale, Afyon, Denizli, Izmir, Antalya, Mugla, Sakarya, Kocaeli and reach their voices to people in the country. Some of the significant performances of the choir can be listed as Ankara Polyphonic Choir Festival, Afyon Classical Music Festival, Austrian Consulate Culture office New Year Concert, Jungend Musiziert Competition Opening Concert, Istanbul International Choir Days (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) In year 2007 announced as ''Mevlana (Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī) Year'' by UNESCO, the choir prepared the repertoire including the works of Mevlana and Yunus Emre. In this context, the choir performed in Musicateneo Festival Opening Concert with the theme called ''Journey to Absence'' and share thoughts, feelings and wishes of historical turkish figures with the audience, in a musical way. The choir ...    less

A small extract from our joint concert with Marazion-Apollo Male Voice Choir in aid of 'Freddy's Fight For Life'. Filmed at Taunton Baptist Church, 14 October 2017

Last weekend we ended a very fulfilling season with a choir party. To celebrate we all sang our version of "Seasons of Love" from the musical Rent, lyrics by our conductor Jeanne Rabin (www.jeannerabin.com). You are all welcome to sing along (here's a li...

We are young, we all studied the National University of Music from Bucharest, and we are united by our Love for choral music!

A montage of clips from a concert given by Cefn Hengoed Ladies Choir at the Church of the Holy Cross as part of the Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival 24 May 2015: songs include Fever, Cantilena, Dream a Little Dream, The Lord is My Shepherd, Adiemus, All ...  moreA montage of clips from a concert given by Cefn Hengoed Ladies Choir at the Church of the Holy Cross as part of the Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival 24 May 2015: songs include Fever, Cantilena, Dream a Little Dream, The Lord is My Shepherd, Adiemus, All that Jazz, The Water of Tyne and the Rhythm of Life  

Celestial City Choir urge all Children of God to praise Him always. Share, Download and Praise God if U believe He Has really done something in your Life and ready to accept His Blessings. This song is written and composed by Yaw Owusu Asiamah (Compose...  moreCelestial City Choir urge all Children of God to praise Him always. Share, Download and Praise God if U believe He Has really done something in your Life and ready to accept His Blessings. This song is written and composed by Yaw Owusu Asiamah (Composer and Music Director for all Choral Music- Main Performing Choir is Celestial City Choir  

The Celestial City Choir wishes to invite all friends and Love ones all over the world to join us to honor one of the great men in the Seventh-day Adventist Church Hymnal compoers. It will happen LIVE  this June. Please stay glue for more update

This brand new version of Good King Wenceslas is dedicated to My uncle Duncan Shaw of Vancouver. His "retirement project" - developing his own theory of gravity - has been a huge inspiration in My own compositional journey late in Life. Some background...  moreThis brand new version of Good King Wenceslas is dedicated to My uncle Duncan Shaw of Vancouver. His "retirement project" - developing his own theory of gravity - has been a huge inspiration in My own compositional journey late in Life. Some background: I have sung the traditional version of Good King Wenceslas since I was a kid. I fell in Love with the lyrics and the story, but have always been puzzled by the way it was arranged, in particular the way that the "las" of Wenceslas lands on the downbeat. When I was young, I thought the lyrics were actually "Good King Wences last looked out!" All to say that I got inspired to create a totally different version. I used the 19th century poem by John Mason Neale, but I wanted to create a different "feel" to the story, to take it back in time to its origins in the Middle Ages - hence the medieval feel to much of the piece. I also felt that since the Wenceslas story is all about a journey, a setting in 3/4 time would create a better sense of that feeling, ra...    less