PROGRAM NOTES: While reading James Weldon Johnson’s poem for the first time, I was immediately reminded of all the difficult times that music has helped me through. How I wrote the composition Hope to process a miscarriage, or how I wrote I Will Lift My...  morePROGRAM NOTES: While reading James Weldon Johnson’s poem for the first time, I was immediately reminded of all the difficult times that music has helped me through. How I wrote the composition Hope to process a miscarriage, or how I wrote I Will Lift My Eyes at a time when multiple family members, both young and old, were being diagnosed with cancer. No matter life’s challenges, music has always been an outlet for me to cope and heal. It has helped me to persevere and fight through some of life's most difficult moments, ultimately making me a stronger person. The world can be a challenging place, but each of us are warriors—armed with the gift to sing, and filled with the fire, passion, drive, and grit to conquer anything.  less

Kantorei of Kansas City performs Kim André Arnesen's stunning Dormi, Jesu. Performed at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Kansas City, MO on December 20th, 2015. (Latin) Dormi, Jesu! Mater ridet Quae tam dulcem somnum videt, Dormi, Jesu! blandule! Si...  moreKantorei of Kansas City performs Kim André Arnesen's stunning Dormi, Jesu. Performed at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Kansas City, MO on December 20th, 2015. (Latin) Dormi, Jesu! Mater ridet Quae tam dulcem somnum videt, Dormi, Jesu! blandule! Si non dormis, Mater plorat, Inter fila cantans orat, Blande, veni, somnule. (English) Sleep, Jesus! Mother smiles Who sees such sweet sleep, Sleep, Jesus, gentling! If you sleep not, Mother weeps, While she spins, in song she prays, Come, gentle little sleep.  less

On October, 18, 2010 The Belarus State Academy of Music have present a master class with Ira Spaulding. Ira Spaulding, born in New York, studied with Robert Simpson at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey (Bachelor of Music) and also ho...  moreOn October, 18, 2010 The Belarus State Academy of Music have present a master class with Ira Spaulding. Ira Spaulding, born in New York, studied with Robert Simpson at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey (Bachelor of Music) and also holds a Master of Music in Voice and Choral Conducting from Eastern Kentucky University. He gave numerous recitals in America as well as having taught voice, conducting, vocal pedagogy and literature at several Colleges and conducted various vocal ensembles (community oratorio Choirs, church Choirs, boys Choirs and a jazz vocal ensemble). He currently serves on the faculty at City College of New York where he teaches voice, conducting and leads vocal ensembles and Choirs.  less

East Central University Singers performing "Peace I Leave With You" By W. Pelz Dr. Steven Walker, Conducting Recorded at the Spring 2009 Choral concert at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ada, OK

"Regina Coeli" Manolo da Rold (2019) Performed by the 2019 Temple University Women's Choir (Boyer College of Music and Dance) Directed by Kathleen Shannon Footage from the TU Livestream/Youtube account (oops). ❤️❤️ -Rachel

We, the San Nicolas 2nd Chorale (SN2C) of Sasmuan, Pampanga, are a Catholic music ministry inspired by the spirituality of our patron saint St. Nicolas de Tolentino. United by our faith in God, love in music, and dedication to serve others. We exist to he...  moreWe, the San Nicolas 2nd Chorale (SN2C) of Sasmuan, Pampanga, are a Catholic music ministry inspired by the spirituality of our patron saint St. Nicolas de Tolentino. United by our faith in God, love in music, and dedication to serve others. We exist to help people around us help them to experience the manifest presence of God through our music. Music is the best way to praise and worship God. This is our purpose. This is also the corporate mission of our group. We are committed to praise God and serve people. San Nicolas 2nd Chorale is a community of young people who compose, and perform Filipino and English religious music. Since 1983 SN2C continues to sung new religious songs because the heart of San Nicolas 2nd Chorale is to give a voice to people's most glowing prayers. SN2C hopes to put music to the desires and hopes that stay in human hearts. SN2C ministers with music by singing in liturgy. SN2C believes that voices raised in prayerful song add grace and warmth to life's p...    less

Tre havsvisioner (1956) "Havet" by Gösta Nystrœm (1890-1966) Performed by The Esoterics March 9, 2014 Holy Rosary Catholic Church O tillflykt, säkra ro! Hur själen än har tröttnat, du ständigt dock, o hav, i härlighet är nytt.\ Hur månget hjärt...  moreTre havsvisioner (1956) "Havet" by Gösta Nystrœm (1890-1966) Performed by The Esoterics March 9, 2014 Holy Rosary Catholic Church O tillflykt, säkra ro! Hur själen än har tröttnat, du ständigt dock, o hav, i härlighet är nytt.\ Hur månget hjärta glömt vid denna djupa syn, hur mången själ har stillnat! O mänsklighetens ädle, tankens och sångens väldige, ha mättat sina själar; O heliga, av dina brus som sjunga i morgonbrus ur Tebes Pindaros, och mörkna med Psaltaren till väldigt aftonbrus! ~Vilhelm Ekelund Translation: O refuge, safe and calm! How my soul is already tired, yet you are constant, o sea, in your glory anew. How many hearts have forgotten in the presence of your depths, how many souls have quieted! O humankind's most noble one, mightiest one of thought and song, who has filled our souls, O holy one, they sing of your swells from the morning waves of Pindar's Thebes, and grow darker through the Psalms to the mighty surges of evening...    less

SINGING When the soul first put on the body's shirt, the ocean lifted up all its gifts. When love first tasted the lips of being human, it started singing. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. ...  moreSINGING When the soul first put on the body's shirt, the ocean lifted up all its gifts. When love first tasted the lips of being human, it started singing. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double Choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, speak to us with both vivid immediacy and transcendence. The idea for the piece originated with the Mellon Elemental Arts Initiative, which proposed funding activities that would involve students in a...    less

Drei Gesange, Op 42 by J. Brahms East Central University Singers Conducted by Dr. J. Steven Walker Accompanied by Dr. Starla Hibler November 28, 2011 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Ada, OK

Music composed by Kim André Arnesen Improvised piano by Toni Arnold Shreve