[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week in How to teach (and learn) a Song by ear 1 I wrote about the oral tradition, teaching by ear, starting notes and breaking a Song down into...
Canterbury Girls Choir perform the Cups Song at the Boughton Under Blean Summer Sing concert. July 2015
#Muzaria #DarrenBartlett #dmbmusic Song OF PEACE - Revisited 2021 In 2002 my Brother Wayne and I wrote a Song for the BBC Choirboy of the year, James Eager. Last year my Nephews Jake & Oliver recorded a new vocal and we captured them in a video. Thi... more
"A Song of Peace" written by Jonathan Adams, published by Pavane Publishing, P1337 and beautifully sung by Matthew Curtis, Choral Tracks LLC.
This is a very popular church Song, but is a bit unusual in that it originated as a folk Song about driving a car. Usually it is the church Song which is incorporated into the folk culture. In the Sotho language: "I also like to see the angels on Moun... more
World premiere of "Do you Know the Song the Angels Sang" by Villa Park, IL composer John Milne. Sunday, 12/2/19 Congregational Church of Batavia, IL
This setting of the 98th Psalm (Sing a new Song to the Lord for he has worked wonders.) comes originally from my cantata “The Manchester Magnificat”, based on Audrey Vaughan’s poems about the religious and social history of the city. The oratorio was... more
Choral Chameleon's chorus premiered this colorful piece of Choral Storytelling by our composer-in-residence at our concert 'The Telephone Hour' on November 18 (and 19) 2016. The concert Theme focused on the damaging nature of gossip and the larger mea... more
"A Sad Song" by Randall Thompson, from the Song cycle "Rosemary". Text by Stephen Vincent Benét. Recorded live on Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Christ Lutheran Church in Oakland Park, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of S... more
Bob Chilcott's "Song of the Crib" Sunday, December 4, 2016 Congregational Church of Batavia, IL