[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I like being in charge, as do most choir and singing workshop leaders. Our Job mainly consists of telling people what to do and helping them to sing ...

Another work from the Stone&Tara Songbook this week. 'In Lucem' is a song of hope and love. The emotional lyrics are inspired by the biblical book of Job, the man who lost everything he had. We are providing a translation of the Latin lyrics below. In...  moreAnother work from the Stone&Tara Songbook this week. 'In Lucem' is a song of hope and love. The emotional lyrics are inspired by the biblical book of Job, the man who lost everything he had. We are providing a translation of the Latin lyrics below. In Lucem You will forget your sorrow. You will be happy, you will clothe yourself in light. Your sadness will be made a vague memory. We will shout and sing and reap in joy. We will laugh again, we will love again. Our sadness will be like a river Traveling across the earth, flowing into the ocean. You will forget your sorrow. You will be happy, you will clothe yourself in light.  less

The opera company is "taking five" at the rehearsal of Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida, and Arac's little sister Anita has come into the theatre from her Job at the strip joint next door. She has already heard her brother Arac practising that so...  moreThe opera company is "taking five" at the rehearsal of Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida, and Arac's little sister Anita has come into the theatre from her Job at the strip joint next door. She has already heard her brother Arac practising that song in which he gradually removes all his cumbersome armour, and she decides it is also a song for her. Arac and his fellow guardsmen stand back and watch in great amusement as she performs her version of the song for them.  

Music by Frederick Loewe Words by Alan Jay Lerner Performed by David Warin Solomons and the dwsChorale with Stephen Hughes on honky tonk piano [ALFRED] The Lord above gave man an arm of iron So he could do his Job and never shirk The Lord above ...  moreMusic by Frederick Loewe Words by Alan Jay Lerner Performed by David Warin Solomons and the dwsChorale with Stephen Hughes on honky tonk piano [ALFRED] The Lord above gave man an arm of iron So he could do his Job and never shirk The Lord above gave man an arm of iron, but! With a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck Someone else'll do the blinkin' work [ENSEMBLE] With a little bit, with a little bit With a little bit of luck you'll never work etc  

Our version of "Africa" by Toto, taken in a concert that took place in Tmuna Theatre, Tel Aviv, on 09.10.12 Solo - Doron Ben-Ami Arrangement (and also singing) - Yarden Cohen Doing a really hard Job on the bass-beatbox - Oz Weiss Rest of the group - I...  moreOur version of "Africa" by Toto, taken in a concert that took place in Tmuna Theatre, Tel Aviv, on 09.10.12 Solo - Doron Ben-Ami Arrangement (and also singing) - Yarden Cohen Doing a really hard Job on the bass-beatbox - Oz Weiss Rest of the group - Inbal Ceder, Sahar Schwartzberg, Matan Kaufman הביצוע שלנו לשיר "Africa" של Toto מתוך הופעה בתיאטרון תמונע שהתקיימה ב-09.10.12. סולו - דורון בן-עמי עיבוד (וגם שירה) - ירדן כהן עושה עבודה כפולה על הבס-ביטבוקס - עוז וייס שאר חברי ההרכב - ענבל צדר, סהר שוורצברג, מתן קאופמן עמוד הפייסבוק שלנו / Our Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/QuintAandAHalf  less