Here we are singing our 'theme toon' in altogether different circumstances.... ... the princely escalator in the Wondrous Millennium Gallery in Sheffield. What a space! And on Sunday, we bring it to life with the Choral Celebration. Details and FREE tic... more
This project mixes a folk song from China's Xinjiang province (called "Yan zi" 燕子 or little swallow} with the folk song "She's Like a Swallow" from Newfoundland, Canada. the piece - written for SSATB and string orchestra - was composed by Dr. Jeanette Gal... more
Ministration during the Easter Special of 'Lyrics of Hope' 2022
Song of the two snails who go to the funeral of a dead leaf. Poem by Jacques Prévert. Music composed for two unaccompanied altos (countertenors) and sung by David W Solomons (one of my first multitrack recordings back in the early 1980s).
"Media vita in Morte sumus" Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495-c. 1560) Flos Campi Vicente Chavarria, Artistic Director from Media Vita: Life & Death in the Franco-Flemish Renaissance May 5, 2013 • St. Vincent Catholic Church, Los Angeles
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Aiming for 16-20 voices, SATB, rehearse in Hammersmith/Chiswick, about every 2 or 3 weeks. All busy professional folk, who understand we cannot all make every rehearsal! Classical almost always unaccompanied repertoire. Palestrina, Bach, Victoria, Britten... more
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I’ve written before about how hard it is to get a Cross-section of ages and genders in your choir (How to recruit singers to truly reflect your...