[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Ever asked your Choir members how they think things are going? Is there a large committee helping to run your Choir? If so, you’ve realised that a ch...

Originally from the movie "Sister Act I" Words and Music: traditional Adapted by Roger Emerson Arrangement by Ursula Rotter & Josef Aigner Performed by Universitair Koor Antwerpen at their Christmas Concert "Praise The Chord" on December 15, 2015.

Enjoy Citara Ghana preparing for the Executive Album Launch dubbed “ Afutusem” coming up in November. #ExecutiveAlbumLaunch #afutusem #citaraghmuzik #citaragh

The text of “In Those Years, No One Slept” is a scene from a time of conflict/war, by Romanian-American immigrant Claudia Serea. The score is at once rhythmic and exciting, haunting and unsettling. It was a winner of the 2018 Uncommon Music Festival Compo...  moreThe text of “In Those Years, No One Slept” is a scene from a time of conflict/war, by Romanian-American immigrant Claudia Serea. The score is at once rhythmic and exciting, haunting and unsettling. It was a winner of the 2018 Uncommon Music Festival Composition Competition. It is accessible for all fine high School, collegiate and community choral ensembles. Performers are encouraged to present this work in a more dramatic fashion than usual, “within (or surrounding) the audience.” 2018 Winner of the Uncommon Music Festival Composition Award & premiere in Sitka, Alaska, summer 2018.  less

L'9ATRA - Les voix du Choeur Les voix du choeur au concert du 22 Juin 2013 à La BNRM. Pianiste et Compositeur : Achraf Sbai Direction Artistique: Rabii Merouane Solistes: Hala Sbai - Karam Bensaber

AN IRISH BLESSING Music by Alejandro D. Consolacion II Based on the theme from the movie "Il Postino" by Luis Enriquez Bacalov Humans are subject to being relational with one another. With this, one of the horrors the Covid-19 pandemic has caused is...  moreAN IRISH BLESSING Music by Alejandro D. Consolacion II Based on the theme from the movie "Il Postino" by Luis Enriquez Bacalov Humans are subject to being relational with one another. With this, one of the horrors the Covid-19 pandemic has caused is the shutdown of all possible aspects of normal human interaction, and choral singing and rehearsals for the same are no exemption to the new rule. This does not mean, however, that distance defeats the purpose of creating harmony, especially in Music. It is in this light that I formed a virtual Choir from my group, CANTUS, as well as other friends from various Music communities. This is the product of a team effort: the singers, the pianist, the video and audio editor; you name it. Technology has given us all kinds of possibilities. But again, no words can ever express how much we miss seeing each other, teasing each other, laughing with each other, and most of all, singing with each other; simply put, just being together. The Music behind this benedic...    less

Music & Lyrics: Mick Jackson Arrangement, Musical Direction & Production: Doron Ben-Ami Recordings: Ofer Yair Stage Direction: Shuki Wagner Editing: Orit Dembsky "Quinta & a Half" Ensemble: Inbal Ceder, Yarden Cohen, Ayala Fossfeld, Doron Ben-Ami...  moreMusic & Lyrics: Mick Jackson Arrangement, Musical Direction & Production: Doron Ben-Ami Recordings: Ofer Yair Stage Direction: Shuki Wagner Editing: Orit Dembsky "Quinta & a Half" Ensemble: Inbal Ceder, Yarden Cohen, Ayala Fossfeld, Doron Ben-Ami, Matan Kaufman and Oz Weiss. Contact us: quintaandahalf@gmail.com or doronib@gmail.com find us on Facebook (Quinta and a Half)  

Yih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) [Psalm 19:14] Setting in English by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2003 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. ww...  moreYih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) [Psalm 19:14] Setting in English by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2003 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5864. Recording: © Copyright 2003 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.  

Yih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) [Psalm 19:14] Setting in Hebrew by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2003 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www...  moreYih'yu l'ratson (May the words of my mouth) [Psalm 19:14] Setting in Hebrew by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2003 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5864. Recording: © Copyright 2003 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.  

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Book of Common Prayer version 1662) set to Music for six part mixed voices SAT-SAT) The title of this work (Canticula Ursae Minoris/Songs of the Little Bear) comes from the origin of the melodies: Many years ago I wrote a...  moreMagnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Book of Common Prayer version 1662) set to Music for six part mixed voices SAT-SAT) The title of this work (Canticula Ursae Minoris/Songs of the Little Bear) comes from the origin of the melodies: Many years ago I wrote an "Oratorio" based on Winnie the Pooh (The Expotition to the North Pole) and gave each character little melodic leitmotifs, such as "Sing ho for the life of a bear" (which becomes "to be a light to lighten the Gentiles" in the Nunc Dimittis), "They all went off to discover the pole" (which is the initial theme of the Magnificat) and "What I say, said Eeyore, is that it's unsettling" (which becomes the "Glory be to the Father" section at the end of each canticle) The original and much simpler "oratorio" work, called Poohratorio of course, may be published once AA Milne goes into public domain (2031).  less