MY RED BOOTS for mixed chorus: world premiere recording performed by members of the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir - Virtual Singers. MY RED BOOTS is based on one of only several poems written by my mother, Jewish Holocaust survivor Rita Hoffman of bless...  moreMY RED BOOTS for mixed chorus: world premiere recording performed by members of the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir - Virtual Singers. MY RED BOOTS is based on one of only several poems written by my mother, Jewish Holocaust survivor Rita Hoffman of blessed memory (1927–2018). Both she and my late father, Josef Hoffman, were Jewish Holocaust Survivors. My mother’s brief memoirs are housed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. I have been trying to hear Music for MY RED BOOTS for decades. It is fitting that my muse cooperated with me when I was seeking a text to set to Music for the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir’s 2024 call for scores, because global anti-Semitism has not been this rampant since the 1930s. During the events of October 7, 2023 in Israel, "Babies were taken from their mother's arms" just as in my mother's poem. Those with a conscience in the world must keep this evil from "happening again, and again, and again!" MY RED BOOTS My red boots and ruby earrings were s...    less

Some Ogden Nash silliness - Whitacre's Animal Crackers, narrated by Val Liske. Sung during our "Stars are with the Voyager" New York send-off event on March 16, 2014.

"Benedictus" by Clifford W. King performed by Cantorum Chamber Choir (Orem, UT): Steven Durtschi, artistic director. scores can be purchased at http://www.cliffordwking.com/benedictus

Recorded at the church of St Vedast Alias Foster, City of London, 25th April 2015. Directed by James Davey.

Recorded at the church of St Vedast Alias Foster, City of London, 25th April 2015. Directed by James Davey.

Karpathos Traditional ** Live Concert at Venizeleio Conservatory, Chania, Crete, Greece, under the direction of George Kaloutsis ** Visit us at http://thalitas.gr

University of Utah Chamber Choir, under the direction of doctoral student Sonja Sperling performing Brahms' "Wechsellied zum Tanze" on their 2013 Spring Concert in the Libby Gardner Concert Hall.

University of Utah Chamber Choir, under the direction of Dr. Barlow Bradford performing his setting of Walt Whitman's "Keep Your Splendid, Silent Sun" on their 2013 Spring Concert in the Libby Gardner Concert Hall.

Acappellago was founded in 2002 by a number of community members seeking a Musical challenge. We present a wide variety of Music ranging from classical, contemporary, jazz, pop, gospel, spirituals & have given a number of world, US & Chicago premieres.