Third international choir festival "Chernomorski zvutsi" June 2013 Balchik, Bulgaria

This is our choral tribute to Lily Allen who wrote this song for her mother, Alison Owen. Orchestrated and Arranged by Rachel Santesso **We have made our recording as a gift for you. If you'd like to download it for free, you can find it on our hom...  moreThis is our choral tribute to Lily Allen who wrote this song for her mother, Alison Owen. Orchestrated and Arranged by Rachel Santesso **We have made our recording as a gift for you. If you'd like to download it for free, you can find it on our homepage: www.capitalchoir.com Enjoy! *** Video by Alexandra Berglof Recording engineers: Andrew Dudman and Sam Okell at Abbey Road Studios studio footage filmed by Nick Marangoni  

“The Wind” was commissioned by the Organization of American Kodály Educators as a result of Rich Campbell winning the Ruth Boshkoff Composition Prize. The text is from Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1885 A Child’s Garden of Verses. The choir begins by emulating...  more“The Wind” was commissioned by the Organization of American Kodály Educators as a result of Rich Campbell winning the Ruth Boshkoff Composition Prize. The text is from Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1885 A Child’s Garden of Verses. The choir begins by emulating the sound of the wind, and then sings directly to the wind, describing the many things the wind does while questioning just who or what the wind is. The piece, inspired by Kodály’s philosophy, develops a folk-like melody in a modern context. The rhythmic piano accompaniment keeps the piece bouncing brightly until its exciting conclusion. Premiere performance by the 2016 OAKE National Children's choir, Elizabeth Núñez, director. The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson I saw you toss the kites on high And blow the birds about the sky; And all around I heard you pass, Like ladies' skirts across the grass— O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song! I saw the different things you did, But always you yourself you hid. I felt you...    less

The Beaufort Singers is a chamber choir formed at the University of Cambridge in 2016 under the direction of Joseph Wicks. Named after Lady Margaret Beaufort who founded St John’s College, Cambridge, the choir cultivated a powerful and expressive sound co...  moreThe Beaufort Singers is a chamber choir formed at the University of Cambridge in 2016 under the direction of Joseph Wicks. Named after Lady Margaret Beaufort who founded St John’s College, Cambridge, the choir cultivated a powerful and expressive sound combined with a clear, committed delivery of text. The membership comprises singers from across the UK embarking upon the early stages of their careers. Amongst its seminal projects were performances of James MacMillan’s Seven Last Words From The Cross and Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil. It is also hugely passionate about investing in the future of choral Music and has regularly commissioned new works from young composers such as Piers Kennedy (April & Nunc Dimittis) and Owain Park (For The Fallen). In 2018, The Beaufort Singers and Joseph Wicks founded the Boxgrove Choral Festival which gave the choir its new home. After its enforced cancellation last year, 2021 saw the Festival’s return and its presentation online for the first time.  less

The Mayo Male Voice choir has been in existence for twelve years, it has grown in strength this year from 26 to 42 members, and now has a wide and varied repertory featuring many favorites from light opera to popular Musical. Our members are mainly from a...  moreThe Mayo Male Voice choir has been in existence for twelve years, it has grown in strength this year from 26 to 42 members, and now has a wide and varied repertory featuring many favorites from light opera to popular Musical. Our members are mainly from around the Castlebar area, but with five from Ballinrobe, more from Swinford, Kilkelly and Ballyglass we now truly represent our county. Under the Musical direction of Deirdre Lee, from Kiltimagh, Deirdre has been our Musical director since the choir’s inception, an honors Music graduate of University College Maynooth, having studied under Professor Gerard Gillen. She has been involved in many Musicals and events as Musical director, arranged and conducted. Deirdre is a teacher of Music, choir and orchestra in St. Joseph’s Secondary School, Castlebar. She has arranged many of the pieces we perform in four part for male voice. which were previously not available to us.  less

CORO ET AL 2014 Participant (9/27/2014).

We loved doing our own arrangement of this Carpenters classic. :-)

Radio choir Ukraine. Y Stankovich " Sadok vyshnevyi". Chifleader – Yuliya Tkach. Sound producer – Mykhailo Didkovskyi