School of Hard Knocks presents Melbourne International Singers Festival 5 - 8 June 2015   Now in its sixth year, Australia’s most exciting Singers Festival, for all school and community choirs and individual Singers, is proud to present one...

I. A WATER WHEEL TURNS Inside water, a water wheel turns. The star circulates with the moon. We live in the night ocean wondering, What are these lights? Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. ...  moreI. A WATER WHEEL TURNS Inside water, a water wheel turns. The star circulates with the moon. We live in the night ocean wondering, What are these lights? Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, speak to us with both vivid immediacy and transcendence. The idea for the piece originated with the Mellon Elemental Arts Initiative, which proposed funding activities that would involve students in ar...    less

St.Marcellin’s Choir of Maris Stella College Negombo presents an original arrangement (Mashup) to few of your favorite Christmas Carols. Choral Arrangement - Chamith Fernando (Choir Leader) Instrumental Arrangement - Miuru Fernando (Cool...  moreSt.Marcellin’s Choir of Maris Stella College Negombo presents an original arrangement (Mashup) to few of your favorite Christmas Carols. Choral Arrangement - Chamith Fernando (Choir Leader) Instrumental Arrangement - Miuru Fernando (CoolBee Studios) This Audio and Video was done using mobile phones and social media during this pandemic period. ———————————————————————————————————— Choral Director - Francis De Almeida Choir Leader - Chamith Fernando Assistant Choir Leaders - Ashen Peiris - Vinuka Vithana - Sandushka De Alwis - Shenol Wijayasooriya - Steve Francisco (Media Coordinator of St.Marcellin’s Choir) Mix & Mastering - Miuru Fernando (CoolBee Studios Negombo) Former Choir Leader - Roshen Jayasinghe —————————————————————————————————...    less

Johann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 Versus 4: Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg (Chorus) The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Musicians of the Dreaming Spires Douglas Knight (organ) David Crown (conductor) St. Michael at the N...  moreJohann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 Versus 4: Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg (Chorus) The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Musicians of the Dreaming Spires Douglas Knight (organ) David Crown (conductor) St. Michael at the North Gate, Oxford 9 March 2012 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Website: http://www.somervillemusicsociety.com  

Johann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 Versus 5: Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm (Bass) The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Musicians of the Dreaming Spires Robert Pecksmith (organist) David Crown (conductor) St. Michael at th...  moreJohann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 Versus 5: Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm (Bass) The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Musicians of the Dreaming Spires Robert Pecksmith (organist) David Crown (conductor) St. Michael at the North Gate, Oxford 9 March 2012 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Website: http://www.somervillemusicsociety.com  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The world can be a terrible place sometimes as we’ve seen in the news lately. It’s hard to imagine how a single person can make a difference. Ch...

Johann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 Versus 2: Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt (Soprano & Alto) The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Musicians of the Dreaming Spires Robert Pecksmith (organ) David Crown (conductor) St. Michae...  moreJohann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 Versus 2: Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt (Soprano & Alto) The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Musicians of the Dreaming Spires Robert Pecksmith (organ) David Crown (conductor) St. Michael at the North Gate, Oxford 9 March 2012 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Website: http://www.somervillemusicsociety.com  

The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford David Crown (conductor) Chiesa di San Francesco, Lodi (Italy) 1 July 2010 Website: http://www.somervillechoir.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Twitter: http://twitter.com/SomervilleCho...  moreThe Choir of Somerville College, Oxford David Crown (conductor) Chiesa di San Francesco, Lodi (Italy) 1 July 2010 Website: http://www.somervillechoir.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Twitter: http://twitter.com/SomervilleChoir Conductor: http://www.david-crown.com  

The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Douglas Knight (conductor) Robert Pecksmith (organ) St Giles' Church, Oxford 29 November 2011 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Website: http://www.somervillemusicsociety.com

A concert by The New Tottenham Singers accompanied by the Vivace Brass Quintet held at the church of St Mary the Virgin, Lansdowne Road, Tottenham on Saturday 17th December 2011.