IV. THE SWEET COLD WATeR We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the tasTe this minuTe of eTernity. We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold waTer and the jar that pours. Texts by Rumi, translaTed by Colem...  moreIV. THE SWEET COLD WATeR We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the tasTe this minuTe of eTernity. We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold waTer and the jar that pours. 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 propo...    less

(Music begins at 3:30 afTer introduction) World Premiere - Florida ACDA Conference - October 31, 2014. Treble voices (Lake Nona Middle School) & Lake Nona Singers-(Lake Nona High School)... Justin Chase, Courtney Connelly, & Michelle Bendett, director...  more(Music begins at 3:30 afTer introduction) World Premiere - Florida ACDA Conference - October 31, 2014. Treble voices (Lake Nona Middle School) & Lake Nona Singers-(Lake Nona High School)... Justin Chase, Courtney Connelly, & Michelle Bendett, directors. - - - for the score, go to: sydneyguillaumemusic.com/portfolio-it…n-monn-nouvo - - - Haitian Creole Text by: Gabriel T. Guillaume - - - English Translation Yon Monn Nouvo (A World Anew) Open your ears and lisTen, Hear and lisTen, my friends. Open your hearts and hear, Hear and lisTen, my brothers: Both you and I are full of dreams; You help me and I help you. That is how we will come to build a world anew. “With many hands, the load is light." “One finger alone cannot eat okra.” Knowledge and wealth are goods of humanity That we must share in all friendliness. These are staTements that bring happiness; Words of wisdom that make life harvest. We are, each one of us, seeds of eTernity That sprout and bloom in our humanity. L...    less

The Deo Cantamus Chorale and Northern Lights Ringers present the world premiere performance during our October 23, 2010 concert, "How Sweet the Sound". Amanda Norman, viola Brian Norman, cello Judy Witta, organ Sarah Joseph, soprano soloist

Introduction by Martin How, followed by Blest Pair of Sirens by C H H Parry Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heav'n's joy, Sphere-born harmonious sisTers, Voice and Verse, Wed your divine sounds, and mixed pow'r employ, Dead things with inbreathed ...  moreIntroduction by Martin How, followed by Blest Pair of Sirens by C H H Parry Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heav'n's joy, Sphere-born harmonious sisTers, Voice and Verse, Wed your divine sounds, and mixed pow'r employ, Dead things with inbreathed sense able to pierce; and to our high-raised phantasy present That undisturbed song of pure conTent, Aye sung before the sapphire-coloured throne To Him that sits thereon, With saintly shout, and solemn jubilee, Where the bright Seraphim in burning row Their loud uplifTed angel-trumpets blow, and the Cherubic host in thousand quires Touch their immortal harps of golden wires, With those just Spirits that wear victorious palms, Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly: That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise; As once we did, till disproportioned sin Jarred against nature's chime, and with harsh din ..........  less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are choirs for gay men, choirs for women, choirs for socialists, choirs for hire, choirs for weddings and choirs for the deaf. There are Welsh ch...

Cantores CelesTes Women's Choir LIVE in CONCERT Dec 1, 2018 Kelly Galbraith, Director Matthew Coons, organ Emperor String QuarTet Rick Harper, recording engineer Producer: Kelly Galbraith

This is why I sing and why I sing this genre. I wish I could be there to experience it.. I am sure that there will not be a dry eye in the house when these guy's perform. and there is likely to be over 12000 men in the venue. Tune into the li...  moreThis is why I sing and why I sing this genre. I wish I could be there to experience it.. I am sure that there will not be a dry eye in the house when these guy's perform. and there is likely to be over 12000 men in the venue. Tune into the live webcast of the Barbershop Harmony Society's 75th Anniversary InTernational ConTest at www.Barbershop.org/Toronto June 30th - July 7th, 2013 Toronto, Canada  

Cantores CelesTes Women's Choir LIVE in CONCERT May 4, 2019 Celebrating 30 years Kelly Galbraith, director KaTe Carver, piano STephen Boda, organ Ryan Harper, recording engineer Kelly Galbraith, producer

Festival InTernacional de Corais Apresentação feita no MosTeiro Nossa Senhora das Graças - Monjas Beneditinas - BH www.monjasbeneditinasbh.org.br/