Sydney Vocal Project is a contemporary chamber choir from Sydney Australia. This video is their latest demo featuring some of their favourite song snippits. We currently have two cyberspace (s?) Our new one is www.sydneyvocalProject.wordpress.com and our ...  moreSydney Vocal Project is a contemporary chamber choir from Sydney Australia. This video is their latest demo featuring some of their favourite song snippits. We currently have two cyberspace (s?) Our new one is www.sydneyvocalProject.wordpress.com and our soon to be phased out cyber home is www.tsvp.org  

Nova! Nova! by Bob Chilcott Performed by Exultate Singers http://www.exultatesingers.org Conducted by David Ogden This piece appears on Exultate Singers' Visions of Peace CD http://www.exultatesingers.org/Recordings.php

When I was in high school (2007–2011), I sang in a student organization called The Midnight Men, a group that has been active since 2007. For years, the ensemble has used an arrangement of Irish Blessing to welcome new members and bid farewell to graduati...  moreWhen I was in high school (2007–2011), I sang in a student organization called The Midnight Men, a group that has been active since 2007. For years, the ensemble has used an arrangement of Irish Blessing to welcome new members and bid farewell to graduating seniors. After nearly two decades of performing the same version, my former high school director, Matt Wanner, reached out to me in 2026 with the opportunity to create a new arrangement of this cherished tradition. In writing this setting, I sought to create something both accessible and meaningful, while providing opportunities to feature students, whether graduating seniors or gifted soloists, in a special way. It is my hope that this arrangement will become a meaningful part of the ensemble’s tradition and hold a special place in the hearts of its members for many years to come.  less

Away in a manger Kirkpatrick arr Philip Moore Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little lord Jesus laid down his sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay, The little lord Jesus asleep on the hay. The cattle ...  moreAway in a manger Kirkpatrick arr Philip Moore Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little lord Jesus laid down his sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay, The little lord Jesus asleep on the hay. The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, But little lord Jesus no crying he makes. I love thee, lord Jesus! Look down from the sky, And stay by my side until morning is nigh. Be near me, lord Jesus; I ask thee to stay Close by me for ever and love me, I pray. Bless all the dear children in thy tender care, And fit us for heaven to live with thee there.  less

Many years ago David Marsh kindly created a video for this work, composed and sung by me as the multitrack one-man choir dwschorale. The video is based on a caricature of me as a choirboy. This is an improved version using that video but following the w...  moreMany years ago David Marsh kindly created a video for this work, composed and sung by me as the multitrack one-man choir dwschorale. The video is based on a caricature of me as a choirboy. This is an improved version using that video but following the words more clearly and also including the words on screen. The choir sings the 12 days of Christmas but it all goes horribly (or hilariously) wrong.  

This brand new version of Good King Wenceslas is dedicated to my uncle Duncan Shaw of Vancouver. His "retirement Project" - developing his own theory of gravity - has been a huge inspiration in my own compositional journey late in life. Some background...  moreThis brand new version of Good King Wenceslas is dedicated to my uncle Duncan Shaw of Vancouver. His "retirement Project" - developing his own theory of gravity - has been a huge inspiration in my own compositional journey late in life. Some background: I have sung the traditional version of Good King Wenceslas since I was a kid. I fell in love with the lyrics and the story, but have always been puzzled by the way it was arranged, in particular the way that the "las" of Wenceslas lands on the downbeat. When I was young, I thought the lyrics were actually "Good King Wences last looked out!" All to say that I got inspired to create a totally different version. I used the 19th century poem by John Mason Neale, but I wanted to create a different "feel" to the story, to take it back in time to its origins in the Middle Ages - hence the medieval feel to much of the piece. I also felt that since the Wenceslas story is all about a journey, a setting in 3/4 time would create a better sense of that feeling, ra...    less

Concerto all'interno del Festival internazionale della musica corale "Nella città dei Gremi" di Sassari - Luglio 2015

    We move the deadline to the Project to May 2017, and due to many requests from Conductors, we also give links to sources where Armenian music is available In relation to the Project announced here we are publishing sources all...

SheET MUSIC: https://musicspoke.com/downloads/the-... PROGRAM NOTES: “I breathed a song into the air, it fell to earth I knew not where.” Ten years ago, I wrote a composition called Always Keep This Close with little idea of where it would go or wh...  moreSheET MUSIC: https://musicspoke.com/downloads/the-... PROGRAM NOTES: “I breathed a song into the air, it fell to earth I knew not where.” Ten years ago, I wrote a composition called Always Keep This Close with little idea of where it would go or what it would come to mean for others. To find that song living in the hearts of other musicians is both humbling and surprising. For me, it’s a reminder of how powerful our actions and words can be. Something that feels insignificant to one person can be life-changing to another. While creating The heart of a Friend, I knew from the start that I wanted to shape a melodic arc that captured the trajectory of both the arrow and the song. I felt strongly that the First two stanzas needed to end at a high point, preserving the uncertainty of where each might land. Only in the third stanza does the melody turn downward, revealing the rest of its path. I then combine these two halves to symbolically represent reflection—looking back on an action and seeing the journe...    less

A mini documentary, featuring Sydney Vocal Project (www.tsvp.org) a unique contemporary chamber choir. Footage was taken from a recent rehearsal at Knox Grammar School on the North Shore of Sydney, Australia. This superb venue has a naturally occurring 5 ...  moreA mini documentary, featuring Sydney Vocal Project (www.tsvp.org) a unique contemporary chamber choir. Footage was taken from a recent rehearsal at Knox Grammar School on the North Shore of Sydney, Australia. This superb venue has a naturally occurring 5 second reverb, this recording was not enhanced in any way and was taken straight from a JVC HD Camera mixing in Final Cut Pro.