The Celestial City Choir wishes to invite all friends and love ones all over the world to join us to honor one of the great Men in the Seventh-day Adventist Church Hymnal compoers. It will happen LIVE  this June. Please stay glue for more update

Yism'chu for Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus unaccompanied Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2003) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Margaret Hunter, soprano Music: © Copyright 2004 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publis...  moreYism'chu for Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus unaccompanied Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2003) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Margaret Hunter, soprano Music: © Copyright 2004 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. Photograph: Shabbat Candles © Copyright by Olaf Herfurth. Posted on Wikipedia. Used under the following license: Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unreported License. Recording: © Copyright 2004 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.  less

Haneirot halalu (a Piece for Chanukah) for Tenor Solo, SATB Chorus unaccompanied Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (1999) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Craig Hanson, tenor soloist Music:© Copyright 2000 by Ione Press,...  moreHaneirot halalu (a Piece for Chanukah) for Tenor Solo, SATB Chorus unaccompanied Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (1999) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Craig Hanson, tenor soloist Music:© Copyright 2000 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5492 Words: Traditional Hebrew Prayer for Chanukah Recording: © Copyright 2000 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.  less

That time of year for SATB Chorus unaccompanied Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2010) Performed by the Saint Joseph Valley Camerata, David A. Seitz, music director official World Premiere Performance November 14, 2010, Rieth Recital Hall, Goshe...  moreThat time of year for SATB Chorus unaccompanied Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2010) Performed by the Saint Joseph Valley Camerata, David A. Seitz, music director official World Premiere Performance November 14, 2010, Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College Music Center, Goshen, IN Words: Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare. Music: © Copyright 2012 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 7740. Recording: © Copyright 2010 by the Saint Joseph Valley Camerata. All rights reserved. Used by permission of David A. Seitz.  less

AN EASY DECISION Music for SATB Chorus & Piano by Stanley M. Hoffman (2006) Words by Kenneth Patchen Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jane Ring Frank, conductor Scott Nicholas, piano Music: © Copyright 2007 by Ione Press, Inc., a division ...  moreAN EASY DECISION Music for SATB Chorus & Piano by Stanley M. Hoffman (2006) Words by Kenneth Patchen Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jane Ring Frank, conductor Scott Nicholas, piano Music: © Copyright 2007 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 6747. "An Easy Decision" by Kenneth Patchen, from THE COLLECTED POEMS of KENNETH PATCHEN, copyright © 1957 by New Directions Publishing Corp. Used by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. Recording © Copyright 2007 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.  less

Hi. I am carrying out research into the vocal health habits and experiences of amateur singers as part of a Post Graduate certificate with the Voice Workshop, in conjunction with the University of Wales. Please could all of you lovely people who sing re...

Recorded at the Night of the Museums in the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest on the 26th of June, 2021 at our first concert after the 1.5-year-intermission caused by the covid-19 pandemic.

【貳和唱】音樂會 時間 / 2015年6月28日 地點 / 高雄市文化中心至善廳 指揮 / 林志信 鋼琴 / 楊郁雯 Nocturnes By Morten Lauridsen 夜曲 莫頓‧勞律森 莫頓‧勞律森（Morten Lauridsen，1943─）是美國重要的當代作曲家，曾於1994至2001年擔任美國洛杉磯大師合唱團（Los Angeles Master Chorale）駐團作曲家，也在南加大音樂學院（USC Thornton School of Music）教授作...  more【貳和唱】音樂會 時間 / 2015年6月28日 地點 / 高雄市文化中心至善廳 指揮 / 林志信 鋼琴 / 楊郁雯 Nocturnes By Morten Lauridsen 夜曲 莫頓‧勞律森 莫頓‧勞律森（Morten Lauridsen，1943─）是美國重要的當代作曲家，曾於1994至2001年擔任美國洛杉磯大師合唱團（Los Angeles Master Chorale）駐團作曲家，也在南加大音樂學院（USC Thornton School of Music）教授作曲長達30餘年，並於2007年獲得美國國家藝術獎（National Medal of Arts）。他的音樂呈現出古典保守傳統的特質，以簡單的樂曲結構來表現合唱人聲之美，而且在此簡單與純淨的結構中，流露著歌詞豐富的內涵，與如詩如畫般的美感。 《夜曲》是一套四首的聯篇合唱作品，主體的前三個樂章完成於2005年，第四樂章則於2008年加上，其主題與第一樂章相呼應，是為跋。不同於一般的連篇歌曲，這套夜曲的歌詞並非出自同一位作者的同一套詩作，而是分別來自三個不同國籍作者的作品：第一樂章與第四樂章是德國詩人萊納．瑪利亞．里爾克(Rainer Maria Rilke，1875－1926)的法文詩，第二樂章是智利詩人巴勃魯．聶魯達(Pablo Neruda, 1904-1973)所寫之情詩，第三樂章則取材自美國作家詹姆斯．魯弗斯．艾吉 (James Rufus Agee; 1909- 1955)的詩作。作曲家勞律森精準而巧妙地掌握了它們共同的特點：夜晚、浪漫的愛情、以及神秘主義的語彙，藉著豐富的和聲色彩，使得這幾首不同來源的詩作完美地結合成為一個整體。 3. Sure on this Shining Night 在這閃亮的夜晚 美國作家艾吉(James Agee, 1909-1955)是美國四O年代重要的小說家、編劇、電影評論與詩人，在他去世後才出版的傳記小說《A Death in the Family》使他榮獲1958年的普立茲獎。此曲歌詞節錄自〈描述天堂〉(Description of Elysium)一詩，收錄在1934年出版的「允許我遠航」(Permit Me Voyage)詩集中。 勞律森將此詩譜寫成為混聲四部合唱曲，配合詩作藉著景物抒懷，在歌詞shining（閃亮）一字，運用花腔式（一字對多音）的...    less

www.camerata-musica.com Serenade Songs of night and love Romantic partsongs for male choir Tracklist: - Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 01 Nachtgesang im Walde D 913 (5) 02 Die Nacht D 983c 03 Leise, leise lasst uns singen D 635 04 Widers...  morewww.camerata-musica.com Serenade Songs of night and love Romantic partsongs for male choir Tracklist: - Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 01 Nachtgesang im Walde D 913 (5) 02 Die Nacht D 983c 03 Leise, leise lasst uns singen D 635 04 Widerspruch D 865 (6) 05 Die Einsiedelei D 337 06 Grab und Mond D 893 07 Das Grab D 569 (6) 08 Der Geistertanz D 494 - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) 09 The Vagabond 10 Loch Lomond (2) 11 The winter is gone - Carl Leopold Sjöberg (1861-1900) 12 Tonerna - Hugo Alfvén (1872--1960) 13 Stemning 14 Serenad (3) - Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) 15 Um Mitternacht (1, 6) 16 Der Abendhimmel 17 Mitternacht (2, 6) 18 Abendzauber (2, 4, 5) Solisten: Alison Browner, Mezzosopran (1) . Christoph Prégardien, Tenor (2) . Martin Nyvall, Tenor (3) Ferngesang (4): Andreas Frese, Tenor . Christian Aretz, Tenor . Sebastian Kunz, Baritone Horn: Samuel Seidenberg . Michael Armbruster . Zia Richter-Sonnen . Thomas Sonnen (5) Klavier...    less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir]   A woman came up to me last Saturday and said “I like coming to your workshops because there are always lots of Men”.     Ke...