A performance of Bridge Over Troubled Water by P. Simon and A. Garfunkel by The University Chorale of East Central University. Recorded in November, 2015. Dr. J. Steven Walker, conductor.

A request by artistic director Susan Glass for a new choral work addressing climate change resulted in The creation of “Planet Earth Lullaby.” Composer Rich Campbell contemplated and determined The piece would be both an alarm for help and a call to actio...  moreA request by artistic director Susan Glass for a new choral work addressing climate change resulted in The creation of “Planet Earth Lullaby.” Composer Rich Campbell contemplated and determined The piece would be both an alarm for help and a call to action. For over a century The internationally recognized distress signal has been The Morse Code sequence for SOS: 3 short, 3 long, 3 short ( . . . - - - . . . ). This became The rhythmic framework of note durations (heard in various ways) throughout this work, though it collapses when The chorus sings of “catastrophic climate collapse.” The SOS pattern Then returns, transformed into longer durations, calling for renewed attention and devotion to our environment. Commissioned by The Glass Menagerie Chorus, NYC.  less

FLUTES FOR DANCING It's lucky to hear The flutes for dancing coming down The road. The ground is glowing. The table set in The yard. We will drink all this wine tonight because it's Spring. It is. It's a growing sea. We're clouds over The sea, o...  moreFLUTES FOR DANCING It's lucky to hear The flutes for dancing coming down The road. The ground is glowing. The table set in The yard. We will drink all this wine tonight because it's Spring. It is. It's a growing sea. We're clouds over The sea, or flecks of matter in The ocean when The ocean seems lit from within. I know I'm drunk when I start this ocean talk. Would you like to see The moon split in half with one throw? 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 s...    less

Great to bring this HOS Classic back to life! Sounding fab :) xx

SINGING When The soul first put on The body's shirt, The ocean lifted up all its gifts. When love first tasted The lips of being human, it started singing. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. ...  moreSINGING When The soul first put on The body's shirt, The ocean lifted up all its gifts. When love first tasted The lips of being human, it started singing. 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 a...    less

Performed by over a thousand voices from around The world over six weeks, this was recorded, mixed and produced entirely from home. No one met during its production. START - 10:03 L'Homme Armé - 10:59 Call to Prayer - 17:06 Kyrie - 19:13 Save Me fr...  morePerformed by over a thousand voices from around The world over six weeks, this was recorded, mixed and produced entirely from home. No one met during its production. START - 10:03 L'Homme Armé - 10:59 Call to Prayer - 17:06 Kyrie - 19:13 Save Me from Bloody Men - 30:00 Sanctus - 31:45 Hymn Before Action - 39:07 Charge! - 42:16 Last Post - 48:51 Angry Flames - 50:28 Torches - 54:17 Agnus Dei - 57:24 Now The Guns have Stopped - 1:01:28 Benedictus - 1:05:26 Better is Peace - 1:13:58 Final Chorale - 1:21:31  less

Sleep, Little Baby, Sleep by composer Jake Runestad. Performed by Seraphic Fire in December 2012 (live recording). Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor. Find out more at: http://jakerunestad.com/works/sleep-little-baby-sleep

Schola Cantorum Jubilate during Carols by Candlelight 2010 under The direction of Marouska Attard

for Mixed Chorus and Piano Words by James T. Fields (1817–1881) Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959) (BMI) SynThesized performance and scrolling score in search of live performances. Words: Public Domain. Music: © Copyright 2021 by Stanley M. ...  morefor Mixed Chorus and Piano Words by James T. Fields (1817–1881) Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959) (BMI) SynThesized performance and scrolling score in search of live performances. Words: Public Domain. Music: © Copyright 2021 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The sheet music is available from The composer and from Sheet Music Plus.  

From our CHORALATIONS concert in Saskatoon, SK Knox United Church April 13, 2025 North Sky Chorale is directed by Richard Janzen Audrey Falk Janzen, collaborative pianist https://northskychorale.ca