This is a setting of a poem by The Reverend Doctor Malcolm Guite, Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge,with his permission. The poem is a response to The 8th "O Antiphon" for Advent O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neiTher before Thee was an...  moreThis is a setting of a poem by The Reverend Doctor Malcolm Guite, Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge,with his permission. The poem is a response to The 8th "O Antiphon" for Advent O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neiTher before Thee was any like Thee, nor shall There be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery. Who are The daughters of Jerusalem, Who glimpse you still as you transform Their seeing? Whom have you called to this mysterium, And baThed in The bliThe fountain of your being? Daughters of sorrow, daughters of despair, The cast-aside, The overlooked, The spurned The broken girls who scarcely breaThe a prayer The ones whose love has never been returned. O Maid amongst The maidens, turn your face, For when we glimpse you we are not alone, O look us out of grief and into grace, Lift us in love made stronger than our own, Summon The spring in our worst wilderness, And make us fruitful in your fruitfulness.  less

On Christmas Eve morning 2017, I was approached by a member of our congregation who said he had been inspired by The Holy Ghost to write some words and that he would like me to set Them to music. To begin with I wasn't sure, since They seemed somewhat re...  moreOn Christmas Eve morning 2017, I was approached by a member of our congregation who said he had been inspired by The Holy Ghost to write some words and that he would like me to set Them to music. To begin with I wasn't sure, since They seemed somewhat repetitive, but as The day progressed to The early afternoon I found that I was also inspired (I even missed lunch!). The piece varies in mode from D Dorian to A Aeolian. The performance is by me (multi-tracking).  

Bring us in good ale is a mediaeval drinking song. The premise of The song is that The singers (or players) want no food and so They find all sorts of reasons not to eat: They just want good ale!

A performance by The Mansfield University Concert Choir (Peggy Dettwiler, conductor) during The 2012 ACDA Eastern Division Conference in Providence, Rhode Island.

Can You Feel The Love Tonight performed by The MCHS Mixed Ensemble for The Christmas 2012 show

Lennon/McCartney: Because - Live concert recoding of The Waldorf Students Choir, conductor: László Bencze. Recorded on 22. 08. 2012. in The BTM Castle Museum, Budapest, Hungary

Down to The River to Pray - arr.: P. Lawson - The Waldorf Student Choir, conductor: Laszlo Bencze - Recorded in The LuTheran church in Alsonana, Hungary at The 2014 Choir Camp

Christmas in Cologne, Germany Thank you to my friend, Joachim Diessner, for providing this video. Words by Joseph Mohr Benita Borbonus, Sopran Simon Bales, Trompete Ehrenfelder Kantorei Vera Bongert, Ursel Cremer, Ute Eisenhut (a.G.), C...  moreChristmas in Cologne, Germany Thank you to my friend, Joachim Diessner, for providing this video. Words by Joseph Mohr Benita Borbonus, Sopran Simon Bales, Trompete Ehrenfelder Kantorei Vera Bongert, Ursel Cremer, Ute Eisenhut (a.G.), Christine von Förster, Roswitha Frost, Claudia Hennen, Corry Kok, Anja Meksem, Barbara Meyer zum Wischen, Priska Mielke, Ingrid Müller, Sarah Neusel, Maxime Oeburg, Sigrid Roggatz, Stefanie Schlösser, Katrin Witzel, Sopran Yasemin Becker, Maria Biehl, Renate von Bonin, Leonie Drews, Ursula Gurski, Eva Marleen Hecker, Sonja Helms, Anke Hoffmann, Alice Keuken (a.G.), Sibylle Kiock, Barbara Kuster, Anne Pfeiffer, Inge Ramm, Eva Schlu-Kröpelin, Dorle Schubert, Barbara Siefker (a.G.), Dagmar Smernic, Heike Sprunk, Linda Stenzel, Yvonne Welling (a.G.), Magdalena Wochnik (a.G.) Alt Joachim Bertsch (a.G.), Jörg Biegus, Christoph Hamborg, Michael Mayer, Matthias Velten (a.G.), Gertrud Wilhelm, Tenor Alexander Blicker-Dielmann, Bernd Hellmich, Michael Kolvenbach (a.G.),...    less

Imagine your choir’s voices rising beneath The arches of Montserrat’s basilica — a place where music has echoed for centuries, where faith and art meet, and where The world-famous boys’ choir Escolania de Montserrat has sung for generations. For 15 yea...  moreImagine your choir’s voices rising beneath The arches of Montserrat’s basilica — a place where music has echoed for centuries, where faith and art meet, and where The world-famous boys’ choir Escolania de Montserrat has sung for generations. For 15 years, The Golden Voices of Montserrat festival has been more than just a competition. It is a celebration of harmony, culture, and unity — a gaThering of choirs from across The globe who share a passion for singing.  

The Fabulous Fridays, a young modern Jazz Pop Choir from Berlin, was founded by conductor Michael Betzner-Brandt in 2003 and seeks with its 20 members to perform a range of music, including jazz and pop, as well as a mix between classical and popular musi...  moreThe Fabulous Fridays, a young modern Jazz Pop Choir from Berlin, was founded by conductor Michael Betzner-Brandt in 2003 and seeks with its 20 members to perform a range of music, including jazz and pop, as well as a mix between classical and popular music, and improvisations.