I Thank You God was commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and premiered at the National ACDA Convention in February, 1999. The text is adapted from the E.E. Cummings poem of the same name. Composer Gwyneth Walker writes: "Thi...  moreI Thank You God was commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and premiered at the National ACDA Convention in February, 1999. The text is adapted from the E.E. Cummings poem of the same name. Composer Gwyneth Walker writes: "This is a poem of grandeur and of praise. Therefore it might be expected that this musical setting would aim at vastness, grandeur and awakening." Walker accomplishes this through a variety of means. First, the piano introduction includes slowly unfolding piano arpeggios which focus on open intervals of octaves, fifths and fourths, exploiting the full range of the piano keyboard. The composer also takes the singers on a harmonic journey which begins in a low register in C minor, and then travels through a number of other key areas until it reaches the distant key of G-flat. At this point, the voices are drawn closely together into a tone cluster containing the pitches G-flat, A-flat and B-flat, only to open apart into the glorious C major chords which conclude the ...    less

Choir: Noored Eesti Hääled Koor and ESTIU vocal Ensemble Conductor: Josep Gil Place: Estonian Academy Music and Theatre (Tallinn) Date: 06.05.2015

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There is a lack of men in many community choirs (Why men won’t sing).     The Tenor by Paul Helm   One of the results of th...

Metro Nashville Chorus - overview from 2013 Open House

July 31st 2015 Deadlline   Tomorrow ends the deadline to sign up for our Video Competition for Treble and Women's Choirs.   http://www.wac-contest.eu/    

Anima Christi is a Latin Chant composed by Marco Frisina, Performed in A Capella in July 202 by CANTOS vocal Ensemble Conducted by Joseph Alfred.

vocal ensemble BREVIS - WINTER LULLABY (by Pinkzebra) 16th. Christmas Gala Concert in Bjelovar (18.12.2018.) -conductor: Alan Bjelinski -choir conductor: Antoaneta Radočaj-Jerković -piano: Davor Dedić

Our collective history began in 1936 when Vladislav Sokolov (who was a a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory) created a children's choir, which is almost 70 years was a model of Russian choral art throughout the Soviet Union and in many foreign countries ...  moreOur collective history began in 1936 when Vladislav Sokolov (who was a a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory) created a children's choir, which is almost 70 years was a model of Russian choral art throughout the Soviet Union and in many foreign countries . 2008 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Professor Sokolov, in the anniversary concert attended choir, consisting of pupils of children's choir. After the speech the former pupils of children's choir - people of different professions and ages , realized that they all share a love of music and choral singing , decided not to leave, and formed a new team . Our first CD-drive, consisting of 19 works of Russian and foreign classics, Russian folk songs, songs by modern composers, was recorded in 2013. Our choir took part in competitions and festivals in Russia, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Ireland, Belgium where repeatedly became the winner.  less

musique et texte: Jean-Christophe Rosaz d'après une légende dogon Ensemble vocal Laeta Voce dir. Asta Lemiesle‍ Marie Le Normand, mezzosoprano Thierry Dechaume, kamalengoni, tamani, balafon --- concert de solidarité au profit de l'association Vivre ...  moremusique et texte: Jean-Christophe Rosaz d'après une légende dogon Ensemble vocal Laeta Voce dir. Asta Lemiesle‍ Marie Le Normand, mezzosoprano Thierry Dechaume, kamalengoni, tamani, balafon --- concert de solidarité au profit de l'association Vivre à Djinadio ---  

text: Sophie BERNARD music: Jean-Christophe ROSAZ by Ensemble vocal FaMajeur cond. Marie-Clotilde MOES --- Qui me consolera dans la nuit noire, la nuit plus noire que les hommes Non pas celle où l’on entre pour mieux sentir le monde, non pas...  moretext: Sophie BERNARD music: Jean-Christophe ROSAZ by Ensemble vocal FaMajeur cond. Marie-Clotilde MOES --- Qui me consolera dans la nuit noire, la nuit plus noire que les hommes Non pas celle où l’on entre pour mieux sentir le monde, non pas celle qui contraint à l’infini par sa clarté soudaine Non pas encore la nuit de nos murmures roses, et que j’entends ton regard qui m’excède et la respiration de l’enfant (car il revient, analogie des anges) Qui me consolera sans toi, sans lui qui nous aime --- Who will console me in the dark night, the night darker than men Not the one where we enter to feel better the world, not the one that constrains to infinity by its sudden clarity Not yet night of our pink whispers, and that I hear your look that exceeds me and the breath of the child (for he returns, analogy of angels) Who will console me without you, without him who loves us --- Fluidité des lignes ou densité sonore, ombre et lumière, crainte ou sérénité, calme o...    less