I. A WATER WHEEL TURNS Inside water, a water wheel turns. The star circulates with the moon. We live in the night ocean wondering, What are these lights? Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. ...  moreI. A WATER WHEEL TURNS Inside water, a water wheel turns. The star circulates with the moon. We live in the night ocean wondering, What are these lights? 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 ar...    less

Live performance of a TBB arrangement of this iconic Kansas tune.

live performance December 2023

Behold the Star drops this Thursday! Get ready to experience and share the company of good music this season with the Jamaica Youth Chorale - One of the island's finest choirs. The CD will be available for $9.99 (USD) on Cdbaby, Amazon and ITunes and...

Cantabile Chamber Singers Toronto, Trinity College Chapel, University of Toronto Composer: Laura Silberberg Soprano: Lucy Fitz Gibbon Counter Tenor: Simon Honeyman Cello: Mahsa Madahian Photographer: RJ CHUNG World Premiere, Canadian composer