Recorded October 2020 Music: Barlow Bradford Text: George Withers Audio Engineer: John Paul Hayward Video Engineer: Carter Durham

Cantores Celestes Maritimes was formed in June 2022 in Saint John NB This is from our concert 'Untraveled Worlds' April 29, 2023 www.cantorescelestes.com Facebook: Cantores Celestes Twitter: @Cantores_Choir YouTube: Kelly Galbraith cantorescele...  moreCantores Celestes Maritimes was formed in June 2022 in Saint John NB This is from our concert 'Untraveled Worlds' April 29, 2023 www.cantorescelestes.com Facebook: Cantores Celestes Twitter: @Cantores_Choir YouTube: Kelly Galbraith cantorescelestes@hotmail.com  

PROGRAM NOTES: With the growing hate and division in our world, love must prevail. Too often today, it can feel easier to unfriend, unfollow, or simply part ways with others when they seem unworthy of our effort. Yet to truly understand and love one ano...  morePROGRAM NOTES: With the growing hate and division in our world, love must prevail. Too often today, it can feel easier to unfriend, unfollow, or simply part ways with others when they seem unworthy of our effort. Yet to truly understand and love one another requires fierce determination. It demands listening with openness rather than tuning out in order to respond defensively. It asks us to compromise—even when that means agreeing to disagree. Ultimately, all of this is only possible if we choose to live with the will to love. Musically, I sought to capture both determination and collective unity through texture and rhythmic drive. The use of canonic writing on the text “I sing” symbolizes individual voices rising together toward a shared purpose. Likewise, the primary rhythmic motive in the secondo piano part reflects the persistence and Passion of the human heart—the unyielding fire that propels us forward through hardship. CREDITS: "The Will to Love" For SATB and Four Hand Piano Music by Zachary J. ...    less

Thanks to Maestro Eduard Zilberkant, conducting the Fairbanks Symphony and Fairbanks Symphony Chorus, [directed by Emerson Eads] for this heartfelt performance of the "Hanukah Fantasy" from their holiday concert 2014! Thank you fo...

Dedicated to Awegechew Teshome, Melaku Worede and John Martin -- my three biodiversity mentors -- who introduced me to the "radical" idea that farmers, seed-saving farmers, have been humanity's ingenious plant breeders and nurturers of biodiversity from t...  moreDedicated to Awegechew Teshome, Melaku Worede and John Martin -- my three biodiversity mentors -- who introduced me to the "radical" idea that farmers, seed-saving farmers, have been humanity's ingenious plant breeders and nurturers of biodiversity from time immemorial. I would like to thank my Ottawa singing friends in the "Ad hoc Chorale" for testing out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offering valuable comments. I would also like to acknowledge the a capella choir that I sing in, The Stairwell Carollers, and our director Pierre Massie, for their musical inspiration these past 27 years. and I would like to acknowledge the Boston-based Blue Heron Ensemble for introducing me to the haunting music of Guillaume Dufay, which served as a major inspiration for this piece. and with deepest appreciation to my brother Adam Rain and my friend Geneviève Lajoie for their invaluable support throughout my composing journey. NB: choirs interested in obtaining copies of the score can contact me ...    less

For Mixt Choir, five voices. Video realized in Rome, 2103 December 6, at Basilica di San Vitale during the VII INTERNATIONAL CHORUS INSIDE FESTIVAL. M° Fabio D'Orazio, Director

The Connecticut Choral Society, under the direction of Maestro Eric Dale Knapp, was recently named as one of the top five choral ensembles in the state. The 75-member auditioned chorus has appeared at Carnegie Hall and has toured in Eastern Europe, Canada...  moreThe Connecticut Choral Society, under the direction of Maestro Eric Dale Knapp, was recently named as one of the top five choral ensembles in the state. The 75-member auditioned chorus has appeared at Carnegie Hall and has toured in Eastern Europe, Canada, England, China, and Australia. Experienced singers are welcome to audition and join in the months of September and January.  

Located in Central Michigan, an area known as “gateway to the North.” This is our second year & we are building a presence in our community. We are a non-auditioned group of 20+

Back in the USSR John Lennon & Paul McCartney arranged by Daryl Runswick March 17, 2019 Congregational Church of Batavia, IL

antores Celestes Maritimes Director Kelly Galbraith Accompanist: Dr. Kevin Langford Cantores Celestes Maritimes was formed in June 2022 in Saint John NB This is from our dress rehearsal on Dec 7, 2023 'A Child is Born'. Captured on cell phone. ...  moreantores Celestes Maritimes Director Kelly Galbraith Accompanist: Dr. Kevin Langford Cantores Celestes Maritimes was formed in June 2022 in Saint John NB This is from our dress rehearsal on Dec 7, 2023 'A Child is Born'. Captured on cell phone. www.cantorescelestes.com Facebook: Cantores Celestes X: @Cantores_Choir YouTube: Kelly Galbraith cantorescelestes@hotmail.com