[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I teach a Song in the morning and it’s sounding pretty good.   photo by kalavinka   Then after lunch I get the group to stand f...

El Coro "Santa María" de Coria del Río (Sevilla) interpreta Song of MARY de Faye López basada en la obra para piano "Vocalise" Op. 34 nº 14 de S. Rachmaninoff, bajo la dirección de Sergio Asián junto al Quinteto de Cuerdas "Da Capo" , Óscar Vicente al pia...  moreEl Coro "Santa María" de Coria del Río (Sevilla) interpreta Song of MARY de Faye López basada en la obra para piano "Vocalise" Op. 34 nº 14 de S. Rachmaninoff, bajo la dirección de Sergio Asián junto al Quinteto de Cuerdas "Da Capo" , Óscar Vicente al piano, y Carmen Romero soprano solista, durante el XVIII Concierto de Navidad "A Festival of Christmas Carols" celebrado el Domingo 17 de diciembre de 2017 en la Parroquia de San José (Coria del Río-Sevilla). Síguenos en: https://www.facebook.com/asociacioncorosantamaria Twitter: https://twitter.com/amcsantamaria Más información en: www.corosantamaria.org  less

"Famine Song" by VIDA, arr. Matthew Culloton. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Direc...  more"Famine Song" by VIDA, arr. Matthew Culloton. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson. Written by the women's quartet VIDA and inspired by the stories of Sudanese basket weavers who expressed the pain and hope experienced by those in the famine of the 1980s. Ease my spirit Ease my soul Please free my hands from this barren soil Ease my mother Ease my child Earth and sky be reconciled Rain Weave my mother Weave my child Weave your baskets of rushes wild Weave my mother Weave my child Weave your baskets of rushes wild Under the sun comes the hunger to everyone Famine's teeth Famine's claws On the sands of Africa Rain Weave my mother Weave my child Weave your baskets of rushes wild Weave my mother Weave my child Weave your baskets of rushes wild Rain  less

"From Where We Stand"  is a stirring, patriotic anthem that is especially needed at this time.  It is the finale Song from the upcoming musical American Twistory with executive producer, Larry King,  and it is available at no charge in...

Promotional video from Colorado Christian Univerity with credits to life Cairn Productions

"Song to the Moon (La Luna)" by Z. Randall Stroope. Based upon an aria from the opera "Rusalka" by Antonín Dvořák. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ...  more"Song to the Moon (La Luna)" by Z. Randall Stroope. Based upon an aria from the opera "Rusalka" by Antonín Dvořák. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 18, 2012. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese, Oboist: Lisa Gelfand, Flutist: Emma Mellinger. In this Song, a water nymph has fallen in love with a human prince and beckons the moon to find him and tell of her longing for him. Text: La Luna, La Luna, Your light sees through endless time, Tell, o tell me where my love lies. O moon e'er you pass, Wake my dreaming lover, I am waiting, I am calling, Tell him, light his place. Ah, moon, help him remember And dream of me, Tell him, O tell him, Who is waiting, who is longing! I am waiting, longing! Longing! Tell him come, tell him, O moon. Help to remember our laughter and tears, Mem'ries of summer nights. Help him remember our triumphs and fears, May this rememb...    less

Sung by us at a singing course in Nottingham in 1977 Sweet was the Song the Virgin sang, When she to Bethlem Juda came And was delivered of a son, That blessed Jesus hath to name: Lula, lula, lula, lullaby, "Sweet babe," quoth she. "My son, And ...  moreSung by us at a singing course in Nottingham in 1977 Sweet was the Song the Virgin sang, When she to Bethlem Juda came And was delivered of a son, That blessed Jesus hath to name: Lula, lula, lula, lullaby, "Sweet babe," quoth she. "My son, And eke a Saviour born, Who hast vouchsafèd from on high To visit us that were forlorn: Lula, lula, lula, lullaby, Sweet babe", quoth she And rocked him sweetly on her knee.  

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of Songs from traditions ac...

Luís Cipriano is a Portuguese composer, with Degree in composition. In the last almost 25 years he was really active in Luxemburg’s music life as a musician, guest composer and conductor as well. He composed 12 Masses and several choral and o...