Performed by Voices: The Chapel Hill Chorus. Direction by Dr. Stephen Futrell. Words and music by Ysaye M. Barnwell. To learn more and support our organization please visit: https://www.Voiceschapelhill.org/ Synch licensing obtained from The Musi...  morePerformed by Voices: The Chapel Hill Chorus. Direction by Dr. Stephen Futrell. Words and music by Ysaye M. Barnwell. To learn more and support our organization please visit: https://www.Voiceschapelhill.org/ Synch licensing obtained from The Musical Source, LLC. This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. www.NCArts.org During the fall semester of 2020, Voices embarked on rehearsing and preparing 4 selections to be audio recorded and produced with video. Enjoy the third song of the series “Wanting Memories"  less

Since 2008 we have been coming together in central London to learn and perform Sea-shanties, murder ballads, protest songs, work songs, love melodies, folkified non-folksongs, and good old knees-up tunes, from across the centuries and all over the world.

We are celebrating 10 years of our unique series for the smaller choir, the Accessible Choral Library Series and are excited to welcome our second female composer to the series (the first being Rosa Conrad with her ever-popular Sea Shanties), Olivia Spark...

Johansen High School Valkyrie Voices Praise His Holy Name by Keith Hampton

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 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 across th...

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Book of Common Prayer version 1662) set to music for six part mixed Voices SAT-SAT) The title of this work (Canticula Ursae Minoris/Songs of the Little Bear) comes from the origin of the melodies: Many years ago I wrote a...  moreMagnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Book of Common Prayer version 1662) set to music for six part mixed Voices SAT-SAT) The title of this work (Canticula Ursae Minoris/Songs of the Little Bear) comes from the origin of the melodies: Many years ago I wrote an "Oratorio" based on Winnie the Pooh (The Expotition to the North Pole) and gave each character little melodic leitmotifs, such as "Sing ho for the life of a bear" (which becomes "to be a light to lighten the Gentiles" in the Nunc Dimittis), "They all went off to discover the pole" (which is the initial theme of the Magnificat) and "What I say, said Eeyore, is that it's unsettling" (which becomes the "Glory be to the Father" section at the end of each canticle) The original and much simpler "oratorio" work, called Poohratorio of course, may be published once AA Milne goes into public domain (2031).  less

Scores: for two high Voices https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/20727803?aff_id=175705 for two low Voices https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/20727804?aff_id=175705 Poem by Jacques Prévert, non-conformist poet par excellence. The "hero" leaves his...  moreScores: for two high Voices https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/20727803?aff_id=175705 for two low Voices https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/20727804?aff_id=175705 Poem by Jacques Prévert, non-conformist poet par excellence. The "hero" leaves his army cap in the bird cage and goes out with the bird on his head. Army protocol is forgotten, for a while at least, he is free....  

This post was originally written for www.onlinerehearsals.blogspot.com - I thought it might be of wider interest The time has come; some might say the time is Long past, for us to decide what we are as a choir and how we move forward. In many ways...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last time I wrote about whether it’s better to be over-rehearsed or under-prepared. I talked about people who like to spend a Long time working on on...