Coro Intermezzo choir from Costa Rica. Idaho International Choral Festival, Pocatello (ID) Gala Concert 7/23/2016

Ой ти, жайворонку веснянка Волинське Полісся Леопольд Ященко Хор Хрещатик хор Гомін Київ Спілка Композиторів України Озеро Світязь Волинь диригент Павло Струць

Madrigal by Thomas Vautor for five part choir. (a vulture composes a song about an owl!? - political correctness gone mad!) The owl is depicted as a thing of beauty a fierce force of nature and a mysterious companion to dying souls The drawin...  moreMadrigal by Thomas Vautor for five part choir. (a vulture composes a song about an owl!? - political correctness gone mad!) The owl is depicted as a thing of beauty a fierce force of nature and a mysterious companion to dying souls The drawing is by my late mother, the painting is by Caspar David Friedrich the carvings are by my father  

All audio and video files were created using My Choral Coach Text and Music by B.E. Boykin Dr. Gary Packwood, conductor - Mississippi State University Video by Daniel Solberg, DSol Productions

The Song of Ruth, a setting of the most famous passage from the Book of Ruth (Ruth 1:16–17), opens with a gentle polyphonic section for the chorus. (“Do not ask me to leave you, or to stop following you; for where ever you go, I will go, and where you sta...  moreThe Song of Ruth, a setting of the most famous passage from the Book of Ruth (Ruth 1:16–17), opens with a gentle polyphonic section for the chorus. (“Do not ask me to leave you, or to stop following you; for where ever you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.”) The soprano joins the choir for the twice-repeated middle section of the piece. The music here is contrastingly homophonic and intense. (“Where you die, I will die and be buried.”) The tune and harmonies are borrowed from a passage in my piece Selections from “The Song of Songs” for male voice and band. That piece is dedicated to my wife, Ruth, hence the connection. If that were not enough, our daughter is named Naomi! The Song of Ruth closes with a recapitulation of the music from the opening, but with new words assigned to it, and with the soprano soloist providing a descant for it. (“May the Lord cause ill fate to befall me, and more, if anything but death separates me and you.”) Appropriat...    less

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Koncert chóru "Razzle Dazzle", podczas którego zaprezentowaliśmy repertuar z najdalszych, muzycznych zakątków świata odbył się 29 czerwca 2019 w Szkole Muzycznej I i II st. im. Zygmunta Noskowskiego w Gdyni. Zaśpiewaliśmy m.in. kilka utworów namibijskich ...  moreKoncert chóru "Razzle Dazzle", podczas którego zaprezentowaliśmy repertuar z najdalszych, muzycznych zakątków świata odbył się 29 czerwca 2019 w Szkole Muzycznej I i II st. im. Zygmunta Noskowskiego w Gdyni. Zaśpiewaliśmy m.in. kilka utworów namibijskich - tradycyjnych i współczesnych - które "Razzle Dazzle" śpiewa jako jedyny chór w Polsce! Na nagraniu usłyszycie: "Teleza pina" oraz "Mutahe Lutobina" Gideon Sifuba - muzyka z Namibii, "Dantani" muzyka: Engelhardt Unaeb - pieśń namibijska, "Sipiri" pieśń namibijska w języku Damara/Nama. Dyryguje Zuzanna Popiołkiewicz. Dołącz do nas na: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/razzledazzlechoir/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/razzledazzle_choir/  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   When I started my first ever choir, WorldSong, it was an open-access beginner’s choir and anyone who wanted to sing could join.   &nbs...

for SATB Chorus unaccompanied Traditional Song Sung in Hebrew Arrangement by Stanley M. Hoffman Synthesized performance and scrolling score in search of live performances. Arrangement: © Copyright 2018 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com Al...  morefor SATB Chorus unaccompanied Traditional Song Sung in Hebrew Arrangement by Stanley M. Hoffman Synthesized performance and scrolling score in search of live performances. Arrangement: © Copyright 2018 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved The sheet music is available from the composer and from oySongs.com.  

"Tonight" St. Petersburg State Capella, 2010, "И в эту ночку, и через ночку..." литовская народная песня, гармонизация: Г.Калинас Одна из самых популярных литовских свадебных народных песен: молодец, с лукошком, полным яблок пытается привлечь вним...  more"Tonight" St. Petersburg State Capella, 2010, "И в эту ночку, и через ночку..." литовская народная песня, гармонизация: Г.Калинас Одна из самых популярных литовских свадебных народных песен: молодец, с лукошком, полным яблок пытается привлечь внимание девушки, говоря: «Всю ночь не спал, яблонь сажал», что служит ему, как признание в любви.