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evening morning day | Radcliffe Choral Society
"evening morning day" by David Lang. Text from the Book of Genesis 1.
Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University. Director: Beth Willer.
... more"evening morning day" by David Lang. Text from the Book of Genesis 1.
Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University. Director: Beth Willer.
The composer writes: "I wanted to make a piece about the creation story but I didn't want to highlight one religion's or culture's narrative over another."
"It was important for me to try to find something universal, something present in all stories, or common to all cultures. I hit upon the idea of making a kind of checklist of everything that needed to be created to get the world to this point, without each individual culture's stories or myths or exoticisms. I went back to the first chapter of Genesis, to see what I could get out of my own culture's story, and I stripped away all the descriptions, adjectives, connectors and motivators. All that is left of Genesis in my text are the nouns, leaving a dispassionate list of everything created, in the order in ... less
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CWU Chamber Choir: arr. Gjeilo - "Away in a Manger"
"Away in a Manger” (arranged by Ola Gjeilo) is sung by the Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director)
ABOUT THE WORK:
W.J. Kirkpatrick's “Away in a Manger” is one of seven carols arranged by Mr. Gjeilo in his Christmas Car... more"Away in a Manger” (arranged by Ola Gjeilo) is sung by the Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director)
ABOUT THE WORK:
W.J. Kirkpatrick's “Away in a Manger” is one of seven carols arranged by Mr. Gjeilo in his Christmas Carols Vol. 1 & 2 (published by Walton Music). Megan McCormick is the soprano soloist on this video.
ABOUT THE COMPOSER:
Ola Gjeilo (pronounced Yay-lo) was born in Norway in 1978, and moved to the United States in 2001 to begin his composition studies at the Juilliard School in New York City.
Ola’s Concert works are performed all over the world, and his debut recording as a pianist-composer, the lyrical crossover album Stone Rose, was followed by its 2012 sequel, Piano Improvisations. Many of Ola’s choral works are featured on Phoenix Chorale’s bestselling Northern Lights album, which is devoted entirely to his music for choir. All three albums are available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, etc.
A full-time Concert music composer based in New York City, Ola is als... less
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Sing from the Heart group singing workshops & choir - Limousin
Sing from the Heart choir & group singing workshop courses in the Limousin region of France (located in the Creuse 23460)
Have fun, meet new people in a relaxed, welcoming, supportive environment & Sing from the Heart. ... moreSing from the Heart choir & group singing workshop courses in the Limousin region of France (located in the Creuse 23460)
Have fun, meet new people in a relaxed, welcoming, supportive environment & Sing from the Heart. Learn good vocal technique & popular music repertoire (from pop & rock through to folk & show-tunes & everything in between!). ALL abilities welcome.
In recent workshops we have sung songs by The Beatles, Pharrell Williams, Tracy Chapman, The Housemartins and Carole King - to name but a few...
We run several courses throughout the year as well as group singing workshop holidays and retreats in France.
Details of our upcoming upcoming group singing workshop below:
Starting 25 April 2015:
The 8 week course will include 2 informal performance nights at De Tout Coeur Limousin - in front of a supportive, friendly audience of invited friends and family where you can show off your newly ... less
