"Blue Jay" by Vijay Singh. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Apprentice Choir Ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Associate Director: Robert Todd,...  more"Blue Jay" by Vijay Singh. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Apprentice Choir Ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Associate Director: Robert Todd, Accompanist: Susan Dodd. LYRICS  

“Dark Night of the Soul” (Ola Gjeilo) is sung by The Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director) joined by Ola Gjeilo on the piano and the Kairos String Quartet (comprised of CWU string faculty) TEXT: One dark night, fired...  more“Dark Night of the Soul” (Ola Gjeilo) is sung by The Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director) joined by Ola Gjeilo on the piano and the Kairos String Quartet (comprised of CWU string faculty) TEXT: One dark night, fired with love’s urgent longings —ah, the sheer grace!— I went out unseen, my house being now all stilled. In darkness, and secure, by the secret ladder, disguised, —ah, the sheer grace!— in darkness and concealment, my house being now all stilled. On that glad night, in secret, for no one saw me, nor did I look at anything, with no other light or guide than the one that burned in my heart. - St. John of the Cross (1542-1592) ABOUT THE WORK: “Dark Night of the Soul was written in 2010, and premiered that year by the Phoenix Chorale. The text, three stanzas from St. John of the Cross’ magical poem Dark Night of the Soul, was suggested to me by Joel Rinsema, Executive Director of the Phoenix Chorale, and I fell in love with its passio...    less

Female Choir DZINTARS in it`s 65th season`s anniversary concert at 21. 04. 2012. performs piece by Latvian composer Ilze Arne and Latvian poet Andrejs Eglītis "Nezūdība". Conductor: Aira Birziņa Choir masters: Krista Audere, Inguna Broka Vocal teache...  moreFemale Choir DZINTARS in it`s 65th season`s anniversary concert at 21. 04. 2012. performs piece by Latvian composer Ilze Arne and Latvian poet Andrejs Eglītis "Nezūdība". Conductor: Aira Birziņa Choir masters: Krista Audere, Inguna Broka Vocal teacher: Aina Bajāre Soloist: Dace Šulmane Follor us on twitter.com: @korisDZINTARS :)  

"Hanerot Halalu". Traditional Hebrew chant, arr. Pnina Inbar. Recorded live on December 8, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers Ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director...  more"Hanerot Halalu". Traditional Hebrew chant, arr. Pnina Inbar. Recorded live on December 8, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers Ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson. Hanerot halalu, anu madlikin Al hanisim ve'al hanifla'ot Ve'al hateshu'ot, ve'al hamilchamot She'asita la'avoteinu Bayamim haheim bazman hazeh Al yedei kohanecha hak'doshim. These Chanukah lights we kindle In honor of the miracles, the wonders And salvation wrought and wars You fought, for our fathers, In days of yore and in present time By the hands of Your holy priests.  less

"Stars I Shall Find" by Jessica Loman, text by Sara Teasdale. Performed by the Concert Choir Ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Directed by Jessica Loman. Recorded live at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...  more"Stars I Shall Find" by Jessica Loman, text by Sara Teasdale. Performed by the Concert Choir Ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Directed by Jessica Loman. Recorded live at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Sunday, May 6, 2012. Text: There will be rest, and sure stars shining Over the roof-tops crowned with snow, A reign of rest, serene forgetting, The music of stillness holy and low. I will make this world of my devising, Out of a dream in my lonely mind, I shall find the crystal of peace,--above me Stars I shall find.  less

"Dance into the Day" by Mark Patterson. Performed by the Concert Choir Ensemble of The Girl Choir of South Florida on May 18, 2012, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese.

Northwestern Choir (University of Northwestern, St. Paul, Minnesota), Artistic Director - Tim Sawyer

"Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor" arr. Valerie Long. Traditional folk song of Newfoundland and Labrador. Recorded live on July 1, 2011, at Christ Lutheran Church in Oakland Park, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir Ensemble of the Girl Choir of South ...  more"Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor" arr. Valerie Long. Traditional folk song of Newfoundland and Labrador. Recorded live on July 1, 2011, at Christ Lutheran Church in Oakland Park, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir Ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Susan Dodd. About the composer: Valerie Long's academic background includes undergraduate degrees in music and music education from Memorial University in Newfoundland. She received her Master's of Music in Choral Music Education and a Doctorate in Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2008, Valerie was awarded Music Educator of the Year, from the Music Industry in Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2010, she received the Founder's Award for achievement in the arts from Holy Heart of Mary High School. In 2012, Valerie received the Torch Bearer's Award from World Harmony Run, a global initiative recognizing her commitment to the importance of bringing harmony i...    less

After 31 years of worldwide performance and recording, The Sixteen is recognised as one of the world’s greatest Ensembles. Comprising both Choir and period-instrument orchestra, The Sixteen’s total commitment to the music it performs is its greatest disti...  moreAfter 31 years of worldwide performance and recording, The Sixteen is recognised as one of the world’s greatest Ensembles. Comprising both Choir and period-instrument orchestra, The Sixteen’s total commitment to the music it performs is its greatest distinction. A special reputation for performing early English polyphony, masterpieces of the Renaissance, bringing fresh insights into Baroque and early Classical music and a diversity of 20th-century music, is drawn from the passions of conductor and founder Harry Christophers. At home in the UK, The Sixteen are “The Voices of Classic FM” and Associate Artists of The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. The group promotes The Choral Pilgrimage, an annual tour of Britain's finest cathedrals bringing music back to the buildings for which it was written. The Sixteen has recently featured in the highly successful BBC television series, Sacred Music, presented by actor Simon Russell Beale - a second series which focused on the music of Brahms, Bruckner, Fauré, Pärt and Tave...    less

The concert "ACH! PG Carnivalesque" under the patronage of Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, attracted several hundred people who listened to daring performances of popular pop music hits. During the performance we heard choral arrangements of...  moreThe concert "ACH! PG Carnivalesque" under the patronage of Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, attracted several hundred people who listened to daring performances of popular pop music hits. During the performance we heard choral arrangements of hits such as: "Dancing Queen", "Memory", "California Dreamin'" and "Maria". This time it was not Mozart or Bach, but ABBA, Queen and songs from the musical West Side Story that graced the walls of the Gdansk University of Technology in carnivalesque musical artistic creations. Jazz musicians performed along with the Choir, and the musical effects were accompanied by a unique lighting arrangement, which required appropriate space and audience arrangement. The more-than-hour-long performance by the Academic Choir of the Gdańsk University of Technology, conducted by Prof. Mariusz Mróz and accompanied by musicians from the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz, ended with joint singing, encores and a standing ovation.  less