"Mother, Please Explain", No. 2 from "Bergerettes". Traditional French country song, from a setting by J. B. Weckerlin, arr. John Lewers. English translation by Sigmund Spaeth. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in For...  more"Mother, Please Explain", No. 2 from "Bergerettes". Traditional French country song, from a setting by J. B. Weckerlin, arr. John Lewers. English translation by Sigmund Spaeth. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. Mother, please explain, what is love? Won't you tell me? Does one feel joy, or is it sad? How am I to know what of late befell me? For now my life no more is glad. Oh, tell me, is loving always kind? Suppose a gentle swain is sighing, Should I be denying? Not long since, to me came a shepherd fair Handsome as could be, and promptly he did swear That he loved me well. How could I tell? How could I tell? If he should come and say the same again, What shall I answer then? What shall I answer then? No one in the village compares with his beauty Whatever he may do or say Is so ful...    less

"Music Down in My Soul" by Moses Hogan. Recorded live on June 25, 2009, at Central Lutheran Church in Eugene, Oregon. Performed at the Sharing Our Songs concert during the Pacific International Children's Choir Festival (PICCFEST) by the Touring Choir ...  more"Music Down in My Soul" by Moses Hogan. Recorded live on June 25, 2009, at Central Lutheran Church in Eugene, Oregon. Performed at the Sharing Our Songs concert during the Pacific International Children's Choir Festival (PICCFEST) by the Touring Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Susan Dodd.  

"Full Fathom Five" by Paul Carey. Text from "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare. Commissioned by the 2012 Women's Choir Commission Consortium of the American Choral Directors Association. Recorded live on Friday, March 15, 2013, at First Presbyterian ...  more"Full Fathom Five" by Paul Carey. Text from "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare. Commissioned by the 2012 Women's Choir Commission Consortium of the American Choral Directors Association. Recorded live on Friday, March 15, 2013, at First Presbyterian Church, Pompano Beach, Florida. Performed by the Saint Mary's College Women's Choir and the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Conductor: Nancy Menk, Accompanist: Hyeja Chong Ganahl. http://www.saintmarys.edu/music-womens-choir  

"Homeland," arr. Z. Randall Stroope. Tune from the "Jupiter" movement of "The Planets" (Op. 32) by Gustav Holst. Text by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice and Z. Randall Stroope. Recorded live on May 5, 2016, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Flor...  more"Homeland," arr. Z. Randall Stroope. Tune from the "Jupiter" movement of "The Planets" (Op. 32) by Gustav Holst. Text by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice and Z. Randall Stroope. Recorded live on May 5, 2016, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Student Conductor: Sofía Castañeda, Accompanist: Gayle Giese.  

"Where the Wind Blows" by Jeff Smallman. An arrangement of the double choir work written for Kaleid 2006, requested by the Finnish group Rajaton. Written during Jeff's second year as composer-in-residence for the Woodstock Fanshawe Singers. Recorded li...  more"Where the Wind Blows" by Jeff Smallman. An arrangement of the double choir work written for Kaleid 2006, requested by the Finnish group Rajaton. Written during Jeff's second year as composer-in-residence for the Woodstock Fanshawe Singers. Recorded live on May 3, 2015, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers and Men's Auxiliary ensembles of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson.  

Holy Harmony by Jonathan Adams, The Florida College Chorus at the Fine Arts Museum St. Petersburg, Dr. Jon Bassett dir.

Symphonic Chorale of Southwest Florida, ensemble Dr. Trent R. Brown, conductor Zachary J. Moore, composer William Blake, poet

The University of South Florida Collegiate Singers and conductor James Bass perform Ethan McGrath's "When lilacs last in the dooryard." Note that the the canonic repetition of the opening line, which lasts for about the first 35 seconds or so of this perf...  moreThe University of South Florida Collegiate Singers and conductor James Bass perform Ethan McGrath's "When lilacs last in the dooryard." Note that the the canonic repetition of the opening line, which lasts for about the first 35 seconds or so of this performance, was added by the performers, and is not actually written in the score -- just for your information.  

Jacinto Chiclana Amazonia Vocal Ensemble at Florida International University March 2016