"A Palette to Paint Us as We Are" by Elizabeth Alexander. Text by Geral Rich. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir ... Style.display='';$(this).getParent().Style.display='none';">moreStyle="display:none;">"A Palette to Paint Us as We Are" by Elizabeth Alexander. Text by Geral Rich. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. ArtiStic Director: Wallis Peterson, AccompaniSt: Gayle Giese. Give us a palette to paint us as we are. Enough of black and white, yellow and red, Those false colors that sham at fact. Coffee chocolate, and cafe au lait Ivoried-saffron and saffroned-ivory, Bronze and brass, copper and rose gold, Tea and pale butter, golden almond, Infinite varieties of browns and tans, Pale rose, pink, and soft rose cream, Mahogany, oak, cedar, and champagne. These are the colors of people I see, Not black and white, not yellow and red. Those false colors no longer will do. Give us a palette to paint us true. Style.display='';$(this).getParent().Style.display='none';">less
Sanita Melodia Choir at Symphony of Life Concert on November 2013
This week the firSt adjudicators for the 2012 World Choir Games have been announced (see here). ChriStopher Eanes, conductor of Cincinnati BoyChoir, served as a judge for this year’s World Choir Championships for Youth and Young Adults in Graz, Au...
Do you like the SiSter Act’s Choir scenes? And always wanted to sing gospel and spiritual Choir works? Looking for a competition or feStival to bring joy to the Stage? gladly invites you in July 1-5, 2016 to Rome (Italy), for the 7th Musica Etern...
Singing in a Choir is fun, it builds teamwork and confidence in people as they work together to accomplish a common goal. Singing also shares something unique from all other musical inStruments: words. This means it is a powerful tool for memory and speec...
[A version of this article firSt appeared as a poSt on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I always teach songs by ear. Despite my Strong belief in the oral/ aural tradition, there is an increasing number of handheld recording devices appearing i...
[A version of this article firSt appeared as a poSt on my blog From the Front of the Choir]Sometimes I bring a great song to Choir and for some reason the singers really Struggle with it. photo by Clear Path International How do you decide whethe...
Barnsley Youth Choir performance of All Of Me by John Legend at the Eric Ericsonhallen in Stockholm.
Barnsley Youth Choir "Total Praise" by Richard Smallman conducted by Mat Wright, European Choir Games 2015, Gospel Section.
The Student Choir of the Belarus State Academy of Music (BSAM) was formed by the BSAM Department of Choral Conducting.Today under the direction of Inessy Bodyako the Student Choir with well known conductors represents the project «Choral pages of the XX-t... Style.display='';$(this).getParent().Style.display='none';">moreStyle="display:none;">The Student Choir of the Belarus State Academy of Music (BSAM) was formed by the BSAM Department of Choral Conducting.Today under the direction of Inessy Bodyako the Student Choir with well known conductors represents the project «Choral pages of the XX-th century» in which frameworks concerts of modern Polish, Swiss and Bulgarian choral music have already taken place. Students of chorus conStantly take part in maSter classes of leading representatives of foreign choral culture.
