The Seal Lullaby Eric Whitacre Western High School Fort Lauderdale, FL Select Women's Chorus Brandon Monse, director Ariel Ramos, piano Florida Vocal Association 2013 South State Choral Music Performance Assessment American Heritage School ...  moreThe Seal Lullaby Eric Whitacre Western High School Fort Lauderdale, FL Select Women's Chorus Brandon Monse, director Ariel Ramos, piano Florida Vocal Association 2013 South State Choral Music Performance Assessment American Heritage School Plantation, FL April 30, 2013 westernchorus.com  

for SATB Chorus unaccompanied Words by Mary Elizabeth Frye: Public Domain Music by Stanley M. Hoffman © Copyright 2018 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The poem above is sometimes called “I Am” due to its repet...  morefor SATB Chorus unaccompanied Words by Mary Elizabeth Frye: Public Domain Music by Stanley M. Hoffman © Copyright 2018 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The poem above is sometimes called “I Am” due to its repetition of the phrase. Was the poem inspired? The Hebrew name for God, YHWH, means “I am” or “I am that I am.” And there does seem to be something magical about the poem, as it was written by a woman who, to our knowledge, had never written a poem before. Mary Elizabeth Frye was an orphan with no formal education. In 1932 she and her husband hosted a young Jewish woman, Margaret Schwarzkopf, who was fleeing the Holocaust. When she received news that her mother had died in Germany, the heartbroken houseguest told Frye in despair that she had never had the chance to “stand by my mother’s grave and shed a tear.” Frye found herself composing the poem above on a ripped-off section of a brown paper shopping bag. She said the words “just came to her.”  less

The Lake Isle of Innisfree Eleanor Daley Western High School Fort Lauderdale, FL US Select Women's Ensemble Brandon Monse, director Gary Stroh, piano Florida Vocal Association 2012 South State Choral Music Performance Assessment Palm Beach A...  moreThe Lake Isle of Innisfree Eleanor Daley Western High School Fort Lauderdale, FL US Select Women's Ensemble Brandon Monse, director Gary Stroh, piano Florida Vocal Association 2012 South State Choral Music Performance Assessment Palm Beach Atlantic University West Palm Beach, FL May 2, 2012  

Arranged by Jesu Elberdin, performed at the Our Lady of the Guadalupe Parish, General Trias Cavite "A Night of Choral Music". (June 30, 2018)

Dirijor: Eduard Dinu Invitat: Cezar Ouatu Moderatoare: Ada Condeescu Catedrala Sfântul Iosif - 22 decembrie 2018

64th Annual Choir Festival Dr. Joseph M. Martin, Conductor Dr. Gordon Turk, Organ Great Auditorium Brass Ensemble July 8, 2018 Filmed and Edited by Quinton Tramm

A Girl's Garden (from Frostiana) Randall Thompson Western High School Fort Lauderdale, FL Select Women's Chorus Brandon Monse, director Ariel Ramos, piano Florida Vocal Association 2013 South State Choral Music Performance Assessment America...  moreA Girl's Garden (from Frostiana) Randall Thompson Western High School Fort Lauderdale, FL Select Women's Chorus Brandon Monse, director Ariel Ramos, piano Florida Vocal Association 2013 South State Choral Music Performance Assessment American Heritage School Plantation, FL April 30, 2013 westernchorus.com  

"The Plans I have for You" sung by the Arkansas Tech Chamber Choir and the Ft. Smith Southside HS Mixed Chorus at the Arkansas All-State Music Convention, 2-16-2012. Ft. Smith HS is conducted by Gaye McClure, and the mass Choir here is conducted by Gary ...  more"The Plans I have for You" sung by the Arkansas Tech Chamber Choir and the Ft. Smith Southside HS Mixed Chorus at the Arkansas All-State Music Convention, 2-16-2012. Ft. Smith HS is conducted by Gaye McClure, and the mass Choir here is conducted by Gary Morris, of ATU.  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I keep seeing virtual Choirs on Facebook and hearing about amazing Zoom singing sessions. Photo by Virginia State Parks It’s hard not to compare and...

Premiered and recorded December 7th 2023 at Catalina United Methodist Church in Tucson, Arizona. Text: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.[1] ...  morePremiered and recorded December 7th 2023 at Catalina United Methodist Church in Tucson, Arizona. Text: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.[1] The unenfranchised women of the United States are as intelligent, law abiding and patriotic as any women in the world[2] We cannot successfully Evade duty because the Suffering fellow woman is only a woman! The spirit of true philanthropy knows no sex.[3] It is... our bounded duty to stand forth and declare ourselves... to teach an ignorant and suspicious world the aims and interests of good aspiring women. Too long have we been silent under unjust charges The women of the race take the lead in this movement, but for all this we recognize the necessity of the sympathy of our husbands, brothers and fathers. Our women’s movement is for the good of women and men, for the benefit of all humanity... we are coming to the front, ...and welcoming any oth...    less