World Youth Choir, conductor Hak Wan Yoon, China 2008

Joy & Enthusiasm

In southern Madagascar, in toliara, a choir allows 150 young girls living in extreme poverty to regain the Joy of life through choral singing. This practice of music transforms their life, but also that of an unexpected audience, of inmates... Website:...  moreIn southern Madagascar, in toliara, a choir allows 150 young girls living in extreme poverty to regain the Joy of life through choral singing. This practice of music transforms their life, but also that of an unexpected audience, of inmates... Website: http://documenting21c.com/?lang=en  

A Prayer for the World for SATB Chorus unaccompanied Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2004) Words by Harold S. Kushner Performed by the Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2004 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publi...  moreA Prayer for the World for SATB Chorus unaccompanied Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2004) Words by Harold S. Kushner Performed by the Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2004 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 6328. Words: first published March 23, 2003 in PARADE Magazine. Used by permission from PARADE, © Copyright 2003. Also used with permission from Harold S. Kushner and Curtis Brown, Ltd., his literary agents. Recording: © Copyright 2004 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Photograph of Harold S. Kushner Courtesy of Temple Israel of Natick, MA www.tiofnatick.org  less

the Spinnakerettes reach a new high in 2014. Presenting their best performance to date: the girls were very happy to come home to Portsmouth with a 5th place medal. Hooray!!!

CELEBRATE the Joy OF CREATING NEW MUSIC!   RECITALS, CONCERTS, COMPETITIONS, BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, WEDDINGS??   the creation and performance of new music is a Joyful and wonderfully rewarding experience and Tim Knight is a passionate b...

the choir is a branch of the community group Nyodema which has three aims... Celebrating World music and arts Promoting multi-cultural awareness Supporting children's health and education projects in the Gambia, West Africa As well as hosting an annua...  morethe choir is a branch of the community group Nyodema which has three aims... Celebrating World music and arts Promoting multi-cultural awareness Supporting children's health and education projects in the Gambia, West Africa As well as hosting an annual World Musicand Arts Festival and the choir we also run a weekly West African Drumming workshop. Both groups enJoy performing at our own and other local community events and festivals.  

Play It Forward is thrilled to announce the World Premiere of our next newly commissioned major choral work - ECOtoRIO at the Melbourne International Singers Festival on Sun June 7, 2020! ECOtoRIO is an exciting new song cycle written for SATB community ...