Good news performed by the Essence vocals @ Pioneer SDA church, June 2017

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In the ten years of the choir’s existence, Good Noise has become Vancouver’s “go to” gospel choir, receiving many requests for special performances, both live and on television and radio. Good Noise has performed with artists such as Barbra Streisand, Dav...  moreIn the ten years of the choir’s existence, Good Noise has become Vancouver’s “go to” gospel choir, receiving many requests for special performances, both live and on television and radio. Good Noise has performed with artists such as Barbra Streisand, David Foster, Josh Groban, Holly Cole, Daniel Lapp, Dee Daniels, Jim Byrnes, John Lee Sanders, Jennifer Scott, Karin Plato, Kate Hammett-Vaughan, and has appeared on CBC TV, CBC Radio, Global TV, CityTV, Bravo, Knowledge Network and Vision TV. The choir has performed at several festivals, including the Vancouver Folk Festival, Envision Jazz Festival and the Wintersong Festival. In the Fall of 2013, Good Noise was featured live in concert in an episode for a new television series on Vision TV, “Gospel To Go”. The choir has also been featured in a television Christmas gospel music special “Tell It On The Mountain” on the Bravo Network, Vision Network and the Knowledge Network and featured in the Disney corporation’s promotion of the musical “The Lion King”. In addit...    less

From the concert on 12/11/10, the Hawai'i Sacred Choir sings "Good King Wenceslas."

This brand new version of Good King Wenceslas is dedicated to my uncle Duncan Shaw of Vancouver. His "retirement project" - developing his own theory of gravity - has been a huge inspiration in my own compositional journey late in life. Some background...  moreThis brand new version of Good King Wenceslas is dedicated to my uncle Duncan Shaw of Vancouver. His "retirement project" - developing his own theory of gravity - has been a huge inspiration in my own compositional journey late in life. Some background: I have sung the traditional version of Good King Wenceslas since I was a kid. I fell in love with the lyrics and the story, but have always been puzzled by the way it was arranged, in particular the way that the "las" of Wenceslas lands on the downbeat. When I was young, I thought the lyrics were actually "Good King Wences last looked out!" All to say that I got inspired to create a totally different version. I used the 19th century poem by John Mason Neale, but I wanted to create a different "feel" to the story, to take it back in time to its origins in the Middle Ages - hence the medieval feel to much of the piece. I also felt that since the Wenceslas story is all about a journey, a setting in 3/4 time would create a better sense of that Feeling, ra...    less

Firstly, I'll take this opportunity to introduce myself. I'm a Good musician, and a reasonable singer. I sit in the back corner of the choir and sing second bass, trying to sing so low that I can make the plastic chairs vibrate. Now, I say I'm a Good musi...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many people look back to the Good old days when we all used to gather round a piano and sing for hours, or join in a Good sing-song down the local pub. &n...

Do you love to sing? Do you like to Travel? Can you Sight-Read? Are you Talented?   How about using your talents and abilities for a Good cause?   The Salt and Light Chorale is an SATB choir that sings music from a variety of genres such ...

Salvacosta perform Peter Chesters' beautiful song arranged by Darren Marc Bartlett. Good Enough For Him Peter Chesters Arr. Darren Marc Bartlett Copyright 1960 Josef Weinberger Ltd Performed by Salvacosta Keys - Alvin Allison String Bass - Howard...  moreSalvacosta perform Peter Chesters' beautiful song arranged by Darren Marc Bartlett. Good Enough For Him Peter Chesters Arr. Darren Marc Bartlett Copyright 1960 Josef Weinberger Ltd Performed by Salvacosta Keys - Alvin Allison String Bass - Howard Wood (Woody) Guitar - Jon Brooks DMB Music www.dmbmusic.co.uk Video Creation - Kingsbere Designs www.darrenbartlett.co.uk Copyright DMB MUSIC 2016  

Excellence isn't easy.  We appreciate that which costs us greatly and often treat that which is free with disdain. The more it costs us, the greater the “value.” Being part of a Good Ensemble is not easy, fast, or cheap. Most people, when...