The Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York has a “Poetry in Motion” series that puts posters of poetry in subway cars. I was on the 1 train on Manhattan’s West Side one day when I saw the Poem “Heaven,” by Patrick Phillips. I was immediately captured ...  moreThe Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York has a “Poetry in Motion” series that puts posters of poetry in subway cars. I was on the 1 train on Manhattan’s West Side one day when I saw the Poem “Heaven,” by Patrick Phillips. I was immediately captured by the simple beauty of Patrick’s Poem, and the mystery of the first line, “It will be the past.” I loved his vision and thought immediately that I wanted to compose music for this Poem. Mystery, joy, wonder. “Heaven” is the winner of choral composition competitions sponsored by both the Manhattan Choral Ensemble and Georgia College. Performed by the Georgia College Max Noah Singers, Dr. Jennifer Flory conducting.  less

Score video of FIRE AND ICE, Greg Bartholomew's setting for mixed choir (SATB) of the Poem by Robert Frost (1874-1963). Audio recording by Matt Curtis (Choral Tracks). Published in December 1920 in Harper's Magazine and again in 1923 in his Pulitzer ...  moreScore video of FIRE AND ICE, Greg Bartholomew's setting for mixed choir (SATB) of the Poem by Robert Frost (1874-1963). Audio recording by Matt Curtis (Choral Tracks). Published in December 1920 in Harper's Magazine and again in 1923 in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book New Hampshire, "Fire and Ice" is one of Robert Frost's most popular Poems. Some have asserted that the Poem is a compression of Dante's Inferno. In an anecdote he recounted in 1960, prominent astronomer Harlow Shapley claimed to have inspired Fire and Ice in an encounter with Frost a year before the Poem was published. Frost asked Shapley how the world will end, and Shapley responded that either the sun will explode and incinerate the Earth, or the Earth will somehow escape this fate only to end up slowly freezing in deep space. Sheet music for FIRE AND ICE is available from J.W. Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/11129789.item For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com/fireindex.html #Choralmusic #choir #RobertFrost  less

I think I’ve started a new project that is going to keep me learning new musical skills for a long time….. I love working on choral arrangements, however the more I do and the more I think about them, the more I actually learn. I am extremel...

Description of our dear old park (in Loughborough) on a hot day, with a light swing. The Poem is by my father Stanley N Solomons Music by David Warin Solomons Performed by The Composers Choir under Daniel Shaw

Madrigal by Orlando di Lasso based on part of a Poem by Pierre de Ronsard, performed by multitrack one-man choir dwsChorale Bonjour mon cœur, Bonjour ma douce vie, Greetings dear heart Greetings oh my sweet life Bonjour mon œil Bonjour ma chere ...  moreMadrigal by Orlando di Lasso based on part of a Poem by Pierre de Ronsard, performed by multitrack one-man choir dwsChorale Bonjour mon cœur, Bonjour ma douce vie, Greetings dear heart Greetings oh my sweet life Bonjour mon œil Bonjour ma chere amie! Greetings my eye's delight Greetings my dearest friend Hé! bonjour, ma toute belle, Ma mignardise, Hi! and greetings, my beautiful one my dainty one Bonjour, mes délices, Mon amour, Greetings my delights My love Mon doux printemps, Ma douce fleur nouvelle, My sweet spring-time My sweet fresh flower Mon doux plaisir, Ma douce colombelle, My sweet pleasure My sweet dove Mon passereau, ma gente tourterelle! Bonjour ma douce rebelle. My sparrow, my gentle turtledove Greetings my sweet rebel.  less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I recently wrote about some of the reasons why you might think you can’t sing.   Suessian megaphone by theparadigmshifter   One of th...

Last weekend we ended a very fulfilling season with a choir party. To celebrate we all sang our version of "Seasons Of Love" from the musical Rent, lyrics by our conductor Jeanne Rabin (www.jeannerabin.com). You are all welcome to sing along (here's a li...

We are young, we all studied the National University of Music from Bucharest, and we are united by our love for choral music!

Words by Robert Herrick, music by Harold Darke Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, until the hasting day Has run but to the evensong; And, having prayed together,...  moreWords by Robert Herrick, music by Harold Darke Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, until the hasting day Has run but to the evensong; And, having prayed together, we will go with you along. We have short time to stay as you, We have as short a spring; As quick a growth to meet decay, As you or anything. We die as your hours do, and dry away Like to the summer’s rain; Or as the pearls of morning’s dew, Ne’er to be found again.  less

A set of three new choral settings of Wilfred Owen Poems (Anthem for Doomed Youth, Futility and The Next War) composed by me (Stephen Tyler) to commemorate the 100th centenary of the outbreak of World War I. The pieces are here performed by Reading A...  moreA set of three new choral settings of Wilfred Owen Poems (Anthem for Doomed Youth, Futility and The Next War) composed by me (Stephen Tyler) to commemorate the 100th centenary of the outbreak of World War I. The pieces are here performed by Reading A440 Choir conducted by me. These pieces feature on the choir's CD "All's Fair" - further details of which can be found on their website (http://www.a440choir.com). Any choir's who would like to perform this or get the sheet music, please YouTube mail me.  less