The Drake Choir is Drake University’s select touring ensemble, performing regionally on an annual basis and internationally every four years, most recently in May 2012. It has appeared in major venues in Austria, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Wales...  moreThe Drake Choir is Drake University’s select touring ensemble, performing regionally on an annual basis and internationally every four years, most recently in May 2012. It has appeared in major venues in Austria, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Wales, and Ireland. The ensemble regularly collaborates with the Des Moines Symphony and sang the Beethoven Ninth Symphony with that orchestra in September 2011. The Drake Choir has performed in Carnegie Hall and has been featured on the conference program of the American Choral Directors Association North Central Division. The ensemble consists of 64-70 singers who are first-year students through seniors and who represent every College of the University. Auditions for returning students take place in April and for new students during the weekend preceding the start of the fall semester. The ensemble rehearses Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 3:30-5:00 p.m. and is conducted by Dr. Aimee Beckmann-Collier, Director of Choral Studies and Professor of Condcuting.  less

Recording: Nathaniel Dett Chorale Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, Conductor. Kendrew Heriveaux, solo - - - ( Traducción al Español abajo ) - - - Score available at: http://sydneyguillaumemusic.com/portfolio-items/ayiti-1-lesklavaj - - - English Tr...  moreRecording: Nathaniel Dett Chorale Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, Conductor. Kendrew Heriveaux, solo - - - ( Traducción al Español abajo ) - - - Score available at: http://sydneyguillaumemusic.com/portfolio-items/ayiti-1-lesklavaj - - - English Translation: 1- Slavery I come from Africa, the land of my father. From the French, Hispanic and English ships, I landed in the Americas, the unfamiliar land. This is Haiti, this is my story. I come from Africa with my strong religion, With banbous, drums, with all my soul. Right when I debarked, the villains muted me. They swore a thousand times they would convert me. They did all they could to make me lose my mind, To forget my ancestors who are still in Africa. Thus I cut the chords with words of Liberty, Words of Equality, words of Dignity. I spent three hundred years under the chains of slavery; Night and day I struggled with work, Carrying loads on my head, loads on my shoulders, For others to rejoice in the metropolitan lands. Slave...    less

La Chorale CasaSawt sous la direction de son chef de chœur Adnane Matrone, chante lors de sa participation au dixième Symposium Mondial de chant choral à Séoul en 2014. "Khlili" est un chant arrangé par Adnane Matrone

The Cascadian Chorale, under the direction of Gary D. Cannon, perform "And the Wind," a choral setting by Greg Bartholomew of the poem by Fletcher LaVallee Bartholomew. For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com And the Wind There is an awe...  moreThe Cascadian Chorale, under the direction of Gary D. Cannon, perform "And the Wind," a choral setting by Greg Bartholomew of the poem by Fletcher LaVallee Bartholomew. For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com And the Wind There is an awesome beauty found in sailing Through black of night upon the open sea, Your vessel mauled by unseen waves and trailing Her phosphorescent wake, as steadily, She plows into the darkness, And the wind.  

A Gaelic Blessing John Rutter Western High School Fort Lauderdale, FL US Western Singers Brandon Monse, director Michele Cabeza, piano Florida Vocal Association 2011 South State Choral Music Performance Assessment Wertheim Performing Art...  moreA Gaelic Blessing John Rutter Western High School Fort Lauderdale, FL US Western Singers Brandon Monse, director Michele Cabeza, piano Florida Vocal Association 2011 South State Choral Music Performance Assessment Wertheim Performing Arts Center Florida International University Miami, FL April 28, 2011  

When I was a junior in college, my mother was fighting breast cancer and my way of coping with it was to write a choral piece for her. I wrote “Pour Toi, Mère” (For You, Mother) which premiered at my senior composition recital. A few years later, Kevin F...  moreWhen I was a junior in college, my mother was fighting breast cancer and my way of coping with it was to write a choral piece for her. I wrote “Pour Toi, Mère” (For You, Mother) which premiered at my senior composition recital. A few years later, Kevin Fenton programmed that piece for his choir at FSU. He shared with me his strong connection with the piece at a time when his sister-in-law, Peggy Fenton was also fighting breast cancer. Sadly, Peggy Fenton lost her fight with cancer in 2009. That same year Kevin contacted me and asked if I would write a piece in her memory for her husband and her two daughters. He shared with me a video of a presentation she did at the Mother’s Day banquet at her church, just a few days before her passing. The title of her presentation was “From Hats to Crown”. She shared stories about her life and the many relationship roles one plays: as a daughter, a sister, as a wife, a mother and a teacher. As she talked about each role she wore a different hat. She ended with a crown, shar...    less

Recording of premiere performance October 2011 by Corpus Christi Chorale, conducted by Dr. Ross C. Bernhardt (composer and artistic director). The work sets a poem by Tom Barrett

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Phoenix Chorale Christopher Gabbitas, Artistic Director Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Text: WH Auden (1907-1973) Performed at 'unCLOUDED day', a concert to celebrate the return of live choral music following the Covid-19 pandemic. Solo...  morePhoenix Chorale Christopher Gabbitas, Artistic Director Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Text: WH Auden (1907-1973) Performed at 'unCLOUDED day', a concert to celebrate the return of live choral music following the Covid-19 pandemic. Soloists: Lies’l Hill, soprano Nina Garguilo, soprano Julia Powers, alto Thomas Strawser, tenor Christopher Herrera, bass Learn more about Phoenix Chorale at https://www.phoenixChorale.org If you like our music, please Subscribe! Video Direction: Andrew Staples Sound Engineering: Sound Mirror I In a garden shady this holy lady With reverent cadence and subtle psalm, Like a black swan as death came on Poured forth her song in perfect calm: And by ocean's margin this innocent virgin Constructed an organ to enlarge her prayer, And notes tremendous from her great engine Thundered out on the Roman air. Blonde Aphrodite rose up excited, Moved to delight by the melody, White as an orchid she rode quite naked In an oyster shell on top of the ...    less

The University of Texas of the Permian Basin University Choir performs under the direction of Dr. Frank Eychaner, Director of Choral Studies. Wagner Nöel Performing Arts Center, Oct. 2017