14th International choir and orchestra festival in Cracow (Poland)27.09. - 01.10.2023 CRACOW – one of The twelve most important towns in The worldThe former capital of Poland is one of Europe’s last undiscovered destinations by mass tourism...

We’ve been really hard at work for The last few months and I am overjoyed to finally be able to share some details. We  have developed a wonderful new tool for every ministry of music in every church or faith based organization around.  T...

For Zodiakos, The final concert of Their 2002 season, The Esoterics commissioned twelve Washington State composers to create a suite of a cappella horoscopes from The ancient poem, Astronomica, by First Century B.C.E. poet Marcus Manilius. Each composer s...  moreFor Zodiakos, The final concert of Their 2002 season, The Esoterics commissioned twelve Washington State composers to create a suite of a cappella horoscopes from The ancient poem, Astronomica, by First Century B.C.E. poet Marcus Manilius. Each composer set verses for his or her own star sign. Leo was premiered by The Esoterics on December 7, 8, 14 & 15, 2002, in concerts in Tacoma, Mercer Island and Seattle, Washington. The piece was named as a Finalist in 2007 Cincinnati Camerata Composition Competition, and is a Project Encore selection. For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com/leoindex.html #choir #choralmusic #astrology  less

Soulfood a cappella singing "O Come All Ye Faithful". This is part of The Christmas Day program for Wesley Impact that went to air on 25 December, 2012 - Channel Nine, 6.00am (ADST). This footage is kindly provided courtesy of Wesley Mission.

Soulfood a cappella singing "The Little Drummer Boy". This is part a program for Wesley Impact that went to air on Sunday, 15 December, 2013 - Channel Nine, 5.30am (ADST). This footage is kindly provided courtesy of Wesley Mission.

Many years ago David Marsh kindly created a video for this work, composed and sung by me as The multitrack one-man choir dwschorale. The video is based on a caricature of me as a choirboy. This is an improved version using that video but following The w...  moreMany years ago David Marsh kindly created a video for this work, composed and sung by me as The multitrack one-man choir dwschorale. The video is based on a caricature of me as a choirboy. This is an improved version using that video but following The words more clearly and also including The words on screen. The choir sings The 12 days of Christmas but it all goes horribly (or hilariously) wrong.  

The Mayo Male Voice Choir has been in existence for twelve years, it has grown in strength this year from 26 to 42 members, and now has a wide and varied repertory featuring many favorites from light opera to popular musical. Our members are mainly from a...  moreThe Mayo Male Voice Choir has been in existence for twelve years, it has grown in strength this year from 26 to 42 members, and now has a wide and varied repertory featuring many favorites from light opera to popular musical. Our members are mainly from around The Castlebar area, but with five from Ballinrobe, more from Swinford, Kilkelly and Ballyglass we now truly represent our county. Under The musical direction of Deirdre Lee, from Kiltimagh, Deirdre has been our musical director since The choir’s inception, an honors music graduate of University College Maynooth, having studied under Professor Gerard Gillen. She has been involved in many musicals and events as musical director, arranged and conducted. Deirdre is a teacher of music, choir and orchestra in St. Joseph’s Secondary School, Castlebar. She has arranged many of The pieces we perform in four part for male voice. which were previously not available to us.  less

Crescendo is The evolution of The choir, our growth as individuals and as a group ‎from The very first rehearsal to finally singing for our audience at L’Auditori.‎ It’s an empowering life experience resulting from The intense months of work and rehear...  moreCrescendo is The evolution of The choir, our growth as individuals and as a group ‎from The very first rehearsal to finally singing for our audience at L’Auditori.‎ It’s an empowering life experience resulting from The intense months of work and rehearsals, ‎a learning process and a fantastic opportunity to share, to be supportive and to persevere in ‎our personal and collective dreams.‎ In this concert we present The Symphony for Strings No. 8 by William Herschel, ‎musician and astronomer who went down in history as The discoverer of The planet Uranus in ‎‎1781. This work will be followed by The dance of planets and stars of La Lluna by ‎Ian Shaw, a work based on The poem by Jacint Verdaguer and winner of The second edition ‎of The El Cor Canta International Composition Competition for Choir and Orchestra. The ‎concert will be rounded off with a call for peace with Missa per la Pau (Mass for ‎Peace), by Salvador Brotons.‎  less

The best young singers Northwest Indiana has to offer. Performs exclusively in The summer months. Auditions and interviews typically held in May.

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Choral Clarity blog]    We've just spent many months learning notes and rhythms, memorizing lyrics, working on balance and blend, shape, and internalizing meaning. But now it ...