Barlow Bradford's Utah Chamber Artists perform "Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun". Bradford put Walt Whitman's words from Leaves of Grass to Music in this choral work. GIVE me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling; Give me juicy a...  moreBarlow Bradford's Utah Chamber Artists perform "Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun". Bradford put Walt Whitman's words from Leaves of Grass to Music in this choral work. GIVE me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling; Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard; Give me a field where the unmow'd grass grows; Give me an arbor, give me the trellis'd grape; Give me fresh corn and wheat—give me serene-moving animals, teaching content; Give me nights perfectly quiet, and I looking up at the stars; Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers, where I can walk undisturb'd; Give me for marriage a sweet-breath'd woman, of whom I should never tire; Give me a perfect child—give me, away, aside from the noise of the world, a rural, domestic life; Give me to warble spontaneous songs, reliev'd, recluse by myself, for my own ears only; Give me solitude—give me Nature—give me again, O Nature, your primal sanities!  less

Filmed by BBC Look North and broadcast on Dec 23rd 2010, this is Choir with Director Sally Brown singing Ysaye Barnwell's wonderful song. With thanks to the BBC team.

Anim Zemiros for SATB Chorus unaccompanied by Stanley M. Hoffman (1985) World Premiere Performance The New York Virtuoso Singers Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor January 2, 2009 Music: © Copyright 1985 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffma...  moreAnim Zemiros for SATB Chorus unaccompanied by Stanley M. Hoffman (1985) World Premiere Performance The New York Virtuoso Singers Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor January 2, 2009 Music: © Copyright 1985 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. Performance by The New York Virtuoso Singers © Copyright 2009 by Harold Rosenbaum. Used by permission of Harold Rosenbaum. The sheet Music is available for sale from the composer.  

About the Choir The University of Pretoria Youth Choir is a multi-cultural Choir consisting of 90 members aged between 14 and 19 years and representing 33 Secondary Schools in the greater Tshwane area. They are all amateur singers. The Choir forms p...  moreAbout the Choir The University of Pretoria Youth Choir is a multi-cultural Choir consisting of 90 members aged between 14 and 19 years and representing 33 Secondary Schools in the greater Tshwane area. They are all amateur singers. The Choir forms part of the multi-Choir model of the University of Pretoria, the others being the UP Jacaranda Children’s Choir, UP Camerata.  

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’m going to fess up here: I’ve never really been in a Choir.     Choir of the Munich University of Applied Sciences by Mark Kam...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   … and there is a place in a Choir somewhere for everybody.     Frank joined our Choir a while back. He hadn’t sung for ages, bu...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Kirsten left a comment on my post How to be a good Choir member.   photo by Brandon Cripps   She suggested that a good Choir member s...

III Sagayán (Pre-Battle Ceremony) from Mangá Pakalagián (Ceremonies) Composer (Music and Text) - (Nilo Alcala) Maguindanaon translation - Danongan Danny Kalanduyan Philippine Madrigal Singers (Mark Anthony Carpio, Choirmaster) performed at the 201...  moreIII Sagayán (Pre-Battle Ceremony) from Mangá Pakalagián (Ceremonies) Composer (Music and Text) - (Nilo Alcala) Maguindanaon translation - Danongan Danny Kalanduyan Philippine Madrigal Singers (Mark Anthony Carpio, Choirmaster) performed at the 2017 European Grand Prix for Choral Singing EGP 2017, Tolosa, Spain - - - - - - - - - - Composer's notes on MANGA PAKALAGIAN*) (*Manga Pakalagian - was commissioned and premiered by the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Grant Gershon at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Nov. 15, 2015) I grew up in the Philippines where culture is as colorful and diverse as the number of its islands — all 7,107 of it. A quick Google search of “Philippine History” will give you a peak at our rich history of pre-colonial kingdoms (rajahnates, sultanates, etc.) which began to rise about 900 AD. Prior to Christianization of the Central and Northern parts, and even prior to the Islamization of the Southern parts of the country — these Philippine kingdoms shared with its neighbori...    less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Back in January I shared with you my journey so far of Becoming a Choir leader.     Yes, I am a Choir leader, and I have one community Choir...

PSALM 1 for SATB Chorus (divisi) by Stanley M. Hoffman (1998) Performed by Matthew Curtis (www.choraltracks.com) Music and Translation: © 1999 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. ...  morePSALM 1 for SATB Chorus (divisi) by Stanley M. Hoffman (1998) Performed by Matthew Curtis (www.choraltracks.com) Music and Translation: © 1999 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5367