KSCI Choral Scholars under the direction of Kantorei KC Artistic Director Chris Munce. "Be Music, Night," by Bradley Ellingboe. These 29 College students represent 12 schools around the country. The met and prepared a program in 3 days at our Choral Inst...  moreKSCI Choral Scholars under the direction of Kantorei KC Artistic Director Chris Munce. "Be Music, Night," by Bradley Ellingboe. These 29 College students represent 12 schools around the country. The met and prepared a program in 3 days at our Choral Institute. June 28th, 2014 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in KC MO. www.kantoreikc.org/choral-institute www.twitter.com/kantoreikc www.facebook.com/kantoreikc  

The Ingenium Academy Choir forms once a year at the Ingenium Academy International Summer School for Music, based in Winchester College, England. Our diverse vocal programme is for 14-18 year olds who love to sing, are keen to develop their choral tech...  moreThe Ingenium Academy Choir forms once a year at the Ingenium Academy International Summer School for Music, based in Winchester College, England. Our diverse vocal programme is for 14-18 year olds who love to sing, are keen to develop their choral technique, improve their ensemble singing and explore a diverse range of vocal styles. We sing a challenging and exciting repertoire encompassing many genres, and ensure that students gain a deep understanding of these musical styles through the guidance of sectional tutors and voice specialists.  less

ENTERING THE SHELL Love is alive, and someone borne along by it is more alive than lions roaring or men in their fierce courage. Bandits ambush others on the road. They get wealth, but they stay in one place. Lovers keep moving, never the sam...  moreENTERING THE SHELL Love is alive, and someone borne along by it is more alive than lions roaring or men in their fierce courage. Bandits ambush others on the road. They get wealth, but they stay in one place. Lovers keep moving, never the same, not for a second! What makes others grieve, they enjoy! When they look angry, don't believe their faces. It's spring lightning, a joke before the rain. They chew thorns thoughtfully along with pasture grass. Gazelle and lioness, having dinner. Love is invisible except here, in us. Sometimes I praise love; sometimes love praises me. Love, a little shell somewhere on the ocean floor, opens its mouth. You and I and we, those imaginary beings, enter that shell as a single sip of seawater. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six...    less

A movement from the Choral Symphony "In Repentance". Performed by Masterworks Chorale of Augsburg College. Artistic director and conductor, Peter Hendrickson.

Ave Verum Corpus, W.A. Mozart a capella Trinity College Chapel Mozart Madness Concert March 2012 Toronto, Ontario Cantabile Chamber Singers Recorded by Drew Henderson

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions ac...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions ac...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions ac...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...