I received via WhatsApp a video fan, a beautiful memory of life ... an open rehearsal / concert conducting The Secret of Life (March 9, 2020) ... wow! One of the best WhatsApp messages I received!! "The Secret of Life" by Santiago Veros Lyrics by Ma...  moreI received via WhatsApp a video fan, a beautiful memory of life ... an open rehearsal / concert conducting The Secret of Life (March 9, 2020) ... wow! One of the best WhatsApp messages I received!! "The Secret of Life" by Santiago Veros Lyrics by Matthew Silver Lyrics: Enjoy, enjoy a little more. Live in the moment. Don't get old. Don't judge people. Because you can't be free if you judge people. To live and to live in a mystery and to find purpose and to live in the now. the magic is now! Enjoy, enjoy a little more Live in the moment. you can't get away from your heart. because life is a paradox, It is a mirror of confusion So love now! I Love all of you.  less

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

European Grand Prix for Choral Singing 2012 22 April 2012 Maribor, Slovenia

47th Montreux International Choral Festival Montreux/Vevey, Switzerland April 2011

Founded in 2012, the 50-voice intergenerational women’s chorus, Belle Voci, has been using choral performances as a means for social good by supporting causes that primarily benefit women.  The community-based ensemble includes “coll...

"Across the Vast, Eternal Sky" (Gjeilo) performed by The Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director), the Kairos String Quartet, and Ola Gjeilo (piano). In May, 2013, composer Ola Gjeilo spent 3 days on the Central Washington...  more"Across the Vast, Eternal Sky" (Gjeilo) performed by The Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director), the Kairos String Quartet, and Ola Gjeilo (piano). In May, 2013, composer Ola Gjeilo spent 3 days on the Central Washington University Campus, joining the choir in recording 4 of his pieces. This performance is from that session. The other pieces were "Sanctus" for a cappella choir, and "Luminous Night of the Soul", accompanied by the composer at the piano and joined by the Kairos Quartet -- the resident faculty string quartet at CWU. The final piece, "Ubi Caritas II: Through Infinite Ages", was recorded both in an unaccompanied rendition (how it is written and published) and in a version with Mr. Gjeilo improvising an accompaniment to the choir. This was Ola's second time on CWU's campus. His first visit was in the spring of 2011 and yielded 5 videos of his music, a wide-ranging interview with the composer and other bonus material. It resulted in a DVD entitled "In the M...    less

Gloria Dei Chorale, Mobile, AL Louis F. Daniel, Director "O Great Mystery" by Louis F. Daniel, All Rights Reserved

This original composition being premiered this afternoon was commissioned by Rainier Chorale “in honor of Ron Bayer, Artistic Director, for his 20 years of dedicated service and leadership.” Written by well-known and respected contemporary composer David ...  moreThis original composition being premiered this afternoon was commissioned by Rainier Chorale “in honor of Ron Bayer, Artistic Director, for his 20 years of dedicated service and leadership.” Written by well-known and respected contemporary composer David Dickau, it hauntingly sets a very thoughtful text by Will Dromgoole. In it, Dromgoole tells the story of an old man who approaches a deep and wide water-filled chasm. He crosses in the evening as he is unafraid, then builds a bridge to span the tide. A fellow pilgrim questions why an old man would build the bridge, as he would surely never pass this way again in his lifetime. The old man lifts his grey head and responds to the questioning traveler that a youth is to follow after him. He too, would need to cross in the twilight dim. The old man answers, “I am building this bridge for him.” The commission process was an interesting and fascinating one in which to be involved. Dr. Dickau was originally approached a year or so ago by the Chorale, and was inter...    less

Hymn

This is actually our 3rd day of practice...sadly, it's also the performance day