During the Summer of 2009 I had the opportunity to write a piece for the Orlando Consort (a leading male vocal quartet) as part of Lake District Summer Music's 4x4 composer residency. During the residency I worked with the group to write a piece called Pr...

Erik Satie's Sarabande No. 1 is one of my favourite piano pieces. For a long time, I felt there was an a cappella Choral piece hiding within it, in plain sight. One day I got inspired and gave it a try. Creating a Choral adaptation of a piano piece ha...  moreErik Satie's Sarabande No. 1 is one of my favourite piano pieces. For a long time, I felt there was an a cappella Choral piece hiding within it, in plain sight. One day I got inspired and gave it a try. Creating a Choral adaptation of a piano piece has its challenges. I tried to keep faithful to Satie's original musical inspiration and created lyrics to go with my arrangement that evoke an early Summer morning, one of my favourite times of the year. Several months later, I applied to be a participant at one of the Vancouver Chamber Choir's Interplay workshops funded by the SOCAN Foundation and to my delight I was accepted. "As dawn breaks" was one of the pieces that this amazing choir sight read for me on the spot. VCC director Jon Washburn and choir members then provided me with valuable feedback, for which I am very grateful. NB: One day I woke up to the realization that I had independently written four Choral works, each of which had evoked a different season, and so it seemed natural to group ...    less

Hi there! Hope you are staying safe and well... We've launched a new project that we hope you, or someone you know, might be interested in getting involved in, so please spread the word! Here are details of how to get involved in our ‘Summer Song S...

Competition performance of "Hoërskool Jeugland Girls Choir " from South Africa at "Musica Sacra a Roma" 2011 (Cat. G - Musica Sacra - Cildren's and youth choirs) Program: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Jesu Rex admirabilis Z. Randall Stroope - T...  moreCompetition performance of "Hoërskool Jeugland Girls Choir " from South Africa at "Musica Sacra a Roma" 2011 (Cat. G - Musica Sacra - Cildren's and youth choirs) Program: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Jesu Rex admirabilis Z. Randall Stroope - There is no rose H. Pieter van der Westhuizen - Lof aan die Skepper Read more about the event: http://blog.interkultur.com  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   The evening’s are lighter, the weather is warmer, the songs are amazing, the singing’s as good as ever – it’s Summer!  ...

GOODBYE Summer.... HELLO CHRISTMAS!!! #JamaicaYouthChorale   http://eepurl.com/bFY1fT  The JYC had a busy and epic Summer! We had special performances in Montego Bay, Mandeville and in Ocho Rios. We also gave a concert performance in the hist...

7th Musica Eterna International Choir Festival & Competition (link)   Please find attached the interview made with Piroska Horváth, project director of meeting music, which was published in the Italian “Cronache Corali” (Choral C...

Bray Choral Society Musical Director: Frank Kelly Rehearsal Accompanist: Cormuin Ó Raghallaigh This is a recording made during rehearsal for our Summer concert, which takes place on 18th May 2014 at St. Fergal's Church, Ballywaltrim The slideshow ...  moreBray Choral Society Musical Director: Frank Kelly Rehearsal Accompanist: Cormuin Ó Raghallaigh This is a recording made during rehearsal for our Summer concert, which takes place on 18th May 2014 at St. Fergal's Church, Ballywaltrim The slideshow accompanying the recording includes photos from several recent concerts, final orchestral rehearsal for recent concerts and from open Come-and-Sing days Bray Choral Society is a community choir based in Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland www.brayChoralsociety.ie www.cormuin.com  less

"Bed in Summer" by Larry Alan Smith. Text from "A Child's Garden of Verses" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Performed by the Primes Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Conductor: Gretchen Fasulo, Accompanist: Susan Dodd. Performed live at the...  more"Bed in Summer" by Larry Alan Smith. Text from "A Child's Garden of Verses" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Performed by the Primes Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Conductor: Gretchen Fasulo, Accompanist: Susan Dodd. Performed live at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 6, 2012. Text: In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In Summer quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and see The birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people's feet Still going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you, When all the sky is clear and blue, And I should like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day?  less

by Adam De Antiquis Venetus (1460-1520) ** Live Concert at the Venizeleio Conservatory, Chania, Crete, Greece, under the direction of George Kaloutsis ** Visit us at http://thalitas.gr