[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’ve been under the weather lately with no energy at all. But last Night was choir Night so I had to pull something out of the bag.   So ti...

MidAtlantic Chamber Choir Personnel: Jason C. Tramm, Conductor --------- Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought 00:00-04:00 1. Sonnet 30: When to the sessions of sweet Silent thought 04:05-06:48 2. Sonnet 129: Th'expense of spirit in a waste of sha...  moreMidAtlantic Chamber Choir Personnel: Jason C. Tramm, Conductor --------- Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought 00:00-04:00 1. Sonnet 30: When to the sessions of sweet Silent thought 04:05-06:48 2. Sonnet 129: Th'expense of spirit in a waste of shame 06:50-09:42 3. Sonnet 71: No longer mourn for me when I am dead 09:43-12:27 4. Sonnet : Is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye 12:30-14:56 5. Sonnet 130: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun ------- Soprano Paige Porter Veronica Shea Salkin Samantha Ferrara Hillary Baboukis Alto Kimberlee Korzelius Sophia Mortensen Irene Lyristakis Tenor Rider Foster Zachary Morehouse Jose Daniel Mojica Charles Bryan Kevin Courtemanche Bass Christian Arencibia Peter Lamendola Devin McGuire Skyler Klein Video/Audio Engineering: Quinton Tramm David Winkler, Producer Recorded: June 4, 2022 Broadway Presbyterian Church (Manhattan) Steven R. Gerber, Biography (1948-2015) Steven R. Gerber was born on September 28, 1948 in Washingt...    less

This is a performance of Stacey V. Gibbs' "I Don't Feel No Ways Tired" by The Sunday Night Singers with the Palmdale High School Choral Union at the Llangollen International musical Eisteddfod in 2008. Enjoy.

The St. Olaf Choir and conductor Anton Armstrong performs "Even When He Is Silent" by Kim André Arnesen. Recorded in concert at Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway on June 16, 2013 Commissioned by the St. Olaf Festival in Trondheim, Norway (Olavsfestd...  moreThe St. Olaf Choir and conductor Anton Armstrong performs "Even When He Is Silent" by Kim André Arnesen. Recorded in concert at Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway on June 16, 2013 Commissioned by the St. Olaf Festival in Trondheim, Norway (Olavsfestdagene). The text was found in a concentration camp after World War 2: I believe in the sun, even when it's not shining. I believe in love, even when I feel it not. I believe in God, even when He is Silent. The piece is published by Norsk Musikforlag in both SATB and SSAA version. www.norskmusikforlag.no www.kimarnesen.com Copyright © 2013 St. Olaf College. All Rights Reserved. Music posted by permission of the composer.  less

Stille Nacht - Silent Night - Cicha noc Zespół Wokalny Minimus opr. Marek Raczyński

2010 Live in Paltaniemi Church, Kajaani. Silent departure (Mykkä ero), Philomela conducted by Marjukka Riihimäki.

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are many choir leaders whose priority is to create as perfect a rendition of a written musical score as they can (see Music lives in flawed humans and...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I blame it on the Italians.     Photo by cbmd   The founder of the modern musical stave was an Italian; many well-known musical f...

Arrangement: Laura Jēkabsone www.laurajekabsone.com Video: Kaspars Teilāns https://www.facebook.com/KasparsTeilansFOTO/ Sound: Gustavs Ērenpreiss Make-up: Ilona Zariņa Style: Ineta Medne- Bernāne Performed by Latvian Voices www.latvianvoices.lv h...  moreArrangement: Laura Jēkabsone www.laurajekabsone.com Video: Kaspars Teilāns https://www.facebook.com/KasparsTeilansFOTO/ Sound: Gustavs Ērenpreiss Make-up: Ilona Zariņa Style: Ineta Medne- Bernāne Performed by Latvian Voices www.latvianvoices.lv https://www.facebook.com/LatvianVoices/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/54mSCDWB34Q2WPfEHWJru5 https://www.instagram.com/latvianvoicesofficial/ https://twitter.com/latvianvoices