Winner, 2009 POLYPHONOS Young Composer Award Music, Nilo Alcala Text: Mevlana Jala ad-Din Rumi English Translation: Anna and Adam Czerniawscy Premiered: Oct. 17, 2009 St. Joseph's Catholic Church 732 18th Avenue E, Seattle Oct. 18, 2009 Holy ...  moreWinner, 2009 POLYPHONOS Young Composer Award Music, Nilo Alcala Text: Mevlana Jala ad-Din Rumi English Translation: Anna and Adam Czerniawscy Premiered: Oct. 17, 2009 St. Joseph's Catholic Church 732 18th Avenue E, Seattle Oct. 18, 2009 Holy Rosary Catholic Church 4139 42nd Avenue Southwest, West Seattle Oh, do not sleep friend, through this night.  You a soul, while we are suffring through this night  Banish slumber from your eyes!  The great secret is revealed in this night.  You are Jove in the high heavens,  Round heavns starry doMe you circle in this night!  Like an eagle fly above!  Now a hero is your soul in this night.  Such a quiet, others sleep  I and God alone together in this night!  What a roar! Joy arises,   Truth with gleaming wing is shining in this night!  Do not sleep friend,  If I slumbered until sunrise,  I should never, never see this night again!  Thorough fares on earth are silent.  There behold the starry roads of this night.  Leo, Or...    less

THIS MARRIAGE d'Eric Whitacre (1970) Text de Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273) Cor Ariadna de l'Agrupació Cor Madrigal | Júlia Sesé, directora http://www.agrupaciocormadrigal.org/ariadna 05 de juliol de 2013 | Cripta de la Colònia Güell, Santa Coloma de ...  moreTHIS MARRIAGE d'Eric Whitacre (1970) Text de Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273) Cor Ariadna de l'Agrupació Cor Madrigal | Júlia Sesé, directora http://www.agrupaciocormadrigal.org/ariadna 05 de juliol de 2013 | Cripta de la Colònia Güell, Santa Coloma de Cervelló Text: THIS MARRIAGE May these vows and this marriage be blessed. May it be sweet milk, this marriage, like wine and halvah. May this marriage offer fruit and shade like the date palm. May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day a day in paradise. May this marriage be a sign of compassion, a seal of happiness here and hereafter. May this marriage have a fair face and a good naMe, an oMen as welcoMes the moon in a clear blue sky. I am out of words to describe how spirit mingles in this marriage. Jalal al-Din Rumi, 1207-1273  less

"Hope is the thing with feathers," No. 1 from "Hope Is the Thing" by Emma Lou DieMer. Text by Emily Dickinson. Recorded live on May 3, 2015, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. PerforMed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Gi...  more"Hope is the thing with feathers," No. 1 from "Hope Is the Thing" by Emma Lou DieMer. Text by Emily Dickinson. Recorded live on May 3, 2015, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. PerforMed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. “Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard - And sore must be the storm - That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm - I’ve heard it in the chillest land - And on the strangest Sea - Yet - never - in Extremity, It asked a crumb - of Me.  less

"Mashed Potato/Love Poem," No. 2 from "Play with Your Food" by Paul Carey. Text by Sidney Hoddes. Recorded live on May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. PerforMed by the Chamber Singers and Men's Auxil...  more"Mashed Potato/Love Poem," No. 2 from "Play with Your Food" by Paul Carey. Text by Sidney Hoddes. Recorded live on May 16, 2014, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. PerforMed by the Chamber Singers and Men's Auxiliary ensembles of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson. If I ever had to choose between you and a third helping of mashed potato, (whipped lightly with a fork not whisked, and a little pool of butter Melting in the middle...) I think I’d choose the mashed potato. But I’d choose you next.  less

A song in honor of the Holy Spirit, perforMed by Elinor Vocal Ensemble Text: John Gowans Click here to subscribe: https://bit.ly/3pTNpRs Follow Elinor: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elinor.ensemble Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elin...  moreA song in honor of the Holy Spirit, perforMed by Elinor Vocal Ensemble Text: John Gowans Click here to subscribe: https://bit.ly/3pTNpRs Follow Elinor: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elinor.ensemble Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elinor.ense... https://www.elinorensemble.eu Musica production Church of the Holy three kings, Benedikt April 2022 #elinorensemble #concert  

"Stand by Me" Text & music: Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller ArrangeMent: Henrik Dahlgren PerforMed by Svanholm Singers Conducted by Sofia Söderberg GET EXCLUSIVE NOW: http://hyperurl.co/SvanholMexclusive Audio recorded by Simon Pete...  more"Stand by Me" Text & music: Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller ArrangeMent: Henrik Dahlgren PerforMed by Svanholm Singers Conducted by Sofia Söderberg GET EXCLUSIVE NOW: http://hyperurl.co/SvanholMexclusive Audio recorded by Simon Petersson Audio edit and mix by Henrik Dahlgren Video recorded by Eddie Berg Official website: http://svanholmsingers.se Facebook: http://facebook.com/svanholmsingers Instagram: http://instagram.com/svanholmsingers More videos: http://hyperurl.co/svanholm.youtube More music: http://hyperurl.co/svanholm.spotify LYRICS: When the night has coMe And the land is dark And the moon is the only light we'll see No, I won't be afraid Oh, I won't be afraid Just as long as you stand Stand by Me So darlin', darlin' Stand by Me, oh, stand by Me Stand by Me Stand by Me If the sky that we look upon Should tumble and fall Or the mountain should crumble to the sea I won't cry, I won't cry No, I won't shed a tear Just as long as you stand Stand by m...    less

"For the Beauty of the Earth" by John Rutter. Text by Folliott S. Pierpoint. Recorded live on Friday, March 15, 2013, at First Presbyterian Church, Pompano Beach, Florida. PerforMed by the Saint Mary's College WoMen's Choir and the combined ensembles o...  more"For the Beauty of the Earth" by John Rutter. Text by Folliott S. Pierpoint. Recorded live on Friday, March 15, 2013, at First Presbyterian Church, Pompano Beach, Florida. PerforMed by the Saint Mary's College WoMen's Choir and the combined ensembles of The Girl Choir of South Florida. Conductor: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Susan Dodd. http://www.saintmarys.edu/music-woMens-choir  

"Bashana Haba'ah" by Nurit Hirsch. Text by Ehud Manor. Edited by Henry Leck. Recorded live on December 16, 2016, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. PerforMed by the Apprentice Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of ...  more"Bashana Haba'ah" by Nurit Hirsch. Text by Ehud Manor. Edited by Henry Leck. Recorded live on December 16, 2016, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. PerforMed by the Apprentice Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Assistant Director: Jorge Valls, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. Bashana haba'a Neishev al hamirpeset Ve'nispor tziporim nodedot, Yeladim bechufsha Yesachak'u tofeset Bein habayit l've'in hasadot Od tireh, od tireh. Translation: Next year we will sit on the porch and count migrating birds. Children on vacation will play catch between the house and the fields. You will yet see, how good it will be next year.  less

"evening morning day" by David Lang. Text from the Book of Genesis 1. Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. PerforMed by the Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University. Director: Beth Willer. ...  more"evening morning day" by David Lang. Text from the Book of Genesis 1. Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. PerforMed by the Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University. Director: Beth Willer. The composer writes: "I wanted to make a piece about the creation story but I didn't want to highlight one religion's or culture's narrative over another." "It was important for Me to try to find soMething universal, soMething present in all stories, or common to all cultures. I hit upon the idea of making a kind of checklist of everything that needed to be created to get the world to this point, without each individual culture's stories or myths or exoticisms. I went back to the first chapter of Genesis, to see what I could get out of my own culture's story, and I stripped away all the descriptions, adjectives, connectors and motivators. All that is left of Genesis in my Text are the nouns, leaving a dispassionate list of everything created, in the order in ...    less

"Sing and Make Melody" by Alice Parker. Text Ephesians 5:19 and Isaiah 51:3. Recorded live on May 15, 2015, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. PerforMed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Fl...  more"Sing and Make Melody" by Alice Parker. Text Ephesians 5:19 and Isaiah 51:3. Recorded live on May 15, 2015, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. PerforMed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson.