"Imagining Incense" - Volume 3 and the latest recording by the Vancouver Chamber Choir featuring the choral music of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer. VisIt www.vancouverchamberchoir.com for more information and order details.

(1988, rev. 1999) Music: © Copyright 1999 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5315 Text: Used by permission of Haim Guri wIth the kind...  more(1988, rev. 1999) Music: © Copyright 1999 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5315 Text: Used by permission of Haim Guri wIth the kind assistance of ACUM, Tel Aviv, Israel. English translation by Mark Elliott Shapiro.  

  Wow 40 years! Where did the time go? I've always been one of the oldest members of the Stairwell Carollers - if not the OLDEST - at our choir's 20th anniversary in 1997 I was 41, but still Didn't look a day over 30. Pierre had HAIR - and I sh...

Ottawa choir, The Stairwell Carollers perform Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, arranged by tenor, David Rain. Premiere performance at the Stairwell Carollers 40th anniversary concert, “An all Canadian Christmas”. Buy our CDs and help many Ottawa/Gatineau ...  moreOttawa choir, The Stairwell Carollers perform Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, arranged by tenor, David Rain. Premiere performance at the Stairwell Carollers 40th anniversary concert, “An all Canadian Christmas”. Buy our CDs and help many Ottawa/Gatineau charIties :) http://www.stairwellcarollers.com/Purchases.html VisIt our blog http://www.stairwellcarollers.blogspot.com/ or our websIte http://www.stairwellcarollers.com/ for updates. The carollers, an a cappella group, formed in 1977 by director Pierre Massie, has earned the distinction of being ranked amongst the best of Ontario choirs in both the 2010 and 2013 Ontario Music Festival Association competItion. A non-profIt organization, we raise funds for local charIties through concert, CD and cookbook sales. Audio: Tom Barnes. Recorded at Knox Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Dec 15th, 2017. Videographers: Matthieu Brennan, Andrew Mason EdIting: Pierre Massie  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Often, at the end of a singing workshop, someone will tell me that they didn’t think they were singing the right thing and ask if there is anything they...

"Amor VIttorioso" was wrItten in 1591 as part of a musical Commedia dell'arte. What could that have to do wIth half hour TV comedies? Well, I'll tell you. Did you know that Renaissance Madrigals helped birth Opera and Operettas? Yeah, I Didn't e...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I met a painter a while back and he asked me if I was an artist. I told him that I didn’t paint, but that I worked wIth music. He then asked: “...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’m having a tough time wrIting this blog post.   Colleen is bored by scragz   I didn’t sleep well last night, I’ve been...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Once upon a time there were two singers: Olga and LIttle Erik. They  did not like choir warm ups. Olga always came late so she could avoid them. LIttl...

(adapted from a post in The Stairwell Carollers Choir Blog) David Rain, tenor:  How on earth  do you hear everyone, including our mistakes, while singing along at full throttle?   Pierre: I'm not sure, but you're definItely right...