Concert at St Margarets Church, 19 May 2013 Silverstream, Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Psalm 23 for SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied Music and translation by Stanley M. Hoffman (1998) Performed by The American Repertory Singers Leo Nestor, conductor Music and Translation: © Copyright 1999 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of EC...  morePsalm 23 for SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied Music and translation by Stanley M. Hoffman (1998) Performed by The American Repertory Singers Leo Nestor, conductor Music and Translation: © Copyright 1999 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5316 Recording: © Copyright 1999 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.  

One Sunday, I was subbing in a choir in Mississippi.  On that particular Sunday, the church in question was auditioning a candidate to be their next Music Director. He worked us a little bit, then said the following, in the laziest South Mississippi ...

A Prayer for Chanukah for Baritone Solo, SATB Chorus and Piano Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor, Michael Olbash, baritone, Linda Osborne Blashke, piano. Words: "Al hanisim" ...  moreA Prayer for Chanukah for Baritone Solo, SATB Chorus and Piano Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) Performed by The Philovox Ensemble, Jennifer Lester, conductor, Michael Olbash, baritone, Linda Osborne Blashke, piano. Words: "Al hanisim" Traditional Hebrew Prayer for Chanukah English singing translation by Stanley M. Hoffman Music and Translation: © Copyright 2002 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5884 Recording: © Copyright 2002 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com Used by permission.  less

A Children's nonsense clapping song in the Ashanti language: "Sorry old man, the little boy has made you fall over. Sorry." This is from The OK Chorale's second public concert in March 2013 at St. Mary's Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK.

'Ave Maria' by Franz Joseph Haydn (Arranger for Strings: Hugues Laforte-Bouchard) 1 take on cell phone (2 cameras) Cantores Celestes Maritimes Saint John Men's Chorus Cantores Celestes String Quartet Director Kelly Galbraith This is a piece ...  more'Ave Maria' by Franz Joseph Haydn (Arranger for Strings: Hugues Laforte-Bouchard) 1 take on cell phone (2 cameras) Cantores Celestes Maritimes Saint John Men's Chorus Cantores Celestes String Quartet Director Kelly Galbraith This is a piece from the repertoire of our Christmas Concert 'Dancing Day'' by Cantores Celestes Maritimes and the Saint John Men's Chorus under the direction of Kelly Galbraith in the beautiful acoustics of Stella Maris Church in Saint John. www.cantorescelestes.com Facebook: Cantores Celestes X: @Cantores_Choir YouTube: Kelly Galbraith cantorescelestes@hotmail.com  less

Concert at St Margarets, Silverstream, Upper Hutt New Zealand on 19 May 2013

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A few years ago I was asked by BBC Radio Suffolk to create a choir from scratch to perform in a concert in aid of Children in Need: The Big Night Out...