"Stella" is dedicated to my Friend Kristina, who introduced me to this remarkable French poem by Victor Hugo written while in exile on the Isle of Jersey. It is a complex layered poem exploring a multitude of interactions with the morning star - in na...  more"Stella" is dedicated to my Friend Kristina, who introduced me to this remarkable French poem by Victor Hugo written while in exile on the Isle of Jersey. It is a complex layered poem exploring a multitude of interactions with the morning star - in naturalistic, religious, spiritual and seemingly political terms. Sincere thanks to Matthew Curtis (choraltracks.com) for recording "Stella." To purchase the sheet music for this song, please contact: info@leadingnote.com. I would like to acknowledge the a cappella choir that I sing in, The Stairwell Carollers, and our director Pierre Massie, for their musical inspiration these past 26 years. I would also like to thank my Friends in our "Ad hoc Chorale" for testing out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offering valuable comments. And with deepest appreciation to my brother Adam Rain and my Friend Geneviève Lajoie for their invaluable support throughout my composing journey.  less

Dear Friends of Choral Music,   You are a singer in a female choir or a conductor and looking for a new piece? Have a look at the published piece "Daemon Irrepit Callidus" for female voices by Ivan Yohan.   Ivan Yohan started to have an inte...

Dear Friends, like all of you, we too are forced to distance ourselves and are called upon to respect the rules in order to fight the terrible pandemic that has been afflicting us for some time now. The Joy Voices Choir has not stopped: we have chosen...  moreDear Friends, like all of you, we too are forced to distance ourselves and are called upon to respect the rules in order to fight the terrible pandemic that has been afflicting us for some time now. The Joy Voices Choir has not stopped: we have chosen a song from our repertoire and each of us, from our own home, has recorded it. The result is, for us, a new performance, different from the usual, which we share to send you our best wishes so that you can spend this difficult period serenely, despite everything. Our thoughts and prayers are dedicated in particular to those who fight the virus in the front line, to those who work to guarantee us the essential services, to those who are alone, to those who are sick, to those who are in despair, to those who did not make it and to those who have lost a loved one. Let us send a message of hope for the future, raising our voices to the Lord, confident that He will listen to us and that we will soon return to embrace Him again. Let us remain distant but unite...    less

Dear Friends, Together with talented Ukrainian composer, singer and the author of arrangements for choir, Victor Grytsyshyn, we have prepared a songbook. It includes the most famous Ukrainian Christmas Songs. All of them were arranged for choir by Victor...

III. WATER FROM YOUR SPRING What was in that candle's light that opened and consumed me so quickly? Come back, my Friend! The form of our love is not a created form. Nothing can help me but that beauty. There was a dawn I remember when...  moreIII. WATER FROM YOUR SPRING What was in that candle's light that opened and consumed me so quickly? Come back, my Friend! The form of our love is not a created form. Nothing can help me but that beauty. There was a dawn I remember when my soul heard something from your soul. I drank water from your spring and felt the current take me. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, sp...    less

  Mauer Broadcast premieres November 4-10 in Berlin   Dear Friends,   I want to let you...

FOR EVERY LOVE A PLACE a setting for unaccompanied men’s chorus (TTBB) of the poem To a Friend by James Fenimore Cooper, Jr. by Greg Bartholomew With demo recording by Matthew Curtis Sheet Music available from J.W.Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/...  moreFOR EVERY LOVE A PLACE a setting for unaccompanied men’s chorus (TTBB) of the poem To a Friend by James Fenimore Cooper, Jr. by Greg Bartholomew With demo recording by Matthew Curtis Sheet Music available from J.W.Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/10652808.item For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com #ComposersOfChoralMusic #ChoralMusic #AmericanMusic  

Dear Singers/Conductors, We invite you in the beautiful village Paralia, Greece, situated on the west coast of the Thermaic gulf and in the shadow of Olympus, on the 9th edition of International Choir Festival "Music and sea" , September 1...  moreDear Singers/Conductors, We invite you in the beautiful village Paralia, Greece, situated on the west coast of the Thermaic gulf and in the shadow of Olympus, on the 9th edition of International Choir Festival "Music and sea" , September 10-15,2021. It's festival for competitive and non-competitive parts. Please see the rules and application form on our web page: www.magculture.mk If you had any questions or you need official invitation please contact us. Deadline for applications is July 30,2021.  less

Dear Friends, 50 years ago, in 1968 an International Festival of Academic Choirs in Pardubice came into existence. It has already welcome not only various Czech choirs but also a lot of choirs from 30 foreign countries. Let us thank very much to all of ...

"Signs of Rain Or Forty Reasons For Not Accepting An Invitation of a Friend To Make an Excursion With Him" lyrics by Dr. Edward Jenner (18th Century). Directed by Ken Jenson. Lyrics: The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black, the glass is...  more"Signs of Rain Or Forty Reasons For Not Accepting An Invitation of a Friend To Make an Excursion With Him" lyrics by Dr. Edward Jenner (18th Century). Directed by Ken Jenson. Lyrics: The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black, the glass is low; Thee soot falls down, the spaniels sleep, The spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos hid her head; The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For see, a rainbow spans the sky! The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel. Hark how the chairs and tables crack! Old Betty's nerves are on the rack; Loud quacks the duck, the peacocks cry, The distant hills are seeming nigh. How restless are the snorting swine! The busy flies disturb the kine; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricket, too, how sharp he sings! Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws; Through the clear streams the fishes rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies. T...    less