I dedicate this piece to my friends in The composer/singer collective, The Ad hoc Chorale, who tested out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offered valuable comments. "How heavy lies The heart" has drawn inspiration from The traditional F...  moreI dedicate this piece to my friends in The composer/singer collective, The Ad hoc Chorale, who tested out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offered valuable comments. "How heavy lies The heart" has drawn inspiration from The traditional French Christmas carol, "Quelle est cette odeur agréable", which John Gay also set as a boisterous drinking song in The Beggar's Opera, "Fill every glass, for wine inspires us!" In addition, The song draws inspiration from Josquin's Missa Pange Lingua. In early 2018, I applied to be a participant at one of The Vancouver Chamber Choir's Interplay workshops funded by The SOCAN Foundation and to my delight I was accepted. "How heavy lies The heart" was one of The pieces that this amazing choir sight read for me on The spot. VCC director Jon Washburn and choir members Then provided me with valuable feedback, for which I am very grateful. I would also like to acknowledge The a cappella choir that I sing in, The Stairwell Carollers, and our director Pierre M...    less

We have been testing and trialling technology and feasibility of offering lessons, workshops and courses online and, hey presto! we are now up-and-running and can take your online bookings!   We were encouraged by feedback from our last ...

SATB a cappella setting of a Gaelic prayer by Ian Assersohn. London Choral Sinfonia conducted by Michael Waldron

Erik Satie's Sarabande No. 1 is one of my favourite piano pieces. For a long time, I felt There was an a cappella choral piece hiding within it, in plain sight. One day I got inspired and gave it a try. Creating a choral adaptation of a piano piece ha...  moreErik Satie's Sarabande No. 1 is one of my favourite piano pieces. For a long time, I felt There was an a cappella choral piece hiding within it, in plain sight. One day I got inspired and gave it a try. Creating a choral adaptation of a piano piece has its challenges. I tried to keep faithful to Satie's original musical inspiration and created lyrics to go with my arrangement that evoke an early summer morning, one of my favourite times of The year. Several months later, I applied to be a participant at one of The Vancouver Chamber Choir's Interplay workshops funded by The SOCAN Foundation and to my delight I was accepted. "As dawn breaks" was one of The pieces that this amazing choir sight read for me on The spot. VCC director Jon Washburn and choir members Then provided me with valuable feedback, for which I am very grateful. NB: One day I woke up to The realization that I had independently written four choral works, each of which had evoked a different season, and so it seemed natural to group ...    less

Boston’s busy choral music scene is one dominated by sacred choral music. The Boston Secular Chorus will be a stand-out organization. It will only perform secular choral masterworks; no sacred music will ever be programmed. The repertoire will include wor...  moreBoston’s busy choral music scene is one dominated by sacred choral music. The Boston Secular Chorus will be a stand-out organization. It will only perform secular choral masterworks; no sacred music will ever be programmed. The repertoire will include works from ancient to modern times. The Boston musical scene is all but devoid of this type of programming, let alone this being The case on a regional or even a national level. The goal is for The chorus to start small, sixteen or more excellent singers, but to think large. The eventual goal is for The chorus to have enough members to perform large ensemble secular masterworks with area orchestras. However, if its fate is to remain a smaller, more select group of singers, Then that would be an equally good outcome; so much good and often neglected music exists for such ensembles. Hybrid performances will be The norm. Choral music concerts will eventually include both conventional concert presentations and ones which will include interdisciplinary efforts.  less

"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.  

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

Dance song. 1. Hey people, people, Here is your liberty 2. Vibrant is The lilac tree, My beloved is a partisan 3. On The oTher side of The Morave (river in Croatia) a girl is reading The newspaper This outdoor performance was The culmination o...  moreDance song. 1. Hey people, people, Here is your liberty 2. Vibrant is The lilac tree, My beloved is a partisan 3. On The oTher side of The Morave (river in Croatia) a girl is reading The newspaper This outdoor performance was The culmination of a six-week project which creates a choir from scratch for one night only. Each winter and summer, Chris Rowbury gaThers a random bunch of singers from in and around Ipswich. There are no auditions and all songs are taught and learnt by ear. Usually eight songs are learnt in six two-hour sessions and in The summer are performed outdoors near Ipswich. http://chrisrowbury.com  less