CROSSING THE BAR music: Nilo Alcala poem: Alfred, Lord Tennyson WINNER: IGNITE Composition Commissioning Competition 2017-18 performed by: C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective “Water Music” concert conducted by: Benjamin Arendsen solo...  moreCROSSING THE BAR music: Nilo Alcala poem: Alfred, Lord Tennyson WINNER: IGNITE Composition Commissioning Competition 2017-18 performed by: C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective “Water Music” concert conducted by: Benjamin Arendsen soloists: Soloists: Artemisz Polonyi and Maya Webne-Behrman recording: Noriko Okabe Recorded live June 9, 2018 Church of St. Luke in the Fields, Manhattan, NY  

Zbor svetega Nikolaja Litija (Saint Nicholas Choir Litija Slovenia) Dirigentka/conductor: Helena Fojkar Zupančič NAŠA PESEM 2012 Lojze Lebič (1934): V TIHEM ŠELESTENJU ČASA, 1991--1996 Iz kamna v vodi (Uroki) (Gregor Strniša) http://www.youtube.c...  moreZbor svetega Nikolaja Litija (Saint Nicholas Choir Litija Slovenia) Dirigentka/conductor: Helena Fojkar Zupančič NAŠA PESEM 2012 Lojze Lebič (1934): V TIHEM ŠELESTENJU ČASA, 1991--1996 Iz kamna v vodi (Uroki) (Gregor Strniša) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14HjbfSy0lQ synthesiser: Tomaž Kmetič tolkala: Tomaž Vouk tolkala: Maja Povše http://www.jskd.si/glasba/zborovska/prireditve_zborovska/nasa_pesem/maribor_12/spored_nasa_pesem_12.htm Pretty extravagant composition, but effective.  

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] When a nervous singer Turns up to your choir or someone comes to your singing workshop who’s never sung in public before, it’s all too easy for th...

2017 promises to be a fantastic year for The Major Minors Children's Choir based in New Zealand. The growing choir Turns five this year and is looking for new members to join the fun.  Behind the scenes are qualified musicians who run the choir vo...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It Turns out that the devil might not have the best tunes after all.     Although I run a secular choir (I don’t have a religiou...

    The Major Minors Children’s Choir in New Zealand, is celebrating 5 years of singing this month. The choir that started out as a 3 month project with no name  in 2012 is in final preparations for a special anniversary concert I...

The Antioch Chamber Ensemble sings the world premiere of "Another Lullaby for Insomniacs" by Matthew Brown March 30, 2012 at St. Paul's Chapel, NYC Another Lullaby for Insomniacs BY A.E. STALLINGS Sleep, she will not linger: She Turns her moon-cold...  moreThe Antioch Chamber Ensemble sings the world premiere of "Another Lullaby for Insomniacs" by Matthew Brown March 30, 2012 at St. Paul's Chapel, NYC Another Lullaby for Insomniacs BY A.E. STALLINGS Sleep, she will not linger: She Turns her moon-cold shoulder. With no ring on her finger, You cannot hope to hold her. She Turns her moon-cold shoulder And tosses off the cover. You cannot hope to hold her: She has another lover. She tosses off the cover And lays the darkness bare. She has another lover. Her heart is otherwhere. She lays the darkness bare. You slowly realize Her heart is otherwhere. There's distance in her eyes. You slowly realize That she will never linger, With distance in her eyes And no ring on her finger.  less