Recorded October 2020 Music: Barlow Bradford Text: George WiThers Audio Engineer: John Paul Hayward Video Engineer: Carter Durham

Ave maria Cantabile Chamber Singers concert november 2010 N. Dett composer Music Gallery Toronto

Words and Music by Dan Smith Arranged by Jacob Narverud Published by Shawnee Press Performed in Lethbridge Mennonite Church, April 13, 2015

This is a setting of a poem by The Reverend Doctor Malcolm Guite, Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge,with his permission. The poem is a response to The 8th "O Antiphon" for Advent O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neiTher before Thee was an...  moreThis is a setting of a poem by The Reverend Doctor Malcolm Guite, Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge,with his permission. The poem is a response to The 8th "O Antiphon" for Advent O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neiTher before Thee was any like Thee, nor shall There be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery. Who are The daughters of Jerusalem, Who glimpse you still as you transform Their seeing? Whom have you called to this mysterium, And baThed in The bliThe fountain of your being? Daughters of sorrow, daughters of despair, The cast-aside, The overlooked, The spurned The broken girls who scarcely breaThe a prayer The ones whose love has never been returned. O Maid amongst The maidens, turn your face, For when we glimpse you we are not alone, O look us out of grief and into grace, Lift us in love made stronger than our own, Summon The spring in our worst wilderness, And make us fruitful in your fruitfulness.  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   Many of you know that I avoid using The ‘C’ word: Choir. But There oTher similar terms that I find just as bad: chorus, chorale, Chamber ...

I. A WATER WHEEL TURNS Inside water, a water wheel turns. The star circulates with The moon. We live in The night ocean wondering, What are These lights? Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. ...  moreI. A WATER WHEEL TURNS Inside water, a water wheel turns. The star circulates with The moon. We live in The night ocean wondering, What are These lights? 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, speak to us with both vivid immediacy and transcendence. The idea for The piece originated with The Mellon Elemental Arts Initiative, which proposed funding activities that would involve students in ar...    less

The 07-08 MEHS Chamber Singers perform Kentaro Sato's "Ave Maria." This piece was written by Sato for The group who commissioned The song at The 2008 Golden State Choral Competition where They placed 3rd. Visit Their website at www.myspace.com/mehsChoirs

The KORO PERPETUAL is The official singing group of The University of Perpetual Help-Molino. It is composed of members coming from The Senior High School and College levels of The University, and in The recent years, it has bagged awards in different inte...  moreThe KORO PERPETUAL is The official singing group of The University of Perpetual Help-Molino. It is composed of members coming from The Senior High School and College levels of The University, and in The recent years, it has bagged awards in different inter-school competitions, including The SouThern Luzon Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SLCUAA) Cultural Competition wherein it ranked as The 1st Runner-Up in 2017 and 2018, and The 2nd Runner-Up in 2019. It has also sent its members to acclaimed skill improvement programs such as those organized by The Children’s Museum and Library, Inc. wherein its members were hailed as The best in singing workshops in 2016, 2017, and 2018.  less