“Will tomorrow, I wonder, be cloudy or clear?” asks the title of this piece composed and written by eminent Japanese maestro Tōru Takemitsu. Written and composed in 1985 for the Shin-yu Kai Chorus, the song captures the Moment when One finds Oneself strad...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='nOne';">moreOne;">“Will tomorrow, I wonder, be cloudy or clear?” asks the title of this piece composed and written by eminent Japanese maestro Tōru Takemitsu. Written and composed in 1985 for the Shin-yu Kai Chorus, the song captures the Moment when One finds Oneself straddling both uncertainty and optimism while thinking about the future. Takemitsu’s signature sound, featuring rich harmonies colouring melodious refrains, shines through in this conversational and thoughtful piece. Performed live during Musica intimae: The Plain of Dreams 夢の広野 11 March 2018 Victoria Concert Hall Videography by Luther Yiew Videography  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='nOne';">less

Composer/pianist Ola Gjeilo joins the CWU Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director) in presenting Gjeilo's "The Ground" - featuring the the CWU string faculty members who comprise the Kairos String Quartet. in mid-April, 2011, Ola spent 3 days on the Ce...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='nOne';">moreOne;">Composer/pianist Ola Gjeilo joins the CWU Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director) in presenting Gjeilo's "The Ground" - featuring the the CWU string faculty members who comprise the Kairos String Quartet. in mid-April, 2011, Ola spent 3 days on the Central Washington University Campus for a project in which he joined the choir in recording 3 of his compositions. On this video, Gjeilo accompanies the choir on "The Ground" He is playing a written accompaniment on this video. He created an improvised accompaniment on the other two videos of this series. One is on his setting of the "Ubi Caritas" text and the other is on his composition, "Northern Lights", Because of his view that improvising is a wonderful snapshot of artists "at that Moment", the project was entitled "in the Moment". Here are the other "in the Moment" YouTube URL's: The project's trailer/preview video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrvEgQl57b0 Ubi Caritas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_7mcGqsKP8  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='nOne';">less

They say that anyOne can learn to sing, but that doesn't mean everyOne will be One of the "greats." The best singers are deemed such due to their musicality, their storytelling abilities, pure showmanship, and more. Every genre and every decade has a few ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The last Time I was in a room with a group of singers was nearly six months ago. If I had known then that I wouldn’t be singing like that for the fore...

  Wow 40 years! Where did the Time go? I've always been One of the oldest members of the Stairwell Carollers - if not the OLDEST - at our choir's 20th anniversary in 1997 I was 41, but still didn't look a day over 30. Pierre had HAIR - and I sh...

Happy New Year to One and all... just think.... This Time next year you could be a millionaire .... you could also be reminiscing about your wonderful Singing Holiday to Launde Abbey and patting yourself on the back for booking early and banking the sa...

[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...

[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]   Most of the people who come to my singing workshops are in their 50s and pretty much all of them have a story to tell about the Time someOne told the...

… this how we think about it, but let’s see, what the others say! "Venezia in Musica was a great experience for me and my choir. The festival was well organized and the staff was always smiling and helpful. We found Caorle picturesque and ...