The Vocal Art Ensemble, an adult a capella chorus directed by Tracia Barbieri in Davis, California, presents Missa Brevis #8 of Eleanor Daley as Part of their "Solstice -- Dance of Light" concerts December 9-11, 2011. This piece was presented in the seco...  moreThe Vocal Art Ensemble, an adult a capella chorus directed by Tracia Barbieri in Davis, California, presents Missa Brevis #8 of Eleanor Daley as Part of their "Solstice -- Dance of Light" concerts December 9-11, 2011. This piece was presented in the second half of the program, representing the changing seasons, which paralleled the changing moods and textures in the piece's three mini movements.  

The Ukranian patriot and composer Simon Vasylaki-Vozhakivskyj (Симон Василакі-Вожаківський), who died in 1984, wrote a setting of the велика ектенія (Velika Yekteniya Great Litany). This is Part of the Kyrie Eleison from the set.

Concierto de Navidad de la Escuela Coral Jardín Menesteo 22 de diciembre de 2017, en la Iglesia del Carmen y San Marcos, El Puerto de Santa María Cádiz. Dirección: Lupe Matarranz Gutiérrez www.jardinmenesteo.com Suscríbete a nuestro canal de Youtube

Lyrics: Nikolaus Lenau A Part of the choir's winning performance at the 60th Croatian Youth Music Festival held in May 2017 in Varaždin. www.facebook.com/m.marulic.choir m.marulic_choir@yahoo.com camera operator: Danijela Visković-Veršić record...  moreLyrics: Nikolaus Lenau A Part of the choir's winning performance at the 60th Croatian Youth Music Festival held in May 2017 in Varaždin. www.facebook.com/m.marulic.choir m.marulic_choir@yahoo.com camera operator: Danijela Visković-Veršić recording and production: Bernard Kahle www.facebook.com/BKrecordings b.kahle@yahoo.com  

Lyrics: Dragutin Domjanić A Part of the choir's winning performance at the 61st Croatian Youth Music Festival held in May 2018 in Varaždin. Awarded Croatian Composers’ Society’s Transitional Cup for the best performance of piece written by Croatian com...  moreLyrics: Dragutin Domjanić A Part of the choir's winning performance at the 61st Croatian Youth Music Festival held in May 2018 in Varaždin. Awarded Croatian Composers’ Society’s Transitional Cup for the best performance of piece written by Croatian composer. www.facebook.com/m.marulic.choir m.marulic_choir@yahoo.com camera operator: Marijana Munitić recording and production: Bernard Kahle www.facebook.com/BKrecordings b.kahle@yahoo.com  

WATCH REMASTERED VERSION: https://youtu.be/518rM2QP-sM PREMIERE PERFORMANCE lyrics: Ana Vrdoljak (1833-1869) A Part of the concert held on August 8th 2013 in Tribunj (Croatia) during the first edition of "Papandopulijana Tribunj", a festival whic...  moreWATCH REMASTERED VERSION: https://youtu.be/518rM2QP-sM PREMIERE PERFORMANCE lyrics: Ana Vrdoljak (1833-1869) A Part of the concert held on August 8th 2013 in Tribunj (Croatia) during the first edition of "Papandopulijana Tribunj", a festival which has been initiated in the honour of Boris Papandopulo (1906-1991), one of the greatest Croatian composers. Papandopulo composed "Pozdrav Zori dalmatinskoj" on August 1st 1976 in Opatija (Croatia). Written in 1844 by Ana Vrdoljak, a poetess from Imostski (Croatia), the lyrics of this song date back to the times of Illyrian movement, celebrating the launching of the magazine "Zora dalmatinska", a literary and educational weekly issued in Zadar, thus being the first Croatian literary magazine to be issued outside Zagreb (from 1844 to 1849). The song was published on the cover of the No. 44 of the magazine, issued on October 28th 1844.  less

[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...