MY RED BOOTS for mixed chorus: world premiere recording performed by members of the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir - Virtual Singers. MY RED BOOTS is based on one of only several poems written by my mother, Jewish Holocaust survivor Rita Hoffman of bless...  moreMY RED BOOTS for mixed chorus: world premiere recording performed by members of the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir - Virtual Singers. MY RED BOOTS is based on one of only several poems written by my mother, Jewish Holocaust survivor Rita Hoffman of blessed memory (1927–2018). Both she and my late father, Josef Hoffman, were Jewish Holocaust Survivors. My mother’s brief memoirs are housed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. I have been trying to hear music for MY RED BOOTS for decades. It is fitting that my muse cooperated with me when I was seeking a text to set to music for the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir’s 2024 call for scores, because global anti-Semitism has not been this rampant since the 1930s. During the events of October 7, 2023 in Israel, "Babies were taken from their mother's arms" just as in my mother's poem. Those with a conscience in the world must keep this evil from "happening again, and again, and again!" MY RED BOOTS My red boots and ruby earrings were s...    less

The Zolani Youth Choir hails from a small town called Ashton, in the Community called Zolani (Western Cape). When Odwa Mvunge return to his birth Community in 2012, after completing his music education studies at Nelson Mandela University, not much has ch...  moreThe Zolani Youth Choir hails from a small town called Ashton, in the Community called Zolani (Western Cape). When Odwa Mvunge return to his birth Community in 2012, after completing his music education studies at Nelson Mandela University, not much has changed. There still was no place in Zolani for the youth to express themselves in cultural activities that was not offered at school nor in the Community. After school the youth would loiter around without direction. This lead to the formation of the Zolani Youth Choir. The basic idea and purpose of the Choir is to equip youth of our Community with basic music skills. The Choir consists of 25 scholars from different schools who are between the ages of 12 and 26 years. These scholars have no professional training or background in formal music, but have proven to have a passion and love for the art. Our first priority is for the Choir to become a trademark attraction which will represent Ashton far beyond the region’s borders. The main objective of the Cho...    less

Some Ogden Nash silliness - Whitacre's Animal Crackers, narrated by Val Liske. Sung during our "Stars are with the Voyager" New York send-off event on March 16, 2014.

With more than 11,000 singers on our mailing list, and a performing strength (at London's Royal Albert Hall) of between two and three thousand, TRBC is probably the world's largest Community Choir. Anyone can join: we present top-quality events and invit...  moreWith more than 11,000 singers on our mailing list, and a performing strength (at London's Royal Albert Hall) of between two and three thousand, TRBC is probably the world's largest Community Choir. Anyone can join: we present top-quality events and invite everyone to 'come and join in' whether you are a lone tenor or a full SATB Choir. As well as singing three times a year at the Royal Albert Hall (including the one-and-only 'Messiah from Scratch' each year), we also run cruises and trips abroad. What are you waiting for? Come and join in!  less

"Benedictus" by Clifford W. King performed by Cantorum Chamber Choir (Orem, UT): Steven Durtschi, artistic director. scores can be purchased at http://www.cliffordwking.com/benedictus

The SLU Glee Club is the resident Choral Company of the Center for Culture and the Arts of Saint Louis University, Baguio City under Mrs. Normita "Bing" Rio Pablico, Conductor. The Saint Louis University Glee C...  moreThe SLU Glee Club is the resident Choral Company of the Center for Culture and the Arts of Saint Louis University, Baguio City under Mrs. Normita "Bing" Rio Pablico, Conductor. The Saint Louis University Glee Club of Baguio City has had a long tradition of concession in rendering the brunt of choral music. The club stages its major concerts and performances at the Center for Culture and the Arts, a theatre company located at the main campus of Saint Louis University, Baguio City. As resident Choir of Saint Louis University since 1993, members have been drenched with privileges aside from scholarship grants, free musical and theatrical training and other extra curricular privileges. The group has also embarked local tours and international vantures in the United States of America like San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles. Moreover, the group has also paved its way to China in the notable Jinan Universities namely Guangzhou, Zhuhai and Shenzen. The group is c...    less

Arts District Chorale was founded in 1989 as The Cathedral Chorale in residence at the downtown Dallas Arts District’s magnificent Cathedral Guadalupe. During the 1990s the Chorale helped re-establish this historic church’s secondary role as a center for ...  moreArts District Chorale was founded in 1989 as The Cathedral Chorale in residence at the downtown Dallas Arts District’s magnificent Cathedral Guadalupe. During the 1990s the Chorale helped re-establish this historic church’s secondary role as a center for culture and Community. ADC’s artistic success and benefit to the Cathedral Community inspired additional collaborations with other Dallas cultural institutions. In 2001 The Cathedral Chorale became the Arts District Chorale, receiving its non-profit 501(c)(3) status in 2004. Arts District Chorale is now a signature all-volunteer ensemble of 60 gifted amateur and professional vocalists from all walks of life which annually presents four large-scale season events and ten to fifteen smaller events in collaboration with the world-class cultural venues of the downtown Dallas Arts District. Our common bond is a passion for the choral art as a profound and worthy expression of the human condition and a desire to present masterworks of vocal music to the general pu...    less

University of Utah Chamber Choir, under the direction of doctoral student Sonja Sperling performing Brahms' "Wechsellied zum Tanze" on their 2013 Spring Concert in the Libby Gardner Concert Hall.

University of Utah Chamber Choir, under the direction of Dr. Barlow Bradford performing his setting of Walt Whitman's "Keep Your Splendid, Silent Sun" on their 2013 Spring Concert in the Libby Gardner Concert Hall.

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