Richard Toensing’s set of 24 New Orthodox Carols for the Nativity of Christ are beautiful, approachable, and varied, both in spirit and in musical idiom. Some are in the Greco-Byzantine style, some are in a pentatonic folk-like idiom, and still others are in standard Western tonality, yet all of them have a fresh twist to […]
A Gloria Overture
http://hillmusic.net/Choral.htm by David Nino
Golden year for Singer in Treorchy Male Choir
SE WALES, UK — An 88-year-old retired Rhondda miner has been celebrating his half-century singing with Treorchy Male Choir. Reg Stephens from Ystrad was presented with an inscribed gold wristwatch during the choir’s annual concert at the Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy. Since joining Treorchy Male Choir in 1960 Reg has appeared in more than […]
Stephanie Martin CD Release
One of Toronto’s exceptional, under-the-radar classical musicians is Stephanie Martin, director of music at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, director of the Pax Christi Chorale and professor of organ, harpsichord and music history at York University. She is also an accomplished composer. The latest fruit of her labours is a new disc that has […]
Cypress Choral Music – music from Canada
Cypress Choral Music is a small publishing company (Vancouver) dedicated to bringing fine Canadian choral music to the world. Please visit cypresschoral.com Browse through our music via composer or through our catalogue of octavos. You will be able to hear good recordings of our publications and view the scores. One of our new pieces – Four Strong Winds […]
Angels From Heaven Came: New CD from Vancouver’s Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Rupert Lang, Director
Angels From Heaven Came New CD From Vancouver’s Christ Church Cathedral Choir Just in time for the expectation of Advent and the joys of Christmas, Vancouver’s Christ Church Cathedral Choir has released their newest recording, a collection of music for this festive season. A compilation of music recorded either for CBC’s recording of the […]