New Recordings

A song for International Peace Day (Sept 21): “Sing, little children, and play your games. Your hearts are too young to know sorrow.But the conscience of countries will never know rest –Should your songs be stilled on the morrow.” https://youtu.be/8Fw7AztSFRo?list=PL6F-ucaLKW-wEaWG2wK-2GtbngtcybjBn

One of the very few folk songs from Canada’s frozen North. It’s the tale of the captain of a whaling ship who decides to push the late summer season to catch “one more whale”, but finds himself and his crew frozen in for the winter. Diane’s arrangement, and this performance from the Voicemale Choir under […]

Dear Fellow ACDA Members… I composed this piece- “Let’s Sing a Song of Brotherhood” for my treasured Freeport HS Choir back in August of 1994. My dear virtual choir- the Virtual Voices Chorale (VVC) performed this as a 30th Anniversary celebration. I am so appreciative of their time and talent. The message of the text […]

Here is a song about a beloved feline friend — Shadow — to help us celebrate International Cat Day (Aug 8).  It was inspired by a poem that my brother Adam wrote about the life and death of our very first cat, Shadow (1964-1981). This SATB (no div) song features an intro and outro imitating […]

For Mahler fans — July 7 is his 162nd birthday — here is a brand-new, a cappella, choral arrangement of his beautiful song “Ging heut’ morgen über’s Feld.” With thanks to the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir for this spectacular recording.

JUST RELEASED: “Rex Pacificus” based on an ancient Middle English/Latin text about the coming of the King of Peace, sung by the Utah-based Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir! This joins “Good King Wenceslas” and “In natali Domini” as the 3rd in my series of medieval-modern Xmas carols. Sheet music available at: https://musicspoke.com/composers/davidrain.