New Recordings

Santa Cruz World Choir & Orchestra is pleased to announce the release of a new work by composer Stephen L. Bigger. “YaLaLay” is an energetic celebration in Swahili perfect for mixed choirs looking for modern works for thier repertoire. The piece may be performed in a variety of arrangements from a cappella to full orchestration. […]

The Duke Vespers Ensemble will present Dietrich Buxtehude’s oratorio Membra Jesu Nostri on Sunday, April 21, at 4:00 pm (EST) in Duke Chapel. This 17th-century masterwork is constructed of seven cantatas, each dedicated to one of “the most holy limbs of our suffering Jesus,” as the title is translated. A professional Baroque orchestra of period […]

Hi,  I would like to share my first choir piece KONE (Machine) that was performed a few days ago. But actually it’s a piece for choir and tracker software (Renoise). Check it out! http://areena.yle.fi/tv/1885763  Lyrics translation:  ***  Waking up – warming up – ready.  A robot works, a machine produces, it doesn’t get tired, it never stops.  […]

Chor Leoni Men’s Choir has released a 20th Anniversary Collection digital download card featuring two tracks from each of their CDs – a total of 24 tracks! The collection offers the perfect introduction to Founding Artistic Director Diane Loomer’s work with Vancouver’s singing lions and spans both the fun and the serious side of Chor […]

This is the second movement of my recent setting of five poems by Rainer Maria Rilke from “Les Quatrains Valaisans”. The work won 2nd prize at the Alpenchorfestival in Brig, Switzerland and the Deutsche Jugendchor performed this movement at the festival. If you would like further information, sample scores, please visit my composer’s page here […]

A performance of George Shearings Songs and Sonnets by the University Singers at the University of North Texas is now on YouTube (with permission of the publisher): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl5gfa4cjdA   Richard Sparks conducts; Steven Harlos, piano; Brian Casey, bass.