St John’s Cathedral in Brisbane Australia has just released its Christmas CD We Welcome Summer: Christmas in an Australian Cathedral. Great traditional pieces such as the David Hill brass arrangements of Once in Royal, O Come all ye faithful etc are placed beside Australian Christmas pieces by the likes of Matthew Orlovich, Clare Maclean, Peter […]
New Recordings
Dan Forrest Christmas CD OUT NOW!
Never a Brighter Star: Music for the Christmas Season, featuring the Salt Lake Vocal Artists conducted by Dr. Brady Allred and accompanied by Dan Forrest is now availabe through iTunes, www.danforrest.com, www.saltlakechoralartists.org or by emailing For more information or for large orders, please email at
Mount Marty College Choirs debut CD on Con Brio
Dr. Sean Vogt, director of choirs at Mount Marty College in Yankton, South Dakota, has surprised the classical music world with an outstanding debut CD of comfortable standard Christmas carols as well as contemporary gems of today’s sacred music composers. Interspersed with scriptural readings and inspirational interludes, Vespers 2010 demonstrates how an energetic college […]
New Christmas Song by Ken Medema
I’d like to share a Christmas Video. I wrote the original lyrics as a “Thank You” to my church choir in 2010. Ken Medema composed and performs the music. While sacred in nature, it might be of interest to the Choral Community, especially as we are now involved in those rehearsals for Christmas 2011. The video […]
CARMINA SLOVENICA: New release of CD AMERICAS
AMERICAS Carmina SlovenicaKarmina Šilec, conductor Marko Črnčec, piano Big Band of the Slovenian Armed Forces Orchestra Nadja Stegne (7), Mojca Potrč (4), Ula Šegula (11, 13, 14), solo vocals Bruno Domiter (2, 5, 6, 9, 10) & Gašer Peršl (1, 12), percussion Janez Dovč, accordeon Saša Olenjuk, violin Darko Rošker (7), tube Matej Hotko, bass (1, 4,12) & Marko Furek (2, […]
Chor Leoni Men’s Choir Releases New CD: Yuletide Fires II
Vancouver’s renowned Chor Leoni Men’s Choir (Diane Loomer, C.M., Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the release of their latest CD, Yuletide Fires II. This eagerly anticipated follow-up disc to the award-winning disc, Yuletide Fires, seeks to answer the question of what Christmastime means in a culture where beliefs and customs are intermingling and becoming […]