For more than twenty years, the “singing, ringing” RIVER IN JUDEA has rung out in countless voices in varied venues in many lands. But now “the river that freely flows” has wound its way into a highly unusual place…the Lansing Correctional Facility near Kansas City, Kansas, home of the only secular men’s prison choir […]
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I Hear America Singing: The American Boychoir Releases New Recording
The American Boychoir Releases New Recording Entitled I Hear America Singing CD Officially Launched Blocks Away from Walt Whitman’s Former Residence in Camden, NJ The American Boychoir, regarded as one of the best vocal ensembles of its kind, released its highly-anticipated recording entitled I Hear America Singing (inspired by the Walt Whitman poem) […]
National Catholic Youth Choir 2014 Summer Tour
NATIONAL CATHOLIC YOUTH CHOIR is seeking high school students entering grades 10, 11, and 12 in fall of 2014, to audition for the 2014 camp and multi-state concert tour June 16-July 1, 2014. The choir is led by Dr. Axel Theimer and founding director Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB. View a video of the 2012 choir […]
“Five from the Folder: Children’s Choir” by Marcia Patton
FIVE FROM THE FOLDER: CHILDREN’S CHOIR by Marcia Patton 1. “Art Thou Troubled?” G.F. Handel. Unison. Novello 16-0066 This unison piece lies beautifully in children’s voices, and they love the language and the simplicity of the line. Add Baroque ornamentation on the DC. 2. “Let Me Know Beauty.” Allan E. Naplan. Two part […]
CD Release: Advent Calendar – The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
This musical advent calendar from Oxford University’s leading mixed-voice choir is its second release on the Stone Records label, following a highly-successful recording of Duruflé’s Requiem and Milford’s Mass for Five Voices. The beautifully-presented album is a countdown to Christmas of 24 tracks (with a bonus track for Christmas Day) featuring wonderful performances of some of the […]
The Lamb (SATB choir or unison voices with piano)
A setting of Blake’s poem with a beautiful flowing tune, if I may say so myself! It has generally been used as a Christmas song, but also at other times of year, particularly Easter. It was originally composed for a primary school who sang it a a unison song with a round at the […]