The Richmond Youth Choral Society, directed by my good friend Heidi Epp will be premiering “Listen to the Music” on Sunday with the VYSO!! Before writing the piece, I asked for suggestions from choir members. So, they asked for a piece that starts slow and then gets faster, is about nature, the rain, the ocean, […]
HUGE congratulations to the Canadian Mennonite University Singers! – the premiere performance of “Psalm 46” was brilliant, a performance that achieved an ideal balance between technical precision and emotional intensity. Especially, I’d like to thank Rudy Schellenberg, Verna Wiebe, Tirzah Lyons, Breanna Heinrichs, and Dale Thiessen for supporting the performance both instrumentally and vocally. This […]
The Toronto Mendelssohn web is doing a live web-cast of their Conductors’ Symposium. Brilliant! – this is a very polished production. Kemuel Wong directing the Sanctus & Hosanna from the Missa Pax. Looks like there are two other Canadians on the program – Srul Irving Glick (Haleluya), directed by Catherine Klopoushak and Harry Sommers (Feller […]
I’m looking forward to hearing the Elmer Iseler Singers’ performance of “Silent Dawn” on Monday evening. This choir is absolutely brilliant. I wrote silent dawn in 2004, inspired by the stillness of new fallen snow in the early morning. It feels very appropriate to hear this piece in Winnipeg, especially when we’ve just experienced about […]