Praises from composer of "You Having Walked This Earth"

Hi all,

This morning I sent an MP3 of our recording session from last week to Joseph Stephens, the composer of "You Having Walked This Earth". Here's his reply:

Dear Dr. Bernhardt and Choir,

A truly amazing performance of "You having walked..."!!! I was overjoyed to hear your recording. I will try to get it on my website and list you guys as the performers. That all depends on my internet provider. Anyway, thanks so much for doing my stuff. It was great to hear that piece in particular because it is one I believe in greatly.

Have a great holiday season and keep up the good work.

Joe Stephens

His website is www.stephensmusic.com. I'll check it periodically and let you know when you guys are listed.

Cheers!
RCB

Thanks everyone!

Dear Friends,

Thank you so much for your performance last night! You all sang extremely well--particularly the Prayer of St. Patrick, which was really quite stunning from where I stood. I received numerous compliments about the quality of your singing from folks in the congregation.

And thank you for a great semester! I've really enjoyed working with you and am SO PROUD of your musical accomplishments. You don't often hear choirs from colleges of our size that sing as well as you do. Keep up the good work!

A couple of final housekeeping notices:

(1) If you haven't handed in choir music yet, please bring it down to the choir room and place it on the long table so we can start filing things away.

(2) I will be in NYC performing with a professional choir at Carnegie Hall the first week of January, won't be here the first week of classes. I'll have one of the other music faculty take the first rehearsal, just to have you check in and receive music. Your first assignment will be to learn one of the easier pieces (or a portion of one) on your own with study files that will be placed on the website. Piece to be announced later.

(3) Be sure to check the departmental calendar on the website so you can clear any conflicts with our performance schedule.

Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

RCB

Some holiday cheer...

Hi gang,

Some really nice singing yesterday! I was pleased overall with how the recordings came out, particularly since we only did 1-2 takes of each.

I've edited the Concert Choir tracks and have put them online--click the links below if you want to hear them. (Right click to save them to your computer.)

Prayer of St. Patrick
'Tis You That Are the Music
You Having Walked This Earth

CHRISTMAS BONUS:
If you enjoyed hearing Kellye Cash singing "O Holy Night" at the Jackson Symphony pops concert, click here to hear one even more stunning! :)

See you Sunday at 6 p.m. in the Ballroom. Happy Holidays!
RCB