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VOCES8 & Ringmasters: I’ll Be There arr. Blake Morgan you’ve NEVER heard a choir like this These posts feature interesting or unusual vocal performances by individuals, ensembles, and choirs. I listen to vocal music each week that elevates my spirit. expands my horizons, and stimulates my appreciation for the world’s music!  I’m delighted to share these videos.  Notice how not understanding the lyrics frees you to enjoy the beautiful harmony as a sensory delight!  Visioning: vividly imagine Higher Vibrations having a conductor… #Harmony #Transformation #CommunityChoir #Singing #SelfHelp #HigherVibrationsMusic #InstituteofHarmonicScience #Love #HGMoses Follow us on Facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel

YouTube Link This is an excellent explanation of the harmonic overtone series from “The Unanswered Question”, Six Talks at Harvard (Norton Lectures) by Leonard Bernstein. In the first lecture, “Musical Phonology”, Bernstein explores the origins and development of music and language. In this excerpt, he explains harmonic development, tonality, and the origin of the chromatic scale.  #Harmony #Transformation #CommunityChoir #Singing #SelfHelp #HigherVibrationsMusic #InstituteofHarmonicScience #Love #HGMoses Follow us on Facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel

“Back in 2013, I had the privilege of witnessing the magic of The Aeolians of Oakwood University performing live in London. It was a performance that changed the course of my life forever. After the concert, I met Jason Max Ferdinand, their conductor, and vowed to one day write a piece for them to sing. Jason held me to that promise… And, fast-forward 5 years, I was beginning work on my Djesse album series, and felt this was the moment for such a piece to spring to life. I booked a recording session with Jason and the choir at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville, and composed ‘World O World’ the day before I flew from London to the studio to meet them. The 12 hour session that commenced will forever be one of my life’s defining musical moments. We recorded this piece, among some other things – and I left a different person from when I walked in. That day was also the first time I’d ever conducted a group of singers, which is something I’ve gone on to do a great deal of since :-)” #Harmony #Transformation #CommunityChoir #Singing #SelfHelp #HigherVibrationsMusic #InstituteofHarmonicScience #Love #HGMoses Once again, Jacob Collier’s music thrills my soul!  I hope you enjoy seeing the score while it is being sung – HGM Follow us on Facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel

Singing in a choir is a deeply powerful way of building community. “At the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year, students, staff and faculty at Conrad Grebel University College took a deep breath and sang together, first in unison, and then in several different parts… Organized around the theme of “Grebel sings,” the school community will find and share their voices in song over numerous occasions as they explore issues of diversity, justice, hospitality, faith and peace.” Read the full article here. I find this story both moving and empowering.  Singing together absolutely builds community, strengthens relationships, and encourages “diversity, justice, hospitality, faith and peace.” – HGM