The CWU Chamber Choir is the premiere choir at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. Megan McCormick is the soprano soloist on this video.ДЇor more information, please visit, or find Ola on Facebook, Twitter, SoundCloud, Instagram, and at his YouTube channel.

Kirkpatrick's вЂњAway in a MangerвЂќ is one of seven carols arranged by Mr. This Video was produced by Matt Woodard at WoodSong Productions.Д¬amera operators were: Allen Larsen, Chris Smart, Rick Spencer and Matt Woodard.ДЄll CWU Chamber Choir videos found on YouTube are posted only after an agreement is reached or a contract is signed with the composer and/or copyright holder(s) of the piece(s).ДЄway in a MangerвЂќ (arranged by Ola Gjeilo) is sung by the Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director) To follow the choir on Facebook (page includes selected audio clips and URL's to all videos):ДЄ complete listing of the videos of the CWU Chamber Choir and other CWU Music Ensembles can be found at: The CWU Chamber Choir also has recorded videos of music by Byrd, Gretchaninoff, Monteverdi, Muehleisen, Singh, Victoria, and Rautavaara. It also resulted in a DVD entitled In the Moment, available for purchase at His first visit was in the spring of 2011 and yielded 5 videos of his music, a wide-ranging interview with the composer and other bonus material. This was Ola's third time on CWU's campus. The choir has videos of GjeiloвЂ™s Sanctus, Across the Vast Eternal Sky, Contrition, Luminous Night of the Soul, the Ground, Ubi Caritas I and II, and Northern Lights Gjeilo in 3 recording sessions over a 5 year period. Ten of those feature the music of Ola Gjeilo and are the result of working with Mr. Weidenaar, who has been the director of the choir since 2006.ДЄs of 2015, there are more than 20 videos. Since 2009, the choir has held annual recording sessions to create videos specifically designed for YouTube. OlaвЂ™s choral works are published by Walton Music, wind band works by Boosey & Hawkes, and piano pieces by Edition Peters.ДЇor more information, find Ola on Facebook, Twitter, SoundCloud, Instagram, and at his YouTube channel. All three albums are available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, etc.ДЄ full-time concert music composer based in New York City, Ola is also very interested in film, and his music often draws inspiration from movies and cinematic music. Many of OlaвЂ™s choral works are featured on Phoenix ChoraleвЂ™s bestselling Northern Lights album, which is devoted entirely to his music for choir. OlaвЂ™s concert works are performed all over the world, and his debut recording as a pianist-composer, the lyrical crossover album Stone Rose, was followed by its 2012 sequel, Piano Improvisations.

Ola Gjeilo (pronounced Yay-lo) was born in Norway in 1978, and moved to the United States in 2001 to begin his composition studies at the Juilliard School in New York City. To me, that sound combination has a similar effect to a great synth pad, only it perhaps feels more organic and alive.вЂќ вЂ“ Ola Gjeilo I just love the sound of voices humming chords, it creates a sound that can be so evocative and warm, especially when doubled by a string quartet. One of the things I wanted to do in this piece was to make the choir and piano fairly equal, as if in a dialogue often the piano is accompanying the choir, but sometimes the choir is accompanying the piano (or violin) as well, with the choir kind of taking the role of a soft, but rich вЂњstring orchestraвЂќ texture. John of the CrossвЂ™ magical poem Dark Night of the Soul, was suggested to me by Joel Rinsema, Executive Director of the Phoenix Chorale, and I fell in love with its passionate spirituality right away. вЂњDark Night of the Soul was written in 2010, and premiered that year by the Phoenix Chorale. вЂњDark Night of the SoulвЂќ (Ola Gjeilo) is sung by The Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director) joined by Ola Gjeilo on the piano and the Kairos String Quartet (comprised of CWU string faculty)

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