I relate my own craft to the creative spirit of children because I aspire to be as uninhibited creatively as … More
Author: chrissivak
My Trip To World Music Days In Lisbon
The annual ISCM World (New) Music Days Festival is organized each year by a different host. The festival presents music … More
Chor Leoni’s Premiere Of Au Clair De La Lune
Au Clair De La Lune was written for Chor Leoni’s annual C/4 Composition Competition and performed in Vancouver, BC on … More
My First Foray Into Christmas Choral Music
A wizened old choral leader once told me, “If you’re in the choir business, you’re in the Christmas business!”. Meaning, … More
“Alouette Meets Her Maker” Makes More Waves Across The Waves
It is now old news that my choral conflagration, “Alouette Meets Her Maker” has been selected to be part of … More
My Encounter With the Brahms Requiem
I think I may be coming around to Brahms’s larger orchestral works. On this blog, I’ve opined the occasional colourfully … More
See You At Podium 2024!
I’m excited to share that – thanks to a generous grant from Canada Council For The Arts – I’ll be … More
Jonathan Harvey’s “The Annunciation”
Jonathan Harvey’s The Annunciation was written for the St John College choir in 2011 during the last year of the … More
Octet Victoria: A Theatre of Voices
It’s true that I don’t get out much anymore which makes this one of my more unusual posts: I actually … More
All About A New Piece: A La Puerta Del Cielo
Last week I once again had the privilege of hearing a piece of mine read at the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s … More
Artistic Serendipity-Doo-Dah
I’ve been focused a lot on my piece, Alouette Meets Her Maker these days. I have to unapologetic about it … More
Extended Vocal Techniques In “Alouette Meets Her Maker”
One of the things that initially attracted me to writing for massed voices was the fact that the human voice … More