Text by Jonathan Eichman, written for the Mastersingers of Lexington and cellist Rhonda Rider.

Weather Patterns  5. Rain

Last Man

Luz is a 4 piece song cycle composed by Saunder Choi with lyrics by Mary-Alice Daniel. 

Singing one of my Dad's favorite songs for his birthday. Happy birthday, Dad!

Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison cover)

Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Recorded November 9, 2016 in NY NY
Piano and vocals: JRB

Drafts

Hope (JRB)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Winterreise, D. 911 
"Gute Nacht" 

Eric Christopher Perry, tenor 
Sergio De Iudicibus, piano

Phillips Academy, Andover 
May 2016 

www.ecpmusic.com

Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911. "Gute Nacht"

An accessible, uplifting arrangement of the Robert Lowry tune of the same name, set for choir and piano. Completed in February 2017 and premiered at the first "Music in Worship" session of the National ACDA Convention (sightread by 500+ participants accompanied by pianist MacKenzie Reed) on March 8, 2017.

National ACDA Music in Worship (3/8/17)

How Can I Keep from Singing? (arrangement) — choir and piano

Blossom (花开): an orchestral suite of Chinese Flower Songs
arranged and orchestrated by Saunder Choi

Saunder Choi: Blossom (花开)- an orchestral suite of Chinese Flower Songs

Demo track for a recent arrangement of Lucio San Pedro's Sa Ugoy ng Duyan. 

Vocals by Saunder Choi and Jett Galindo
Arrangement by Saunder Choi
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jett Galindo

Sa Ugoy ng Duyan Demo (San Pedro) - arr. Saunder Choi

Saunder Choi: Ghastly Crew

My final project from my lyric writing class. For this project, I aimed to write something that sounded more commercial and less musical theater. I also aimed to write an upbeat song; something that I don't really do often. (The last time I did so was for a 1 minute juice jingle).

This is still a draft. Some of the lyrics might be changed. It's my first time to scat on a record too. Please forgive me!! I realize it still doesn't sound authentic! Haha.. 

Music and Lyrics by Saunder Choi
Hector Johnny Castillo on guitar
Yours truly on vocals

Mixed and mastered by Jett Galindo

Blue Skies of Yesterday

Saunder Choi is a Los Angeles-based Filipino composer who has written a wide variety of works, from contemporary classical instrumental, vocal and choral works to jazz charts and popular music arrangements.

As a composer, his works have also been performed, programmed, recorded and read by the USC Thornton Symphony, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Philippine Madrigal Singers, the Crossing Choir, the LA Master Chorale, USC Chamber Singers, Peninsula Women’s Chorus, Kalistos Chamber Orchestra and the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium Chorus. He has been commissioned by the L.A. Choral Lab, Andrea Veneracion International Choral Festival, Salt Lake Choral Artists, SYC Ensemble Singers of Singapore, Choral Arts Initiative, University of the East Chorale, University of Visayas Chorale, etc. As an arranger and orchestrator, Saunder has written Tony-Award winner Lea Salonga, the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra, Maestro Gerard Salonga, the Tim Janis American Christmas Carol Show at Carnegie Hall, Jose Mari Chan, Ballet Philippines, and the Hong Kong production of Pippin.

He sang tenor and was one of the resident composers of the world-renowned Philippine Madrigal Singers, joining them in several national and international goodwill tours, international music festivals and concerts. He also sang with the First Church in Boston Choir, the Boston Choral Ensemble and the USC Chamber Singers. As a conductor, he directed the Philippine Cultural College Annex Campus Youth Choir from 2006-2011, leading them to participate in local Philippine choral festivals and competitions. He currently sings with the L.A. Choral Lab and founded Lore Vocal Ensemble. He also serves as the choir director at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in North Hollywood and teaching artist for Pacific Chorale.

Born in Manila, Philippines, he holds a Bachelor of Arts major in Communication Arts degree from the De La Salle University-Manila and a Bachelor of Music in Composition, minor in conducting from the Berklee College of Music. He completed his Master of Music in Composition at the USC Thornton School of Music, where his primary composition teachers were Ted Hearne and Donald Crockett. He also took orchestration classes with Stephen Hartke and Andrew Norman. In the past, he has studied composition with Andrew List, and Vuk Kulenovic, and had master classes with Chen Yi and Robert Kyr. He studied conducting with Larry Livingston, Isaiah Jackson and Francisco Noya. His works are published with Santa Barbara Music Publishing and Earthsongs. Select works are also distributed by MusicSpoke.

Blue Skies of Yesterday

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