Wonderful Choral Music from Canada for all types of choirs

“We all die one day at a time, but we live that way, too,” N.W. Engbers says, slouched in a shabby chair nursing a glass a bourbon. “Each of us must make that decision every day—to be alive or to die.”

For Engbers, this choice has been a constant wrestling match. One that is evident in each track of his new EP, The Inner World. The singer/songwriter from South Dakota has held countless day jobs over the past half decade. He’s counseled the mentally ill, worked in a mailroom, sat behind a desk as a financial advisor, and wrote copy as a marketing professional. But none of them stuck. “I was a sellout,” he says. “There was nothing wrong with any of those jobs, but they were killing me. I wasn’t being who I was made to be. So I quit and I quit and I quit. I was a songwriter then. I’m a songwriter now. I’m a songwriter forever.”

With The Inner World, Engbers gives voice to the hopes and fears of the millennial generation. He grapples with the mysteries of life and death and articulates heady themes with plainspoken lyrics and hummable melodies.

Co-Produced by Engbers and Benjamin Brodin (Conor Oberst, Anna McClellan), The Inner World was recorded at Omaha’s renowned ARC Studios and mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering in Chicago, IL. Far from simply a solo record, Engbers collaborated with his band to create soundscapes reminiscent of the vast prairie he calls home. The record blends the indie/alternative rock influences of his formative years with a more recent appreciation for alt-country and folk to create a genre-bending style that is both honest and accessible.

As a jewel in the crown of Cornwall’s arts scene, Truro Cathedral Choir broadcasts regularly on television and radio, presents concerts throughout the year, and records for the acclaimed record label Regent.

The choir dates back to the 1880s when services took place in a wooden shed whilst John Loughborough Pearson’s magnificent Gothic Revival cathedral was still under construction.

Today, the choir consists of eighteen boy choristers, eighteen girl choristers, and twelve adult professional singers. All organise their lives around the choir’s busy schedule of commitments which has at its heart seven sung services each week during term time.

Our performances are regularly attended by music lovers from all backgrounds and we invite you to join us at one of our services or concerts, or to listen to our broadcasts, webcasts and recordings!

Ola Gjeilo 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.

Ola is an exclusive Decca Classics artist, and his Decca choral albums include “Ola Gjeilo”, “Winter Songs” & “Dreamweaver”, featuring Tenebrae, Voces8 and the Choir of Royal Holloway, as well as the solo piano albums “Night” & “Dawn”. His global streams have now surpassed 250 million.

For more information, please visit olagjeilo.com, or find Ola on his social media profiles.

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