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I have loved to sing all my life and am an advanced amateur tenor with over 20 years of experience singing in community choirs and musical theater productions. More recently, I have also directed a number of productions, passing on my joy of musical theatre to my children and their classmates.
Words are so central to our existence as humans and as singers. But so are all the multitude of non-verbal sounds we produce and experience. It is inspiring to me to imagine a rich, sentient Life without words on another world.
Life without words
Life without words
Screeching across the pale mauve sky
Diving downwards with all four wings clasped close
Hopping on prehensile base tendrils
As its captured ground prey it begins to masticate.
Crooning softly to its mate and five spawn
Grooming their pelts with a bifold beak
Feeding them regurgitated ground fawn
Then settling down to rest for the day
Sounding the alarm as the large ones appear overhead
Hiding in shadows of fading light from the suns
Bundling little ones under each wing
And quietly waiting while cuddling low
Sounding the clear with no loss of life
Rising back up to the usual 10-story height
Shaking off fear and gulping the rest
The young family plays quietly in their feathered home.
by Talib Hussain
July 16, 2011
Imagining the future is a creative activity that inspires me, both in my research and in my writing. The far, far off future is so ripe with possibilities - some wondrous, some horrendous, and some precautionarily inviting. Here is Orchestrated Life.
Orchestrated Life
Orchestrated Life
“It’s a C3200! They’re the best, Ma.”
“Shh. Sit your seat down. It’s starting.”
Conductor, the aforementioned 3200,
Taps quietly and, proudly, starts the show.
Its articulated arm gives the downbeat.
Bassist, an elegant B9273,
Strums a deep sustaining note.
Percussionist, a refurbished P6305,
Rolls the drum and then steadily beats.
Violinist, Pianist, Cellist and more
Commence their parts in the scripted score.
Conductor excitedly leads them through,
Pianissimo to forte, accelerando to ritard,
Till, at last, the drive to thunderous crescendo.
Then, silence.
“Perfect!” it broadcasts, quietly, to its faithful crew,
As the audience quietly appreciates the accuracy of their art.
Save for one.
“Excuse yourself when you burp!” the maternal unit exclaims.
“Sorry, Ma,” says the child bot in a perfect parody of innocence
(and then simulates swallowing air to try again).
And as here so elsewhere, everywhere,
On this benighted world
Where a billion bots,
Built in the image of their long-gone creators,
Play out their eternal, prosaic pantomime.
by Talib Hussain
July 25, 2013
Experience / Repertoire
Experience / Repertoire
Below are descriptions of all the singing and theatre-related activities I have been involved with. Most include links to the programs of the shows. (Please note that a number of the detail links are non-public). All material on this page or linked to on this page should be considered copyrighted by either me or the original owners and should not be copied or distributed without permission.
Keep Your Head Up
Keep Your Head Up
Keep your head up
With your eyes open wide
Don't miss a moment of this beauty
That surrounds us all on every side
Keep your hopes high
Be proud of who you are
Don't let others make you timid
Dream big and reach for your own sta-a-ar
Keep your head u-u-up
Keep your hopes hi-i-i-i-igh
Keep on going on and going on
Keep your eyes steady on the pri-i-i-i-ize
Keep your head u-u-up
Roll through every sto-o-o-o-orm
Live in every moment, grab every chance
Open every door, use your every cha-a-arm
Keep your head up
Keep all your senses open too
Cause even if you can't see a way
It may be whispering to you
Keep your hopes high
And help others out every day
Remember each can teach you something
Even if it is what not to do or sa-ay-ay
Keep your head u-u-up
Keep your hopes hi-i-i-i-igh
Keep on going on and going on
Keep your eyes steady on the pri-i-i-i-ize
Keep your head u-u-up
Listen to your hea-a-art
It may be soft, it may be broke
But it's the wisest counselor that you've go-o-ot
Keep your head up
Tie your hair back if you must
Put googles on, don't close your eyes
To bear through wind and dust
Keep your hopes high
Don't just try, always do
The future streams in many ways
And there's a path through that's made just for yo-o-ou
Keep your head u-u-up
Keep your hopes hi-i-i-i-igh
Keep on going on and going on
Keep your eyes steady on the pri-i-i-i-ize
Keep your head u-u-up
Know that I love you-ou-ou
That no matter what should happen
You were loved fully through and thro-o-o-ough
Keep your head u-u-up
Keep your hopes hi-i-i-i-igh
Keep on going on and going on
And I'll keep my eyes on you, my pride.
Oct 30, 2017. Copyright © 2017 Talib Hussain
(For my children)
2024-date Choir Member, Chorale Quatrevoix, Dollard des Ormeaux, QC
Barbershop Choir directed by Chantal Pare
Concerts:
Dec 10, 2024, Evening Holiday Performance (together with West Island Harmony Chorus). Cambridge Residence, Pointe-Claire, QC.
2024-date Choir Member, Aurora Chorealis, Dorval, QC
Choir directed by John Le Blanc
Concerts:
June 15, 2025
June 2, 2024, When Love Takes Over. Venue: Loyola High School, Montreal, QC. Poster
Dec 10, 2023, St. Luke's Annual Christmas Concert.
2023-2024 Lead Role (Ernest Dummkopf), The Grand Duke, Lakeshore Light Opera, Beaconsfield, QC
Showdates: March 8 - 16, 2024. Venue: Theatre Vanier College. Poster Program Cover Program
2022-2023 Lead Role (Luis), Gondoliers, Lakeshore Light Opera, Beaconsfield, QC
Showdates: March 10 - 18, 2023. Venue: Theatre Vanier College. Poster Program Cover Program
2011-2017 Choir Member, Halalisa Singers, Lexington, MA.
2020-2021 (online)
World music choirs conducted by Mary Cunningham
Choir website: halalisa.org
Concerts:
May 9, 2021: Earth Song: Songs for Climate Justice
Nov 29, 2020: Resilience: A Virtual Choir Event for 2020
Apr 8/9, 2017: Music Down in My Soul!: Songs of Hope and Spirit from Around the World. Venues: Follen Church, Lexington, MA and First Parish of Watertown, MA
Jan 15, 2017: Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.: Dreaming a World. Venue: Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading, MA
Dec 3/4, 2016: Stars of Wonder: A Concert of Contemporary Choral Classics for the Holiday Season. Venues: First Parish, Lexington, MA and First Parish, Sudbury, MA
May 1/6, 2016: Halalisa Sings Broadway: Songs from Stage and Screen. Venues: St. John's Episcopal Church, Jamaica Plain, MA and Follen Church, Lexington, MA
Solo Parts in Fiddler on the Roof Medley and Les Miserables Medley
Feb 7, 2016: In Joyful Voice!: My Voice Holds... the Power of Change (Celebrating Black History Month). Venue: St. Mary's Parish, Winchester, MA
Jan 9/10, 2016: Over the Sea to Skye: Songs from Celtic Lands. Venues: First Parish, Lexington, MA and Memorial Church, Sudbury MA
May 2/3, 2015: Vine & Fig Tree: Songs of the Mediterranean. Venues: First Parish, Lexington, MA and First Unitarian Soceity of Newton, MA
Solo: Adinu
Jan 10/11, 2015: I Dream a World: Songs of Hope and Justice. Venues: First Parish, Lexington, MA and First Unitarian Society of Newton, MA
May 3/4, 2014: Songs of the Americas. Venues: Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading, MA and First Parish, Lexington, MA
Solo: Misa Criolla - Kyrie and Solo Part in West Side Story Medley
Dec 7/8, 2013: All Hayle to the Days: Songs of the Season. Venues: First Parish, Lexington, MA and First Parish, Sudbury, MA
Apr 27/28, 2013: Together We Sing: 20 Years of Halalisa. Venues: First Parish, Lexington, MA and First Church Unitarian, Littleton, MA
Jan 26/27, 2013: To Reach the Golden Door: Songs of the Immigration Experience. Venues: First Parish, Lexington, MA and First Parish of Stow and Action, MA
Solo: Fog Elna Khel
May 5/6. 2012: Lift Up Your Voice: Songs of Inspiration. Venues: First Parish, Lexington, MA and Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge, MA
Solos: Hallelujah
Dec 3/4, 2011: Songs of Light: A Seasonal Celebration of Choral Music from Around the World. Venues: First Parish, Lexington, MA and First Parish, Sudbury, MA
2018-2020 Choir Member, Ste. Anne Singers, Ste. Anne-de-Bellevue, QC.
A Cappella choir conducted by Margo Keenan
Choir website: saintannesingers.org
Concerts:
Dec 7/8, 2019: Songs for a Winter's Night. Venues: Union Church, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC and Wyman United Church, Hudson, QC
Program Poster Music*
Nov 16, 2019: 7th Night of Choirs, part of Montreal Bach Festival, Venue: Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, QC
Aug 11, 2019: Concert with Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Venue: Maison Symphonique, Montreal, QC
Repertoire:
Duruflé, Requiem : Sanctus
Stravinsky, Symphonie des psaumes : Exaudi orationem mean, Domine
Handel, Messie : Alleluia
Beethoven, Symphonie no 9 : Ode à la joie (version OSM)
May 11/12, 2019: Chants Pour La Terre. Venues: Union Church, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC and Wyman United Church, Hudson, QC
Program Poster Music
Mar 31, 2019: Choralissimo concert, part of Festival des Voix. Venue: St. Joachim Church, Pointe-Claire, QC
Dec 1/2, 2018: Chœur et Cordes. Venues: Union Church, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC and St. Thomas Church, Hudson, QC
Program Poster Music
Nov 17, 2018: 6th Night of Choirs, part of Montreal Bach Festival, Venue: Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, QC
2019 Director and Cast Member, "Visit from the Stars", Musical Imaginations Production, Baie D'Urfe, QC
Showdate: May 3. Venue: Red Barn. Program
2017-2018 Singer, Open Mic Nights, Bickfords Grille, Burlington, MA
Repertoire, most sung a cappella:
I've Never Been to Me (Ron Miller and Kenneth Hirsch, in the style of Charlene)
Summertime (George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward; from Porgy and Bess)
Final Cut (Pink Floyd)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John)
I Dreamed a Dream (Claude-Michel Schonberg and Herbert Kretzmer; from Les Miserables)
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Claude-Michel Schonberg and Herbert Kretzmer; from Les Miserables)
Blue Bayou (Roy Orbison and Joe Melson, in the style of Linda Ronstadt)
Mr. Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker)
I Believe in Music (Mac Davis)
Bird on the Wire (Leonard Cohen in style of Neville Brothers)
Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel)
It's Alright with Me (Cole Porter)
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Down Under (Men at Work)
Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh)
Close to You (Carpenters)
There's a King of Hush (Carpenters)
Candle in the Wind (Elton John)
2013-2017 Director, Musical Imaginations. K-5 After-School Musical Theater Program, Peirce Elementary School, Arlington, MA
Dec 18, 2017: Jungle Book Kids. Program
Feb 15, 2017: Madagascar Jr. Program
Apr 4, 2016: Alice in Wonderland Jr. Program
June 8, 2015: Shrek Jr. Program
Feb 11, 2015: Peter Pan Jr. Program
May 19, 2014: Willy Wonka Kids. Program
Sept 14, 2014: “Dreams” - Summer Musical Workshop Performance. Program
Dec 16, 2013: Wizard of Oz - Young Performers' Edition. Program
2007-2018 Choir Member, Mak’Haylah, Temple Emunah, Lexington, MA
Conducted by Leon Gunther
Performances:
Apr 29, 2018: 13th Annual Lexington Choral Festival. Venue: St. Brigid Church, Lexington MA
Repertoire:
Mar 4, 2018: Celebration for Leon Gunther, Brotherhood's Man of the Year at Temple Emunah, Lexington, MA
Repertoire:
Leon's Choir to tune of Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash (words by Max Klein)
Shir Hamakhaylah to tune of Psalm 121 by Rossi (words by Gene Achter)
Apr 23, 2017: Choral Performance for Yom Hashoah - Resilience. Venue: Temple Emunah, Lexington, MA
Repertoire:
Dec 20, 2016: Chanukah Concert. Venue: Waterstone, Wellesley, MA
Dec 18, 2016: Chanukah Concert. Venue: Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Boston, MA
Repertoire:
Al Hanissim (Dov Frimer; arr. Joshua Jacob Jacobson, Hankus Netsky)
Medley of Chanukah songs
May 5, 2016: Choral Performance for Holocaust Memorial Service - 6,000,000 to One: Moving beyond numbers to remember individual stories of survival, redemption and inspiration. Venue: Temple Emunah, Lexington, MA
Poster Music
Repertoire:
Brahms Requiem, 1st Movement (Johannes Brahms; Hebrew rendition Leon Gunther)
Brahms Requiem, 3rd Movement (Johannes Brahms; Hebrew rendition Leon Gunther)
Zol Shoyn Kumen Di Ge'uleh (Schmerke Kaczerginski and Abraham Isaac Cook; arr. Jacobson)
Dec 13, 2015: Chanukah Concert. Venue: Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Boston, MA
Repertoire:
Rozhinkes mit Mandlen (Abraham Goldfaden; arr. Henry Lefkowtich). Translation
Medley of Chanukah Songs:
Mi Y’maleyl (Max Helfman)
Apr 15, 2015: Choral Performance for Holocaust Memorial Program. Venue: Temple Emunah, Lexington, MA
Poster Clips
Repertoire:
Apr 12, 2015: 10th Annual Lexington Choral Festival (Delayed from Feb 8 due to weather). Venue: Hancock Church, Lexington MA
Repertoire:
Emunim Irkhu Shevakh (arr. Yehezkel Braun). Pronunciation Guide
Sanctus, from Requiem, Opus 48 (Gabriel Faure) - Joint Piece
Dec 21, 2014: Chanukah Concert at Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Boston, MA
Dec 16, 2014: Chanukah Concert at Waterstone, Wellesley, MA
Soloist for Cuando el Rey Nimrod
Repertoire:
Chanukah Medley:
Apr 27, 2014: Choral Performance for Holocaust memorial service - To Obey or To Disobey?: Moral Conscience. Venue: Temple Emunah, Lexington, MA
Repertoire:
Apr 12, 2014: Passover Sing. Venue: Temple Emunah, Lexington, MA
Repertoire:
Feb 9, 2014: 8th Annual Lexington Choral Festival. Venue: St. Brigid's Church, Lexington MA. (Note: 2013 Festival was cancelled due to weather, hence why this is the 8th event).
Repertoire:
Dec 2, 2013: Chanukah concert, Venue: Waterstone, Wellesley, MA
Nov 24, 2013: Chanukah concert: Venue: Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Boston, MA
Repertoire:
Fiddler on the Roof songs: (Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock)
Jan 29, 2012: 7th Annual Lexington Choral Festival. Venue: Hancock Church, Lexington MA
Repertoire:
Adon Olam (Uzi Hitman; Harmony Leon Gunther). Transliteration.
Come Dwell in Solomon's Walls (Z. Randall Stroope) - Joint Piece
May 1, 2011: Choral Performance for Yom Hashoah Program - A Jewish Ghetto Cabaret: Singing for Survival. Venue: Temple Emunah, Lexington, MA
Program Video
Solo in Vos Darf'n mir Veyn'n (Middle verse English)
Repertoire:
Dona, Dona (Sholom Secunda, Sheldon Secunda; arr. Elaine Broad). Translation.
Zol Shoyn Kumen di Ge'ulah (Schmerke Kaczerginski and Abraham Isaac Cook; arr. Jacobson)
Feb 6, 2011: 6th Annual Lexington Choral Festival. Venue: First Baptist Church, Lexington MA
Repertoire:
The Promise of Living (Copland) - Joint piece
Dec 5, 2010: Chanukah concert. Venue: Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Boston, MA
Repertoire:
Apr 11, 2010: Choral Performance for Holocaust Memorial Service - How great emigre composers from Nazi Europe went into exile in Los Angeles and transformed American music. Venue: Temple Emunah, Lexington, MA
Repertoire:
Requiem Ebraico - Five movements (Erich Zeisl) - Boston Premier
Mar 7, 2010: Makhalyah Anniversary Concert (Temple Emunah 50th). Venue: Temple Emunah, Lexington, MA
Program Music
Soloist for Lecha Dodi, Pitchu Li
Repertoire:
Al Hanissim (Dov Frimer; arr. Joshua Jacob Jacobson, Hankus Netsky)
Adon Olam (arr. Salomone de Rossi, Samuel Naumbourg, Napthali Hirshtik, Raymond Goldstein)
Hamilchamah Ha'Achronan (Dov Seltzer and Chaim Hefer; arr. Leon Gunther)
Pitchu Li (Robbie Solomon; arr. Joshua Jacobson and Gennady Konnikov)
Feb 7, 2010: 5th Annual Lexington Interfaith Choral Festival. Venue: Sacred Heart Church, Lexington MA
Program Clips
Soloist for Pitchu Li
Repertoire:
Pitchu Li (Robbie Solomon; arr. Joshua Jacobson and Gennady Konnikov)
The Heavens are Telling, from The Creation (Franz Joseph Haydn) - Joint Piece
Dec 13, 2009: Chanukah Concert, Venue: Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Boston, MA
Dec 7, 2009: Chanukah Concert, Venue: Golda Meir House, Auburndale, MA
Program Poster (Golda) Poster (Rehab) Clips
Soloist for Lecha Dodi, Pitchu Li
Repertoire:
Al Hanissim (Dov Frimer; arr. Joshua Jacob Jacobson, Hankus Netsky)
Adon Olam (arr. Salomone de Rossi, Samuel Naumbourg, Napthali Hirshtik, Raymond Goldstein)
Pitchu Li (Robbie Solomon; arr. Joshua Jacobson and Gennady Konnikov). Trio layout.
Apr 4, 2009: Passover Sing. Venue: Temple Emunah, Lexington, MA
Repertoire:
Feb 8, 2009: 4th Annual Lexington Choral Festival. Venue: Saint Brigid Church, Lexington MA
Repertoire:
Al Hanissim (Dov Frimer; arr. Joshua Jacob Jacobson, Hankus Netsky)
Psalm 150 (Louis Lewandowski) - Joint Piece Transliteration
Jan 25, 2009: Chanukah Concert. Venue: Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Boston, MA (Delayed from Dec 21 due to weather)
Trio in Lecha Dodi, Solo in Cuando el Rey Nimrod
Repertoire:
Al Hanissim (Dov Frimer; arr. Joshua Jacob Jacobson, Hankus Netsky)
Rozhinkes mit Mandlen (Abraham Goldfaden; arr. Henry Lefkowtich)
May 1, 2008: Choral Performance for Yom Hashoah Service - Faith in God After the Holocaust. Venue: Temple Emunah, Lexington, MA
Soloist for Chichester Psalms, 3rd Movement (Leonard Bernstein)
Repertoire:
Feb 10, 2008: 3rd Annual Lexington Choral Festival. Venue: Temple Isaiah, Lexington MA
Repertoire:
Adon Olam (arr. Salomone de Rossi, Samuel Naumbourg, Napthali Hirshtik, Raymond Goldstein)
Cuando el Rey Nimrod (arr. Matthew Lazar). Pronunciation Guide.
Dec 9, 2007: Chanukah Concert, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Boston, MA
Repertoire:
2017 Cast Member, Mary Poppins, Neverland Theater, Salem, MA
Produced/Directed by Andrew Diskes
Roles: Park Keeper (Cast B), Northbrook, Ensemble
Showdates: July 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23 @ 211 Bridge St., Salem, MA
2016 Choral Singer, One City Choir with Boston Landmarks Orchestra Performance, Boston, MA
Showdate: July 27. Venue: Hatch Shell.
2005-2007 Choir Member, The Master Singers
2006-2007 Season: Summary
May 19, 2007: Great French and American Composers. Venue: First Parish Church, Lexington, MA
Mar 31, 2007: Night & Day. Venue: Clarke Middle School, Lexington, MA
Mar 3, 2007: Win, Lose or Draw. Venue: First Parish Church, Lexington, MA
Dec 10, 2006: An Italian Christmas. Venue: First Parish Church, Lexington, MA
Oct 29, 2006: Viola & Chorus. Venue: First Parish Church, Lexington, MA
Poster Music*
2005-2006 Season: Summary
May 6, 2006: Britten & Brahms. Venue: First Parish Church, Lexington, MA
Apr 8, 2006: Hello! Goodbye! Venue: Clarke Middle School, Lexington, MA
Feb 18, 2006: Brush Up Your Shakespeare! Venue: First Parish Church, Lexington, MA
Dec 10, 2005: Christmas: Carols and Lullabies. Venue: First Parish Church, Lexington, MA
Nov 13, 2005: Double Reeds. Venue: First Parish Church, Lexington, MA
Poster Music*
1999 – 2000 Member, Queen’s Student Opera
1999 – 2000 Choir Member, Kingston Madrigal Ensemble, Kingston, ON
Concerts:
Apr 30, 2000 - 6th Annual Choir Festival. Venue: St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Kingston, ON. Program
Dec, 1999 – Performance at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Kingston, ON. Program
Oct 16, 1999 - Performance as part of Newburgh United Church Celebrating 100 years of Organ Music. Program
May 2, 1999 – Performance as part of Easter services at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Kingston, ON. Program
Sung: Ave Maria by Vittoria, Never Weather-beaten Sail by Thomas Campian
Repertoire
Adieu Sweet Amarylis (John Wilbye)
Agnus Dei (Hans Leo Hassler)
All Ye Who Music (Baldessare Donato)
April is in my Mistress face (Thomas Morley)
Ave Maria (Vittoria)
Fair Phylis (John Farmer)
Innsbruk Ich Muss Dich Lassen (Heinrich Isaac)
O Magnum Mysterium (Tomas Luis de Victoria)
Never Weather Beaten Sail (Thomas Campian)
Now is the month of Maying (Thomas Morley)
Since First I saw your face (Thomas Ford)
Weep O mine eyes (John Bennet)
Amyntas With His Phyllis Fair (Francis Pilkington)
Coventry Carol (The York Master)
Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby (William Byrd)
Sweet was the Song (Anon)
Up Good Christian Folk (from Plae Cantiones)
1998-1999 Choir Member, The Collegium Musicum, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
Conducted by Dr. Olga E. Malyshko
Concerts:
Repertoire:
Kyrie Eleison for Septuagesima (Anonymous)
Allelulia: Verse Pascha Mostrum (Leonin)
O Dolce Vita Mia (Adrian Willaert)
Agnus Dei from La Messe de Nostre Dame (Guillaume de Machaut)
Adieu Ces Bons Vins de Lannoys (Guillaume Dufay)
Tu Solus Qui Facis Mirabilia (Josquin des Prez)
Innsbruck Ich Muss Dich Lassen (Heinrich Isaac)
O Dolce Vita Mia (Adrian Willaert)
Dec 5, 1998, Benefit concert, Venue: Dunning Auditorium. Program
Repertoire:
Tu Solus Qui Facis Mirabilia (Josquin des Prez)
Innsbruck Ich Muss Dich Lassen (Heinrich Isaac)
Mille Regretz de Vous Habandonner (Josuin des Prez)
O Magnum Mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
1996 – 2000 Choir Member, Queen’s University Choral Ensemble, Kingston, ON
Conducted by Dr. Mark Sirett.
Conducted by Dr. Mark Sirett.
1998-1999 Season
Concerts:
Mar 24 and 25, 2000: Carmina Burana with Queen's Symphony Orchestra, Kingston Youth Orchestra, Kingston Choral Society and Cantabile Children's Choir. Venue: Grant Hall. Program Poster
1998-1999 Season
Concerts:
Mar 28 and 29, 1999: “Music of Consolation & Triumphant Rebirth” with Kingston Symphony Orchestra. Sung Faure Requiem as part of Masterworks Series. Venue: Grant Hall. Program Poster
Feb 5-7, 1999: Intervarsity Choral Festival at McMaster University
Nov 22, 1998: Fall concert. Venue: Sydenham United Church. Program Poster
Oct 21, 1998: Showcase 1998 Venue: Grant Hall. Program
Repertoire:
Lux Eterna (Edward Elgar/Cameron)
Of Home and the Great Wide World (Imant Raminish)
Love Divine (John Burge)
Nachtreigen (Fanny Hensel)
Triumph of the Spirit (Srul Irving Glick)
Apostrophe to the Heavenly Host (Healey Willan)
Behold the Tabernacle (Healey Willan)
Requiem (Gabriel Faure)
Ngana from Songs of Passage (Stephen Leek)
1997-1998
Concerts:
Mar 29, 1998: Spring concert, venue: Grant Hall. Program Poster
Feb 6-8, 1998: Intervarsity Choral Festival at University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Nov 16 and 17, 1997: Concert with Kingston Symphony Orchestra and Kingston Choral Society, Conductor Glen Fast. Program
Oct 21, 1997: Showcase 1997, venue: Grant Hall. Program
Repertoire:
Serenade to Music (R. Vaughn Williams)
Psalm 100 (R. Vaughn Williams)
Visions of a Wounded Earth (Michael Horwood)
Jubilate Deo (Giovannelli)
Denn er hat seinen Engeln (Mendelssohn)
Ave Maria (Rachmaninoff)
Kas Tie Tadi (Steven Sametz)
Kasar Mie La Gaji (Alberto Grau)
El vito (arr. Mack Wilberg)
Let me fly (spiritual arr. De Cormier)
Zungo (South African Folksong arr. Brown)
Balulalow (Sirett)
Vesperarae Solennes de Confessore (Mozart)
1996-1997
Concerts:
Mar 21, 1997: Spring concert. Venue: Grant Hall. Program
Feb 9, 1997: Missa Choralis by Franz Liszt, at Intervarsity Choral Festival, Venue: Grant Hall, Kingston, ON. Program
Nov 17, 1996: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with the Kingston Symphony, Glen Fast Conducting. Venue: Grant Hall. Program
Oct 17, 1996: Showcase 1996, venue: Grant Hall. Program
Repertoire:
Ninth Symphony (Beethoven)
Missa Choralis (Lizst)
O Give Thanks (Henry Purcell)
Fest-und Gedenkspruche (J. Brahms)
Totus Tuus (Henryk Gorecki)
Ye Ke Omo Mi (Shona lullaby arr. de Paur)
Andeleli oboduo (Zairian Skipping Song, Arr. Vujic)
Summer 1999 Cast Member, “The History of Cardenio” by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher (1611), The Renaissance Stage Company
Canadian premiere, directed by Aaron Taylor Miedema
Roles, Noble, Servant, Page with singing of lines to tune of Oh What is Beauty.
Performances:
June 26, 27. Venue: City Park, Kingston, ON
July 10, 11. Venue: Strathcona Park, Ottawa
July 24, 25. Venue: Hernder Estate Wines, West Ste. Catherines
1996-1998 Dancer, Modern Dance, Queen’s Ballet and Jazz Clubs.
Performance: Mar 13, 1998: For the Love of Dance. Venue: Duncan McArthur Auditorium. Performed “Resurrection” (Intermediate Modern), Choreographed by Kelly Slate. Program
Performance: Mar 13 and 14, 1997. For the Love of Dance, Venue: Duncan McArthur Auditorium. Performed “The Power of One” (Beginner’s Modern), Choreographed by Kara Harness. Program
Aug 1998 Lead Role (Baptiste), Kingdom of the Saguenay, Part of Kingston Summer Festival, Kingston, ON
Aug 1997 Cast Member, Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan), Kingston Symphony.
Artistic Director Moira Davies, Music Director Glen Fast.
Role: Ensemble Pirate Jacko
Show Dates: Aug 3, 4, 5, 7 @ Fort Henry
1980 Lead Role (John Darling), Somewhere Over the Rooftops, Dorset Elementary School, Baie D’Urfé, QC.
Audio Recording of "Somewhere Over the Rooftops"
SomewhereOverTheRooftops_uncut.mp31980 Soloist, "Baie D'Urfe Days" song used to advertise Baie D'Urfe Days event for many years.
Audio recording of "Baie D'Urfe Days are Lots of Fun" song, sung by Talib Hussain (Age 12)
Baie D'Urfe Days Are Lots of Fun - sung by Talib Hussain.mp3Professional Development
Professional Development
2017-date Private piano lessons with Instructor Trevor Berens
Jun 10, 2017: Spring Piano Recital. Performed Minuet in G (Petzold). Venue: Bemis Hall, Lincoln, MA. Program
Dec 9, 2017: Not-Quite Winter Piano Recital. Played: The Entertainer (Joplin). Venue: Bemis Hall, Lincoln, MA. Program
March 2019 Festival de la Voix Workshops, Pointe-Claire, QC.
Mar 16 - Singing in Harmony with Kongero, 3 hours
Mar 30 - Choral Horizons with Andrew Gray, 3 Hours (A cappella workshop for advanced singers)
Mar 30 - Singing the Spiritual with Floydd Ricketts, 3 Hours
June 2018 Broadway Teachers’ Workshop and Director's Workshop, New York City, NY
2017 - 2018 Dance Caliente classes, taught by Eileen Herman-Haase and Raul Nieves, Arlington, MA
2017 Ballroom Dance classes, Taught by Mariana de Ezcurra, Mariana's Dancing Studio, Ipswich, MA
2007 Ballroom Dance classes, Tufts Dance Club, Medford, MA
2005 - 2006 Private voice lessons with Instructor Diana Cole, Arlington, MA
2000 - 2001 Member of MIT Ballroom Dance Club, Cambridge, MA
Jun 6, 2000 Passed Grade 6 Singing Exam, Royal Conservatory of Music
Spring 2000 Ballroom Dance classes, Queen’s University
1997-1998 Intermediate Modern Dance club, Queen’s Ballet and Jazz Clubs.
1996-1997 Beginner Modern Dance club, Queen’s Ballet and Jazz Clubs.
1995 - 1998 Private voice lessons with Instructor Meg Breslow as part of Kingston School of Music, Kingston, ON
June 3, 1996: Spring Gala recital. Performed: Bring Him Home from Les Miserables. Venue: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. Program
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