OPUS 32 DESIGN

"The Gathering" composed by Daniel Morphy performed by TorQ Percussion Quartet (Richard Burrows, Adam Campbell, Jamie Drake and Daniel Morphy) audio production by Adam Campbell audio mastering and video production by Jamie Drake / Opus 32 Design torqpercussion.ca

Conductor:  Zimfira Poloz Piano:  Lily Ling Bass:  Justin Gray Drums:  Jamie Drake

Conductor:  Zimfira Poloz

Conductor:  Melanie Tellez Piano:  Brent Fifield Violin:  Adam Didderich Percussion:  Jamie Drake

Conductor:  Melanie Tellez Piano:  Brent Fifield Percussion:  Jamie Drake

Audio and video production:  Jamie Drake / Opus 32 Design Original artwork:  Megan Edgar Conductor:  Zimfira Poloz

Jenny Crober, conductor and artistic director Elizabeth Acker, collaborative pianist

Hamilton Children’s Choir has rightfully gained a reputation for expanding people’s ideas of what a “children’s choir” standard of performance and artistry is.  Like many arts organizations, it’s been a challenge to figure out how to continue the performance and education aspects of the ensemble during this pandemic.  Thankfully, we had a great audio recording session right before things started to shut down (this was one of the only pieces that didn’t require percussion, so I was able to just sit in the chapel and listen to a beautiful performance).  When the idea of making a virtual choir video was proposed, I wanted to make sure that the video both reflected the artistry and professional level of the choir, and also wanted to make sure that it was something different (and hopefully more engaging and visually beautiful) than a typical virtual choir video.  The text of Hymn of Acxiom is written from the perspective of a company that is using information collected from us to produce an ideal (if slightly sinister?) virtual world, while those for whom it’s being produced are still stuck glued to their devices, and isolated - as it turned out, a fitting song for the times, in a way, and an inspiration to shift the idea of people in “boxes” that is necessarily part of self-filmed-at-home virtual ensemble videos.  Many thanks to HCC for trusting me with the video production - I’m really happy with how this all came together.

Composed by Karl Jenkins Illumini ensemble conducted by Zimfira Poloz Laura Pin, piano Jamie Drake, percussion

Composed by Clifford Crawley Komenci ensemble conducted by Melanie Tellez Laura Pin, piano

Composed by Ruth Moody Esprimas ensemble conducted by Melanie Tellez Brent Fifield, piano Erik Patterson, guitar Jamie Drake, bass, drums and percussion

Composed by Sergei Prokofiev, arranged by Tom Wallace Conducted by TYWO Artistic Director Colin Clarke

Composed and performed by TorQ Percussion Quartet (Richard Burrows, Adam Campbell, Jamie Drake and Daniel Morphy) Mixed by Adam Campbell

Composed by Toru Takemitsu, arranged by Robin Engelman Performed by TorQ Percussion Quartet (Richard Burrows, Adam Campbell, Jamie Drake and Daniel Morphy) with special guest Ray Dillard

Ilumini Ensemble conducted by Zimfira Poloz

Audio and video production by Jamie Drake/Opus 32 Design, with additional audio production by Kirk Starkey and additional video production by Adam Carter.

Sharron Matthews, vocals Jason Chesworth, guitar and bass Jamie Drake, organ, drums and percussion