MUSIC

Welcome to the listening room. Here you will find excerpts of various concert recordings of Mr. Popa’s choirs over the past several years. All recordings were live in concert except where noted. With the purchase of recording equipment in 2007, Mr. Popa has begun engineering and mastering his own recordings. Currently he is using Rode NT microphones and an Edirol R4 digital recorder.

Listen to audio clips from:
Holiday Concerts
Sacred Spaces Concerts
Spring Concerts

Holiday Concerts

Mr. Popa’s choirs have performed a variety of holiday literature with an emphasis on newer compositions and innovative presentations. For December 2007, Mr. Popa selected several compositions of local Lima composer John Timmerman and had them specially arranged for the choirs.

Bless Your Tree (1.0MB)
John Timmerman arr. Thomas Fielding
Lima Senior Masterworks Ensemble 2007

Sounds of Christmas (1.1MB)
John Timmerman arr. James Kellambach
Lima Senior Masterworks Ensemble 2007

Snowfall (0.7MB)
John Timmerman arr. Thomas Fielding
Lima Senior Spartanaires 2007

Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest – Allegria (1.8MB)
Conrad Susa
Lima Senior Masterworks Ensemble 2006

Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest – Campana sobre Campana (3.5MB)
Conrad Susa
Lima Senior Masterworks Ensemble 2006

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (1.2MB)
Arr. John Gardner
Lima Senior Spartanaires 2005

Rune of Hospitality (1.9MB)
Alf Hokum
Lima Senior Spartanaires 2003 (studio recording)

Sacred Spaces Concerts

Each year the Lima Senior choirs perform a concert in a local church (location varies by year) known as Music for Sacred Spaces. Although some of the music is religious by nature, all of the secular music performed would be suitable for performance in any place of worship. The concert centers on music from choral contest and feature student solos and ensembles.

How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place from A German Requiem (1.4MB)
Johannes Brahms
Lima Senior Masterworks Ensemble 2008

For the Sake of Our Children (1.1MB)
Jeffrey Ames
Lima Senior Masterworks Ensemble 2008

Praise His Holy Name (0.8MB)
Keith Hampton
Lima Senior Masterworks Ensemble 2008

Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah (1.5MB)
Arr. Mark Hayes
Lima Senior Masterworks Ensemble with Grace United Methodist Church Chancel Choir 2007

Beati Quorum Via (1.3MB)
Charles V. Stanford
Lima Senior Masterworks Ensemble 2007

Verano Porteño (1.6MB)
Astor Piazzolla arr. Oscar Escalada
Lima Senior Masterworks Ensemble 2007

Geistlichtslied Op. 30 (0.9MB)
Johannes Brahms
Lima Senior Spartanaires 2007

Witness (1.3MB)
Arr. Jack Halloran
Lima Senior Masterworks Ensemble 2006

We Shall Walk Through the Valley of Peace (1.5MB)
Arr. Moses Hogan
Lima Senior Spartanaires 2003 (studio recording)

Spring Concerts

Spring concerts feature timeless classics along the lines of the “Great American Songbook” and musicals.

It Had to Be You (1.1MB)
Arr. Russ Robinson
Lima Senior Masterworks Ensemble 2007

Hi Neighbor (1.2MB)
Jack Owens
Lima Senior Men’s Quartet 2007

Bridge Over Troubled Water (0.9MB)
Paul Simon arr. Kirby Shaw
Lima Senior Masterworks Ensemble 2007