Podium Choral Conference 2026

This year I am attending the Podium Choral Conference virtually.

Dear Podium delegates: I wish I could be in Victoria! Whether you are there, or also attending the virtual conference, I look forward to connecting with you through live-streamed events and the conference app. I'm also available for virtual meetings.

Quick links about me and my choral music:

Samples of Alex's choir scores
Bio and links (composer page for Podium)

Here's what I have happening at Podium 2026:

Events
Podium 2026 interest session: Drama Games for Choirs! (pre-recorded)
May 14
Podium 2026 interest session: Drama Games for Choirs! (pre-recorded)
Sing-Along! CEC choral reading session - “What is Passion?”
May 15
Sing-Along! CEC choral reading session - “What is Passion?”

AND you can bid on a chance to commission me in the Choral Canada silent auction.

The auction closes on Sunday May 17!

Alex will work with your choir in 1 or 2 workshops (virtual or in-person), then compose a ca. 3 minute piece incorporating the choir's musical ideas.

Featured CHORAL and VOCAL scores

Choral / Vocal scores
What is Passion? (SATB)
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What is Passion? (SATB)

ca. 7:20

Words and music by Alex Eddington, assembled from contributions by members of the choir

A Present From a Small Distant World (SATB / TTBB / SSAA)
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A Present From a Small Distant World (SATB / TTBB / SSAA)

Unaccompanied choir

Available in SATB, TTBB and SSAA

ca. 5:00

Text from a speech by Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the USA

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Barter - (SATB with divisi)

ca. 4:15

Text by Sara Teasdale

Illustration from Wild Berries / Pawka Che Menisu by Julie Flett. Used with permission.
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Picking Wild Berries (SATB choir, soprano solo)

ca. 5:00

Text by Julie Flett

Boy With Orange (Out of Kosovo) - (SATB / SAB / SSAA / TTBB / SSA + piano)
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Boy With Orange (Out of Kosovo) - (SATB / SAB / SSAA / TTBB / SSA + piano)

ca. 4:00

Text by Lotte Kramer

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Light Looked Down (SSATB)

SSATB choir (unaccompanied)

duration: ca. 7:30

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Lyre (SATB, optional piano)

ca. 6:00

Text by the composer

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What Sweeter Music - (SATB and brass quintet or organ)

ca. 4:00

Text by Robert Herrick

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Two Views on War (SATB choir a capella)

ca. 4:00

Texts by Ebeneezer Elliott and Edward Fitzgerald

Sonnet XVIII (vocal solo)
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Sonnet XVIII (vocal solo)

ca. 4:30

Solo soprano/tenor (high voice) or mezzo soprano (other transpositions available by request)

Text by William Shakespeare

Featured INSTRUMENTAL scores

Instrumental scores
Humoresque (viola and piano)
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Humoresque (viola and piano)
gibbons vs. Gibbons (string quartet)
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gibbons vs. Gibbons (string quartet)

for string quartet

ca. 3:15

Watershed (violin duet)
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Watershed (violin duet)

Duet for 2 violins (one beginner, one advanced)

ca. 13:00 total

7 short movements, can be performed individually

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FLIGHT of the HAWKS (flex ensemble)

Concert Band (Grade 2)

ca. 3:30

Dusty Miller March (flex ensemble)
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Dusty Miller March (flex ensemble)

Version for Flex Ensemble (5 parts + optional percussion)

2:30

Eight Dudes (solo trumpet, multiple instruments)
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Eight Dudes (solo trumpet, multiple instruments)

8 miniature pieces.

Solos on B-flat trumpet, B-flat cornet, E-flat trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn

ca. 10:00

RECORDINGS of Alex’s music

NEWS

News
Podium Choral Conference 2026
Podium Choral Conference 2026
"Scintillator" in a new voice
"Scintillator" in a new voice
gibbons vs Gibbons - hilarious new music video released!
gibbons vs Gibbons - hilarious new music video released!
Podcast feature on Odin Quartet album, including "gibbons vs. Gibbons"
Podcast feature on Odin Quartet album, including "gibbons vs. Gibbons"

UPCOMING EVENTS

Featured
Podium 2026 interest session: Drama Games for Choirs! (pre-recorded)
May 14
Podium 2026 interest session: Drama Games for Choirs! (pre-recorded)

This pre-recorded Interest Session by composer/educator Alex Eddington will be available for Podium 2026 delegates in the conference app - from May 14 to November 18, 2026.

Sing-Along! CEC choral reading session - “What is Passion?”
May 15
Sing-Along! CEC choral reading session - “What is Passion?”

During the Podium 2026 conference, the Canadian Experimental Choir (Choeur Expérimental du Canada) presents two reading sessions of self-published choir pieces by Canadian Composers.

What is Passion? by Alex Eddington is included in both sessions

  • Friday, May 15, 2026 - 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

  • Saturday, May 16, 2026 - 11:45 am – 12:45 pm

University of Victoria, room A144 - David Lam Auditorium

Ember Choral Arts: The New Frontier - “A Present from a Small Distant World”
May 15
Ember Choral Arts: The New Frontier - “A Present from a Small Distant World”

Ember Choral Arts presents The New Frontier.

Featuring A Present From a Small Distant World for SATB choir by Alex Eddington. Text by Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the USA. Carter’s speech was included on the "Golden Record" launched on the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft, 1977.

Ember Choral Arts: The New Frontier - “A Present from a Small Distant World”
May 17
Ember Choral Arts: The New Frontier - “A Present from a Small Distant World”

Ember Choral Arts presents The New Frontier.

Featuring A Present From a Small Distant World for SATB choir by Alex Eddington. Text by Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the USA. Carter’s speech was included on the "Golden Record" launched on the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft, 1977.

New Music for Old Hands - premiere of "The First Song I Remember..."
Jun 13
New Music for Old Hands - premiere of "The First Song I Remember..."

The June 13 presentation of New Music for Old Hands includes the world premiere of The First Song I Remember… for bell choir and piano, by Alex Eddington. Composed in collaboration with the members of a bell choir in a Mississauga seniors’ home, the piece unlocks the memory of an Italian song that several of the participants remembered from childhood: “Quel Mazzolin del Fiori”.

PAST EVENTS

Featured
Narrating "Three Tales of Rabbi Nachman" - with Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra (world premiere!)
Feb 28
Narrating "Three Tales of Rabbi Nachman" - with Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra (world premiere!)

A concert by the Winds of the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra - featuring Alex Eddington as narrator in Three Tales of Rabbi Nachman by Bruno Degazio (world premiere).

Viva Singers - "Phaeton and Apollo" (world premiere!)
Jun 1
Viva Singers - "Phaeton and Apollo" (world premiere!)

VIVA Singers Toronto proudly presents “Metamorphosis,” a celebration honouring VIVA’s 25th anniversary. This special program features all 7 VIVA choirs.

Featuring 4 world premiere adaptations of stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses - including “Phaeton and Apollo” by Alex Eddington.

Sound Opportunity Choir - "Big Blue Sky" (world premiere!)
May 23
Sound Opportunity Choir - "Big Blue Sky" (world premiere!)

Sound Opportunity Choir presents 20 Years of Song

Featuring the world premiere of Big Blue Sky for choir and piano by Alex Eddington.

Big Blue Sky was commissioned by Sound Opportunity through a Choral Canada fundraising initiative. The test was created collaboratively with the choir

Cantabile Chamber Singers performing "What is Passion?"
May 10
Cantabile Chamber Singers performing "What is Passion?"

Includes the Ontario premiere of What is Passion? by Alex Eddington

A choral concert featuring works that draw on themes of passion, strife, and love from Canadian composers (Saman Shahi, Alex Eddington, Natalie Wong, Kelly-Marie Murphy, Healey Willan and more)

The Lost Words - Elektra Women's Choir
Mar 8
The Lost Words - Elektra Women's Choir

Repeat performance of The Lost Words: a Spell Book

Music by 10 Canadian composers including “Acorn” and "Magpie” by Alex Eddington

Text and images by Robert MacFarlane

Text and images by Robert MacFarlane

20 pieces by 10 Canadian composers

World premiere of “Acorn” and “Magpie” by Alex Eddington

The Lost Words: a Spell Book - text and images by Robert MacFarlane

Composers: Carmen Braden, Alex Eddington, Nicholas Ryan Kelly, Katerina Gimon, Ramona Luengen, Don Macdonald, Monica Pearce, Marie-Claire Saindon, Rodney Sharman, Stephen Smith 

Elektra Women’s Choir

Morna Edmundson, Artistic Director

Cantabile Chamber Singers - "Barter" (world premiere!)
Mar 1
Cantabile Chamber Singers - "Barter" (world premiere!)

Includes the world premiere of Barter by Alex Eddington (text

A choral concert featuring a vibrant selection of multilingual works by composers including Reena Esmail, Timothy Corlis, Robert Delgado, Aiko Tomi, and more!

Look Up - KC VITAs choir performing "A Present From a Small Distant World"
May 31
Look Up - KC VITAs choir performing "A Present From a Small Distant World"

Join KC VITAs and the Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium for "Look Up" as they combine the fruits of the composer's labor with the views and phenomena that inspired them. This unique and immersive experience will have viewers traveling through the galaxies while enjoying live, brand new choral music by some of Kansas City's finest singers.