New Album Song Offerings Featuring Kantorei - Out November 7th

LISTEN TO THE FIRST SINGLE “STREAM OF LIFE” HERE

New York, NY (October 10, 2025) – Today, two-time Grammy award-winning composer Christopher Tin announces new choral album, Song Offerings on Decca Gold (Out November 7). Song Offerings features the acclaimed choral ensemble, Kantorei, with featured conductors Christopher Tin and Joel Rinsema. Pre-order the album here. Listen to the first single, “Stream of Life,” here.

“Stream of Life” is the empowering first single off Song Offerings.  From the silky tone of the Kantorei soprano and alto sections to the booming strength of the bass and tenors, “Stream of Life” reminds the listener that we are not only interconnected with each other but also the earth. Tin’s stunning arrangement elicits the feeling that you can achieve anything – nothing is unreachable if only you grasp for it.

Song Offerings (album) is a collection of commissioned choral works. The multi-movement piece consists of two distinct choral works: Song Offerings (first 5 selections) and Transfigurations (last 6 selections). The first part of the album (Song Offerings) holds an emphasis on the unbridled joy we should have as humans, while the second half speaks more to the changes we face in life and how to move through them with our heads held high.

Song Offerings is based on a Nobel Prize-winning collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore. On why he chose Tagore’s literary works, Tin explains, “Tagore’s words were infused with a love of the divine that was so pure and naked in its expression, that it felt dishonest for me to speak with a musical voice that was anything less than the most joyful version of myself. And so I channeled the music that captivated me in my formative teenage years--not only the harmonies, rhythms, and dynamics, but also the carefree, rebellious attitude.”

Transfigurations was written by highly esteemed choral lyricist Charles Anthony Silvestri. Built around the idea of change from one state to another, the theme for Transfigurations was inspired by science, poetry, mythology, religion, personal observation, and philosophy. Silvestri explains, “In total, the texts of Transfigurations remind us that change is ubiquitous, inevitable, wondrous, and terrible, and that much of our happiness in this life is based on our willingness to be guided by its powerful hand.”

Song Offerings shows us that even in the face of darkness, we must reserve space in our hearts to host the presence of joy. Tin says, “Joy is defiant in the face of the naysayers. It wants to be unleashed, so that it might trample down the suffocating barricades of expectation and run naked through life, screaming loudly and without care.” Differently, Transfigurations informs us of the power of change. Change is constant and can sometimes be painful, but there is beauty to be found within it.

TRACKLIST

SONG OFFERINGS

Poetry by Rabindranath Tagore

1. Let My Country Awake

2. This Rhythm

3. Stream of Life   

4. Only Thee

5. Joy     

TRANSFIGURATIONS

Poetry by Charles Anthony Silvestri

6. Fire Prelude

7. Photon

8. Ozymandias

9. Iphis

10. Yeshua

11. Tat Tvam Asi

ABOUT CHRISTOPHER TIN

Christopher Tin is a two-time Grammy-winning composer of concert and media music. His music has been performed and premiered in many of the world’s most prestigious venues: Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center,

Hollywood Bowl, the United Nations, and Carnegie Hall. Performers include the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Metropole Orkest, Queensland Symphony Orchestra and US Air Force Band, alongside Washington National Opera, Danielle de Niese, Ewa Plonk, and Frederica von Stade.

In 2024, Tin was invited by Francesca Zambello (director) to compose a new ending for Puccini’s Turandot at Washington National Opera. Writing in collaboration with librettist Susan Soon He Stanton (playwright and screenwriter/producer of Succession), the run at the Kennedy Center was sold out, played to standing ovations, and was praised by the artists, audience, and critics alike. 

His song “Baba Yetu”, a Swahili setting of The Lord’s Prayer originally written for the video game Civilization IV, is a modern choral standard, and the first piece of music written for a video game ever to win a Grammy Award. It’s been licensed for use by groups ranging from Premier League Football to the Vatican. Two different contestants performed it in the same season of America’s Got Talent. It was even a question on the legendary game show Jeopardy