Solo organ repertoire, a cappella arrangements, original music, performances by the award winning Octava Vocal Ensemble, and more.

The beautiful spiritual Let Us Break Bread Together, arranged by Chicago based pianist, organist, and harpsichordist, Marianne Kim. Recorded during my recital at Yorminster Park Baptist Church on March 15th, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario. Be sure to listen with headphones to hear the beautiful low end of the pedals!

Recorded at St. Thomas' Anglican Church, Toronto, on May 3rd, 2021. The full concert program can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hm43zqdatvGQ8VvvEXeinBnzTNFODmHU/view?usp=sharing 0:00 Bruhns 10:56 Bach 18:27 Hindemith 40:11 Messiaen 53:30 Franck

Nicholas Wanstall is a 21-year-old pianist, organist, singer, composer, and songwriter based in Toronto. He is currently wrapping up his Bachelor’s of Music at the University of Toronto, studying Organ Performance with a minor in composition. He is influenced by a variety of genres and particularly enjoys complex vocal harmonies. You can support the artist by following him on social media Instagram: @organnick_ Facebook: Nicholas Wanstall YouTube: Nicholas Wanstall

Isn't She Lovely, by Stevie Wonder (arr. Nicholas Wanstall) Continuing our Octava + Friends series, we've brought back Ryun, a former Octavian, as a featured soloist in this super fun arrangement! Stay tuned for more videos with our talented friends! Check out our website: https://www.octavavocalensemble.com/ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/octava.ve https://www.instagram.com/octava.ve/ Send us an email: octava.ve@gmail.com

Through a different style, I will bring you opera 〜 Anika-France ©️ 2021 The story of Puccini’s opera "La Bohème" begins on a cold Christmas Eve as the starving poet Rodolfo gets a knock at the door from his sweet neighbor Mimi whose candle has gone out. In the moonlight and over a few sips of wine, they recall their lives and dreams to one another. As the opera unfolds, the couple falls deeply in love only to be separated by Mimi’s fated death. Charles Aznavour’s song "La Bohème" tells a similar story as the narrator is a broke artist who remembers his past life and love. Go check out Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Bohème here: "Che Gelida Manina" aria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPZlUivmU9s Full opera : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_1OtRt0_ho __________________________________________________________________________________________ SOCIALS Mezzo Soprano 〜 Anika-France Forget Instagram: @bird_anika (https://www.instagram.com/bird_anika/) Facebook: @Anika France (https://www.facebook.com/anika.france.7/) YouTube: ANIKA-FRANCE (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk9Lsprtk2sAMo0fs_sz8bQ) Arranger/composer 〜 Nicholas Wanstall Instagram: @organnick_ (https://www.instagram.com/organnick_/) Facebook: @Nicholas Wanstall (https://www.facebook.com/nicholas.wanstall.7) YouTube: Nicholas Wanstall (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0jHgk5mBhU8ZuDjiKQTnHg)

Performed by the Concreamus Chamber Choir conducted by Kai Leung on January 31st, 2020.

Here is my a cappella arrangement of Michael Jackson's Rock With You. Listen with headphones or good speakers to hear all the parts!

Down by the Riverside - Traditional Spiritual, arr. Robert Rice Recorded at our debut solo performance, Octava Vocal Ensemble in Concert, on October 25, 2019 at the Victoria College Chapel (University of Toronto) Check out our website for upcoming performances: https://www.octavavocalensemble.com/ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/octava.ve https://www.instagram.com/octava.ve/ Send us an email: octava.ve@gmail.com

Through a different style, I will bring you opera 〜 Anika-France ©️ 2021 Absurdly in love with the lady in red, Don José has been struck by Carmen’s seductive charm. After their separation, he cannot stand seeing her in the arms of the new bullfighter in town, Escamillo. A rumor spreads and Carmen is warned to fear for her life as her unstable former lover is wandering nearby. Yet, assertive as she is, she makes no case of it. As the bullfight takes place behind the scenes, Don José catches his Carmencita alone and confronts her. Unwilling to return his affection, Don José lunges his dagger and puts an end to his excruciating jealousy. Jimmy Van Heusen’s song Call Me Irresponsible creates an undeniable link with Bizet’s opera Carmen. This jazz hit could be interpreted by the antagonist of the opera, Don José, as he is irresponsibly in love with Carmen. Go check out George Bizet’s opera Carmen here: “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2snTkaD64U Full opera : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4wPTLYVYUE __________________________________________________________________________________________ SOCIALS Mezzo Soprano 〜 Anika-France Forget Instagram: @bird_anika (https://www.instagram.com/bird_anika/) Facebook: @Anika France (https://www.facebook.com/anika.france.7/) YouTube: ANIKA-FRANCE (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk9Lsprtk2sAMo0fs_sz8bQ) Arranger/composer 〜 Nicholas Wanstall Instagram: @organnick_ (https://www.instagram.com/organnick_/) Facebook: @Nicholas Wanstall (https://www.facebook.com/nicholas.wanstall.7) YouTube: Nicholas Wanstall (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0jHgk5mBhU8ZuDjiKQTnHg)

Feller from Fortune - Canadian Folk Song, arr. Bob Chilcott As featured at the Amadeus Choir's virtual event, Songs from a Celtic Heart Check out our website: https://www.octavavocalensemble.com/​ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/octava.ve​ https://www.instagram.com/octava.ve/​ Send us an email: octava.ve@gmail.com

A concert of piano, vocal, and organ music presented at Jubilee United Church in Toronto on March 30, 2019 by Nicholas Wanstall (organist and composer), Claire Latosinsky (soprano), and Benjamin Gabbay (pianist and composer). Full concert program may be viewed at http://benjamingabbay.com/music/mfsa-program.pdf. List of timestamps below: Nocturne, op. 55, no. 1 - Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1949): 0:01:00 Sonnet - Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912): 0:07:42 Text by Georges Pradel (1840-1908) Nuit d'Espagne - Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912): 0:10:54 Text by Louis Gallet (1835-1898) Choral Dorien - Jehan Alain (1911 - 1940): 0:15:03 "Little" Fugue in G minor - J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750): 0:19:07 Mazurka - Benjamin Gabbay (b. 1995): 0:25:15 Five Variations on a Theme by Beethoven - Benjamin Gabbay (b. 1995): 0:28:18 "Batti, batti, o bel Masetto" - W. A. Mozart: 0:38:51 Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte (1749 - 1838) Triptych on "St. Michael" - Walter Kraft (1905 - 1977): 0:44:10 Sonatine - Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): 0:54:10 Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend - Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): 1:07:25 Text by Justinus Kerner (1786 - 1862) Die Lorelei - Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896): 1:10:05 Text by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856) Praeludium in E minor - Nicholaus Bruhns (1665 - 1697): 1:13:56 Lullaby - Nicholas Wanstall (b. 1999): 1:24:51 Text by Eugene Field (1850 - 1895) i carry your heart with me - Benjamin Gabbay (b. 1995): 1:32:17 Text by E. E. Cummings (1894 - 1962) Abschiedsgesang ("Farewell song") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): 1:38:45 Text by Ignaz Seyfried (1776-1841)

Written, recorded, and produced in my bedroom in Toronto! The full EP, Getting Better, is coming soon :) Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6RFaXk9BBt0TwL0j4mUZfq

Written by Nicholas Wanstall and recorded by Octava Vocal Ensemble for the 2020 JM Canada Domicile Adoré contest. Text by Frances Anne Kemble: When you mournfully rivet your tear-laden eyes, That have seen the last sunset of hope pass away, On some bright orb that seems, through the still sapphire skies, In beauty and splendour to roll on its way: Oh, remember this earth, if beheld from afar, Appears wrapt in a halo as soft, and as bright, As the pure silver radiance enshrining yon star, Where your spirit is eagerly soaring tonight. And at this very midnight, perhaps some poor heart That is aching, or breaking, in that distant sphere; Gazes down on this dark world, and longs to depart From its own dismal home, to a happier one here. --- Check out our website for upcoming performances: https://www.octavavocalensemble.com/ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/octava.ve https://www.instagram.com/octava.ve/ Send us an email: octava.ve@gmail.com

Here's my arrangement of Erik Satie's first Gymnopédie, enjoy!

Tell My Ma - Trad. Irish Children's Street Song, arr. Jon Washburn As featured at the Amadeus Choir's virtual event, Songs from a Celtic Heart Check out our website: https://www.octavavocalensemble.com/​​ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/octava.ve​​ https://www.instagram.com/octava.ve/​​ Send us an email: octava.ve@gmail.com

Here's my a cappella arrangement of the traditional tune Bright Morning Star, inspired by Fred Squatrito's gorgeous arrangement. Enjoy!

Through a different style, I will bring you opera 〜 Anika-France ©️ 2021 Like many mistreated operatic heroines, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is no exception. Madama Butterfly, also known as Cio-Cio San is destined to marry Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, Lieutenant of the U.S. Navy. However, she is unaware of her husband's real intentions of settling with another wife back in his home country following their marriage ceremony. Three years have gone by and Butterfly and her son longingly await the return of her husband. In the end, she receives the visit of a young American woman, Pinkerton’s new wife. As she grasps the situation, Cio-Cio San gets a hold of her father’s dagger and puts an end to her unbearable misery. Duke Ellington & Paul Francis Webster’s "I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good" tell the story from Butterfly’s melancholic point of view. Go check out Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly here: "Un bel di vedremo" aria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-r2vu4t9-g Full opera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3stgof-xyN0&t=7108s __________________________________________________________________________________________ SOCIALS Mezzo Soprano 〜 Anika-France Forget Instagram: @bird_anika (https://www.instagram.com/bird_anika/) Facebook: @Anika France (https://www.facebook.com/anika.france.7/) YouTube: ANIKA-FRANCE (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk9Lsprtk2sAMo0fs_sz8bQ) Arranger/composer 〜 Nicholas Wanstall Instagram: @organnick_ (https://www.instagram.com/organnick_/) Facebook: @Nicholas Wanstall (https://www.facebook.com/nicholas.wanstall.7) YouTube: Nicholas Wanstall (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0jHgk5mBhU8ZuDjiKQTnHg)

Hold On, by Mark Sirett Recorded at our debut solo performance, Octava Vocal Ensemble in Concert, on October 25, 2019 at the Victoria College Chapel (University of Toronto) Check out our website for upcoming performances: https://www.octavavocalensemble.com/ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/octava.ve https://www.instagram.com/octava.ve/ Send us an email: octava.ve@gmail.com

Here is my arrangement of the beautiful Irish tune, Danny Boy. Enjoy!

Christmas Song - Words and Music by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells (arr. Peter Knight) Check out our website: https://www.octavavocalensemble.com/ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/octava.ve https://www.instagram.com/octava.ve/ Send us an email: octava.ve@gmail.com

Here's my arrangement of Can't Sleep Love by Pentatonix, enjoy!

Frosty vs. Rudolph: The Re-Boot, arr. Robert Rice Check out our website: https://www.octavavocalensemble.com/ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/octava.ve https://www.instagram.com/octava.ve/ Send us an email: octava.ve@gmail.com

Here's my arrangement of Oscar Peterson's fantastic tune, Hymn to Freedom. Enjoy!

Walking in the Air, from the 1982 animated film, The Snowman By Howard Blake, arr. Nicholas Wanstall Check out our website: https://www.octavavocalensemble.com/ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/octava.ve https://www.instagram.com/octava.ve/ Send us an email: octava.ve@gmail.com

Here is my a cappella arrangement of the jazz standard Lullaby of Birdland. Hope you enjoy!

Rise Up, My Love, by Healey Willan Check out our website for upcoming performances: https://www.octavavocalensemble.com/ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/octava.ve https://www.instagram.com/octava.ve/ Send us an email: octava.ve@gmail.com

And So It Goes, by Billy Joel, arr. Bob Chilcott Recorded at our debut solo performance, Octava Vocal Ensemble in Concert, on October 25, 2019 at the Victoria College Chapel (University of Toronto) Follow us on social Media: https://www.facebook.com/octava.ve https://www.instagram.com/octava.ve/ Email: octava.ve@gmail.com

Blue Moon, by Richard Rodgers (arr. David Blackwell) The first of our Octava + Friends series, featuring the lovely Jessica Pasia! Stay tuned for more videos with our talented friends! Check out our website: https://www.octavavocalensemble.com/ Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/octava.ve https://www.instagram.com/octava.ve/ Send us an email: octava.ve@gmail.com

I'm a Train, by Albert Hammond, arr. Peter Knight Recorded at our debut solo performance, Octava Vocal Ensemble in Concert, on October 25, 2019 at the Victoria College Chapel (University of Toronto) Follow us on social Media: https://www.facebook.com/octava.ve https://www.instagram.com/octava.ve/ Email: octava.ve@gmail.com

Here is my a cappella arrangement of Stevie Wonder's Isn't She Lovely. Listen with headphones or good speakers to hear all the parts!