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It’s that time again! Orchestras and choruses around the country are gearing up for Christmas concerts, and many of them are performing music by composer Randol Bass. Check out the list below to see where Bass’ music will be performed this winter! Bellringers’ Holiday Cleveland Orchestra Missoula Symphony Association Christmas Flourish Case Western… Read More Randol Bass – Winter 2018 Performances |
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By Kofi Agawu Between 2002 and 2006, the local currency in Ghana included a 20,000-cedi note with the image of composer Ephraim Amu. These spaces are normally reserved for famous political leaders, generic situations that project the country’s industry and culture, and historic sites. That Dr. Amu shared this company speaks to the very high… Read More Introducing Three Songs by Ephraim Amu |
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Tom Keesecker will be performing music from his Advent and Christmas piano collections in an hour-long program of piano music, song, and poetry at these churches in November and December. – Sunday, 11/18, Saint Martin’s Lutheran, Annapolis, MD, 3pm – Monday, 11/26, St Mary Magdalen Mission, Bel Air, MD, 7 pm – Wednesday, 11/28, The… Read More Tom Keesecker Winter 2018 Performances |
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Jennifer Pascual is Director of Music at St. Patrick’s Cathedral since 2003 and the first woman to hold this position. She holds degrees in organ and piano performance and in music education, culminating in a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Organ Performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. She hosts Sounds… Read More Jennifer Pascual and Sounds from the Spires: Interviewing the interviewer |
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Juliana Hall: A Season of Premieres How Do I Love Thee? world premiere Saturday, September 29, 2018 – 7:30 PM Contemporary Undercurrent of Song Project (CUSP) All Saint’s Church 16 All Saint’s Road Princeton, NJ Soprano Martha Guth and pianist Erika Switzer present the world premiere of How Do I Love Thee? – 5 songs… Read More Juliana Hall Performances – 2018/2019 Season |
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Sunday, October 14th, 2018, 7PM “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” Joshua Trio: Emil Miland, cello; Meredith Clark, harp; Ann Moss, soprano Swedenborgian Church of San Francisco http://www.annmosssoprano.com/calendar/2018/10/14/the-joshua-trio Thursday, October 18th, 2018, 7:30PM “In Praise of Music” San Francisco Girls’ Chorus; Valerie Sainte-Agathe, conductor Herbst Theatre, San Francisco https://www.sfgirlschorus.org/performances/anamericaninspiration Saturday, November 10th,… Read More David Conte Performances – Fall 2018/Winter 2019 |
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Guest post by Kelly Dobbs-Mickus The new volume of Responsorial Psalms for the 3-year Lectionary by Luke Mayernik is receiving rave reviews from customers as an excellent resource for psalmody. This second post continues to explore the practice of responsorial psalm singing in the context of Roman Catholic liturgy using The Five Graces Psalter for… Read More Responsorial Psalm Singing with the Five Graces Psalter, Part 2 |
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My first memories of Dr. Ronald (“Ron”) Arnatt came during the early to mid-1990s when I worked as an editor at Scores International music engravers (formerly Commonwealth Digital). ECS Publishing was one of our main clients; both companies were in downtown Boston not far from one another. Ron would often stop by our office to… Read More Ronald Arnatt (1930–2018): A Remembrance by Stanley M. Hoffman |
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Guest post by David Sims Part I Every now and then a project comes along that is so unique and so meaningful that a composer cannot refuse the opportunity. So says composer Juliana Hall, whose new mezzo-soprano song cycle Through the Guarded Gate is the result of such a project. Through the Guarded Gate was… Read More Juliana Hall’s Art Songs March Across America for Women’s Rights |
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Click here to watch the complete opera Judith Fein: When composer/conductor Henry Mollicone asked me to write the libretto for Hotel Eden, he said it had to be based on the Bible. I had one immediate thought: it has to be from the point of view of the women. No, that isn’t entirely true. I… Read More From the Creators: Henry Mollicone + Judith Fein on Hotel Eden |
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