About the poet . . .
Christina Rosetti (1830-1894) was an English poet whose life was marred with bouts of depression and related illness. Emerging from these challenges, her writing is recognized as having strong themes of religious devotion and also provides social commentary various themes associated with the Victorian Era. Her poem, In the Bleak Midwinter, on which this work is based, became widely known when it was set by Gustav Holst in 1906 as a Christmas Carol in the English Hymnal, was further popularized in the setting by Harold Edwin Darke.
Michael John Trotta is a composer, conductor, and clinician regularly accepting commissions and conducting engagements throughout the country. As an educator, he has held positions at the middle school, high school, and university levels. As a composer he is published with Colla Voce Inc., GIA Publications, Kjos Music Company, MorningStar and Carl Fischer Publications. He holds a Bachelor of Music (Music Education) and a Master of Music (Choral Conducting) from Rowan University where he studied with Dr. Z. Randall Stroope. He currently serves as Associate Director of Choral Stuides at Oklahoma State University where he is also Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education. Prior to his appointment at OSU, he conducted the Chamber Singers and served as the director of the Tiger Glee Club at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he will complete his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting this spring.
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