This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio, Host Stan Schmidt Presents a SPECIAL EDITION featuring a Jazz Requiem by Swedish Composer Nils Lindberg. When listening to the Compositions and arrangements of Nils Lindberg, it soon becomes evident that his musical roots are from his native Dalarna, the traditional home of Swedish Folk Music. […]
Sanctus and Hosanna Palm Sunday
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio, Host Stan Schmidt Presents music for Passion Sunday and Holy Week. During the visit you will enjoy music from JS Bach, Howard Hanson, Charles Gounod, John Goss, David Naylor, John McCabe, Maximilian Steinberg and two wonderful Hymns. Choral groups include The Rias Kammerchor, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, […]
Give Us Peace in Our Time
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio, Host Stan Schmidt continues the serious listening for the Lenten Season and takes you on a soul searching journey through choral music. Using Da Pacem Domine by Gesualdo and Pärt to surround the hour of music, you will hear The beatitudes by Bastiks, Motherless Child and […]
Free Us, Save Us and Defend Us
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio, Host Stan Schmidt continues the serious listening for the Lenten Season. Taking the texts Libera Nos, How Long O Lord? And De Profundis you will encounter music by John Sheppard, an unaccompanied gem by Johann Michael Haydn, Antonio Vivaldi’s Crucifixus, the stunning cry for help from Egil Hovland plus the Agnus dei by Samuel Barber.
Music Within Reach: Finding Accessible, High-Quality Choral Music
By Brandon Moss There is no shortage of stellar choral programs in this country. Like many of you, I was privileged to attend this year’s ACDA National Conference in Minneapolis, where we witnessed at least a couple dozen of the country’s most gifted ensembles from K-12 schools, universities, and churches. Think of how many other […]
A Passion Master Piece
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio, Host Stan Schmidt continues with some interesting listening with two versions of Ave Verum Corpus, one by Francis Poulenc and the other by Mozart. Then for the first time, music from a new CD titled “Far In the Heavens – The Choral Music of Stephen Paulus” offered by the True Concord Voices and Orchestra from Arizona led by Eric Holton.