April 27, 2024- 3:30pm—Part 3 (The Eastman and Juilliard Years) About this Four-Part Lecture At age ten Samuel Adler narrowly escaped Nazi Germany during Kristallnacht, the “night of broken glass.” As he and his father collected sheet music in the loft of the synagogue, saving all that they could on that terrifying night, soldiers heard […]
Angelica Presents “From Celtic Shores: Songs from Scotland and Ireland” this May in Westchester and NYC.
Angelica Women’s Chamber Choir, directed by Marie Caruso, presents “From Celtic Shores: Songs from Scotland and Ireland” this May in Westchester and New York City. The program features arrangements of traditional Celtic melodies, such as “The Skye Boat Song” and the old Jacobite air “Loch Lomond”; settings of medieval texts by composer Michael McGlynn, including […]
Ancient Greek repertoire in St. Louis/Dunphy premiere
Sunday, April 7, sees an unusual program of music setting ancient Greek writers at Graham Chapel, on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The repertoire includes four of the Odes from Sophocles’s ANTIGONE translated by Philip Barnes, the conductor of the performers, the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus. The composers are Ned Rorem, Sasha […]
William Baker Festival Singers in Kansas City Performs Vaughan Williams, Bernstein & More
The William Baker Festival Singers, a 50-voice semi-professional chorale based in Kansas City, will perform its annual Kenneth Babcock Memorial Masterworks Concert with chamber orchestra and distinguished soloists on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 3:00 PM, at the historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 1307 Holmes Street in Kansas City, MO. The program will include Vaughan Williams’ […]
35th Annual Ogontz Choral Workshop
Join us July 18-24 for an extraordinary week of music with inspiring leaders at Ogontz, a rustic resort renowned for its hospitality and scenic beauty in Lyman, New Hampshire. Noted British conductor David Hill will lead singers through Verdi’s Requiem and selections from European Sacred Music, ed. John Rutter. Mezzo-soprano Paula Rockwell of Acadia University, […]
Harmonia: The Leonids & Chor Leoni
“Never before in Vancouver have we heard sounds like these coming out of St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church.” Stir Vancouver In a purely a cappella program, experience the spine-tingling sounds of high harmony as The Leonids return to Vancouver and take the stage alongside Chor Leoni and the singers of their Emerging Choral Artist Program. Time […]