This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio Stan Schmidt takes you on a journey to view A Map of the Celestial Sky. You will hear Music created by Joseph Gregorio, Eric Barnum, Tarik O’Regan, Bruno Skulte, Paola Prestini, Orlande de Lassus and Frederyk Chopin. Musical styles vary by offering a Cosmic Mystery called The […]
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In Quest of Answers (Part 4)
The Choral Journal archives dates back to May 1959 and contains many wonderful articles, some of which, yes, are out of date; but there are others that still hold importance for choral conductors in the twenty-first century. In 1974-1976, Carole Glenn published a fascinating series of interviews with seventeen choral conductors on various questions of […]
Dreams of the Fallen
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio Stan Schmidt invites you to a special Fourth of July Celebration called Dreams of the Fallen a 25 minute work composed by Jake Runestad in 2013. The Premiere was presented by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphony Chorus of New Orleans at the National World War II Museum New Orleans. The performance you will hear was aired on Minnesota Public Radio on Memorial Day 2017 that took place in 2015 featuring the VocalEssence Singers and Chorus of Minneapolis, Piano Soloist, Jeffrey Biegel and the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra led by Conductor Philip Brunelle.
In Quest of Answers (Part 3)
The Choral Journal archives dates back to May 1959 and contains many wonderful articles, some of which, yes, are out of date; but there are others that still hold importance for choral conductors in the twenty-first century. In 1974-1976, Carole Glenn published a fascinating series of interviews with seventeen choral conductors on various questions of […]
Three Musical Perspectives
This week on Going Beyond Words and ACDA Radio join Stan Schmidt for a program of Three Musical Perspectives from three very important composers whose genres of expression are very different. These creators had residence in Argentina, Poland and Germany. Bartlomiej Pẹkiel was one of the most prominent Baroque Composers of Poland. The Second Musical […]
In Quest of Answers (Part 2)
The Choral Journal archives dates back to May 1959 and contains many wonderful articles, some of which, yes, are out of date; but there are others that still hold importance for choral conductors in the twenty-first century. In 1974-1976, Carole Glenn published a fascinating series of interviews with seventeen choral conductors on various questions of […]