On February 23 and 24 my Before the Wresting Tides for piano, chorus, and orchestra will be premiered by Ching-Yun Hu, the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, and the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra at Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral in Philadelphia. The idea behind the program is one that Mendelssohn Club, which commissioned the piece, has explored before: to pair my new work with an existing masterwork, in this case Beethoven's Choral Fantasy. As it turns out, the entire…

With its majestic facade, vaulted dome, ornate main altar and impressive side chapels, the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul provides the perfect backdrop for the majestic Bruckner Mass No. 2 in E Minor and the world premiere of Robert Moran’s Angele Dei and the newly commissioned, full-chorus version of the…

Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia welcomes the Philadelphia Master Chorale and the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas Chancel Choir in the 3rd annual BIG SING on Wednesday evening at 7 PM, July 25 at the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia. This is a concert where everyone can hear the music being sung all around them as the audience sings along with nearly 200 members of three choruses distributed throughout the church. In keeping with the community nature of this year’s BIG SING, the…

Rituals: East/West program with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Girlchoir features exotic instruments, Tibetan dance and the Fauré Requiem

Sunday, April 29 will mark the world premiere of Tse Go La, the new cantata by Philadelphia-based composer Andrea Clearfield commissioned by Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Girlchoir, a member choir of Commonwealth Youthchoirs.  The 30-minute multi-movement…