The Westminster Presbyterian Church choirs will perform the world premier of my new Magnificat setting at their annual Christmas Concert with Robert Ragoonanan conducting. An excerpt from the program note follows:
“Mary’s Magnificat prayer haunts me as I consider our modern social justice failures. I was baptized and raised in the Presbyterian Church, and it’s particularly difficult for me to wrap my head around those who claim the Bible as a justification to other, as motivation for ignoring the humanity of marginalized communities, or even as carte blanche to demonize. I wrote this piece as a call back toward the social justice and compassion for others that I believe is at the very core of the New Testament’s message.”
World premier of my new sonata for saxophone and piano, Twilight Songs with the incredible Matthew Tracy at the NASA National Conference. Time TBD.
Before Alma College’s Annual Masterworks performance, I will give a brief pre-concert lecture on the three settings of the Magnificat to be performed: Vivaldi, Taylor Scott Davis, and my own, including compositional process elements and analysis for my own work.
The Alma College Choir and Orchestra will perform my Magnificat setting at their annual Masterworks Concert with Dr. Nicole Mattfeld. An excerpt from the program note follows:
“Mary’s Magnificat prayer haunts me as I consider our modern social justice failures. I was baptized and raised in the Presbyterian Church, and it’s particularly difficult for me to wrap my head around those who claim the Bible as a justification to other, as motivation for ignoring the humanity of marginalized communities, or even as carte blanche to demonize. I wrote this piece as a call back toward the social justice and compassion for others that I believe is at the very core of the New Testament’s message.”
Other works on the program will be Vivaldi’s Magnificat and Taylor Scott Davis’s Magnificat.
