Brian O’Neill is a versatile percussionist, drummer, and composer based in Boston, MA. Dubbed a “percussion master and musical polymath” by the Boston Phoenix, Brian has performed with Arizona Opera Company, Flagstaff Symphony (principal percussionist), Kristin...
Berit Strong has over 30 years of professional experience as a classical guitarist, guitar teacher, and recording musician. She is an award-winning international performer of classical guitar repertoire ranging from Renaissance through contemporary music. Ms. Strong...
What can a chorus and orchestra do to match the excitement, drive, and over-the-top climactic movement of the youthful Berlioz Messe solennelle heard here in November? Go in the totally opposite direction: forward to two contemporary masterpieces which, in their...
For most of our 38 seasons, I have avoided repeating a piece, as we choral singers are blessed with a vast repertoire of fascinating, worthwhile compositions from which to choose; life is short, why repeat a work we have already “done?” Short answer: because it is...
It was at an ACDA (American Choral Director’s Association) convention several years ago that I first heard a work by the then impossibly young Norwegian composer, Oja Gjeilo. One is immediately struck by the sheer beauty of sound, created by an understanding of the...
