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Time, Eternity, and Inspiration
A Conversation with Artistic Director Tom Morgan and Communications Coordinator Andrea Weidemann Andrea: What was the impetus for choosing these pieces? Tom: Since I learned it in the 1980s, I’ve wanted to perform Frank Martin’s extraordinary Mass for Double Choir. It is recognized in the choral world as one of the pinnacle a cappella achievements of the 20th…
Queen Elizabeth I: Words and Music
An interview with actor Tamara Meneghini, who portrays Queen Elizabeth I with Ars Nova Singers in VINTAGERuby – Elizabeth I: Words and Music. Actor and teaching artist Tamara Meneghini brings Queen Elizabeth I vividly to life in Elizabeth I: In Her Own Words, a solo theatrical work grounded in historical documentation and the scholarship of…
Two Works That Quote Each Other
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Thanksgiving Holiday Traditions
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