ENRIQUE GRANADOS Enrique Granados was one of the great pianists and composers of the late 19th-early 20th century. He left his native Barcelona to study in Paris; there he performed in a trio with the young Pablo Casals. He was also a painter. Granados was inspired by the work of his fellow countryman Francisco Goya’s…
Former Ars Nova Singers soprano Andrea Weidemann is also the group’s communications coordinator. Currently living in Dallas, Andrea had a chance to catch up with Tom Morgan to learn more about how our upcoming Lost/Found project came to be. Andrea Weidemann: I’m so interested to learn about how and why you chose to program this…
Throughout Ars Nova Singers’ history, I’ve created new arrangements of Christmas carols or other holiday songs for us to perform on our December concerts. Most years, we auctioned this off at our annual Gala fundraiser, so the titles were chosen by our patrons. Once the arrangement was completed, we’d perform and record it on our…
Inspired by Ars Nova Singers’ holiday concerts, Light/Shadow, audience member Fran Hamilton wrote this beautiful poem in response to our music, particularly Arvo Pärt’s “Magnificat.” it is enough I have discovered it is enough when a single note is beautifully played. …the melody and accompanying voice…is one. One and one is one, it is not…
It has been a busy Fall for Ars Nova Singers. Our Rendezvous Outreach Series launched on September 22 with a performance at the Boulder Rotary’s Peace Week event at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. Our Ensemble Singers (eight singers) presented a 30-minute program devoted to songs of peace, including one of our favorites, Deep…
We are thrilled to be premiering Moonswept by our own Sam Henderson, tenor, Production Assistant, and member of the Ensemble Singers.
For Season 39, Ars Nova Singers commissioned one of the visual artists represented in our June, 2024 Shared Visions project, Chris DeKnikker, to create our season artwork. Each of our concerts this year will feature an image of a piece by Chris, specially chosen to reflect our theme of CONTRASTS. We thought you would enjoy…
A message from our Artistic Director I spent some time this summer thinking about Contrasts, about how we hold otherness, how we find balance between the parts of our lives that don’t seem to overlap all that much. People say they are searching for ‘balance’ in their lives, recognizing the importance of finding a middle…
