Similar Posts
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…
Ars Nova Singers Presents REBIRTH: BEYOND THE RENAISSANCE February 9 and 11
Rare performance of Thomas Tallis’s 40-voice motet Spem in alium By Peter Alexander Sharps and Flatirons Sometime around the year 1570, the English composer Thomas Tallis wrote what some have called his “crowning achievement.” The work in question is more often discussed than heard: Spem in alium, a motet in 40 voices, arranged in eight choirs of…
Chris DeKnikker: Woodworker, Sculptor, Artist
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…
Second Chain of Inspiration – Reflections in Water and Sky
This next Chain of Inspiration begins with visual artist Claire Ibarra and her photographic work Cloud Dance. Sky moving across water. Color shifting before you can name it. A moment that feels both still and alive at the same time. There’s something quietly spacious in this image. Sky and water seem to meet and trade…
Introducing Shared Visions – How the Project Began and How It Has Evolved
by Tom Morgan, Artistic Director Shared Visions is truly ars nova – new art, forged from shared inspirations of visual art, poetry, and sound. It is a project that sprang from seeds planted in the 1980s. In 1986, the Tate Gallery in London published an anthology of poetry based on visual art in their collection, entitled With…
Remembering Columbine – Reflections by Artistic Director Tom Morgan
25 years ago, the Columbine school shooting rocked the world. Ars Nova Singers participated in a memorial concert just days after the tragedy. Colorado Public Radio is reprising their hour-long feature “Remembering Columbine Through Music” through the end of this month. The first half hour is the story of “American Elegy.” The second half hour…
