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Meet the Composer: Terry Schlenker on The Bird of Vision
A North Dakota farm, a Colorado IVF lab, and a 13th-century Sufi mystic. Meet Terry Schlenker — the composer behind Saturday’s world premiere of The Bird of Vision, and a Colorado figure with an unusual second life.
Nuance and Connection
Artistic Director Tom Morgan reflects on Ars Nova’s recent collaboration with Apollo5 On October 23 and 24, we hosted the exceptional English vocal ensemble Apollo5. The events of our 36 hours with these amazing musicians included a combined rehearsal with our two ensembles, an energetic 1.5 hour workshop with over 300 students from five area…
Reconciling Latin and Jazz: a Q&A
Ars Nova revisits Will Todd’s Mass in Blue on February 18 In preparation for Ars Nova’s virtual premiere of Made Cool, Executive Director Kimberly Brody caught up with Artistic Director Tom Morgan about this swinging approach to a traditional Latin mass: Kim Well, here we are facing another period during which much of the choral…
Merry Christmas from Tom Morgan
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…
Fourth Chain of Inspiration – Bridge Impressions
One of the marvels of our Shared Visions projects is watching how a single image becomes a meeting place for memory, language, and music. In this fourth Chain of Inspiration, visual artist Gayle Gerson’s Bridge Impressions opens the path. Gerson’s artistic journey began later in life, after years devoted to family and education. Since turning…
A True Acoustic Thrill!
Ars Nova Singers was thrilled to perform a concert on Saturday evening, June 3, in Rangely, CO at The TANK Center for Sonic Arts. An added bonus was the full Strawberry Moon rising in the east as the choir sang a selection of pieces from our April concert program. A venue for “acoustic thrill-seekers,” The…
