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Introducing the Ars Nova Singers Community-Driven Artistic Advisory Committee
by Kimberly Brody, Executive Director I am thrilled to introduce Ars Nova Singers’ newly formed Artistic Advisory Committee – a group of community supporters with an interest in helping shape the future of Ars Nova Singers. Inspired by board member Beth Etter, professional chamber musician, educator, and pianist with the Erie (PA) Philharmonic, the Ars…
Ars Nova Singers: 40 Years of Music Beyond Words
(This article originally appeared in the Boulder Daily Camera on Sunday, August 31) Q & A with Ars Nova’s Visionary Artistic Director, Tom Morgan Tom Morgan, on the top of Colorado’s highest summit, Mount Elbert. The co-founder and Artistic Director of Ars Nova Singers reflects on four decades of music and leading one of the…
Ten Strings, and the Four You Never Hear
Narciso Yepes conceived the ten-string classical guitar in 1963 and had it built by José Ramírez III. Four of its strings are usually never played at all. Nicolò Spera played it at our September house concert — and explains what the extra four do: “The note shines, but there is the Milky Way around it.”
Artistic Director Thomas Morgan Goes Full-Time
We are excited to share that Ars Nova Singers’ Artistic Director and Founder, Thomas Edward Morgan, has agreed to take on a full-time role with the organization, effective July 1, 2021! We are thrilled that Tom will be able to devote all of his creative and artistic energy to continuing to build Ars Nova Singers…
The Composer Who Left Italy and Taught Hollywood to Score
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was banned from Italian radio in 1938, arrived in New York in July 1939, and spent the next sixteen years writing film music in Los Angeles. His students included Jerry Goldsmith, André Previn and John Williams. In 1951 he wrote the first work composed specifically for choir and guitar.
