Thursday February 16 to Saturday February 18, 2012 at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Lecture-Recital “Disclosing the divine: computer-aided analysis of Pärt’s tintinnabuli technique,” on the Dobson Organ in the Calvin College Chapel as part of the Forum on Music and Christian Scholarship annual meeting.
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Sunday March 4, 2012 at 4:00PM at St. Peter’s Church, Weston, MA
Choral Evensong with the choirs of St. Peter’s, Weston, MA (Shenton, director), Trinitarian Congregational Church, Wayland, MA (Kurihara, director) and Church of the Holy Spirit, Wayland (Ryan, director).
Three choirs join to sing choral evensong for Lent, with canticles by Thomas Weelkes and music by John Stainer, Noel Rawsthorne, Tchaikovsky and others. The service will be preceded by a choral prelude at 3:45 PM and followed by a reception. Free and open to the public.
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Friday March 9, 2012 at 8:00PM at First Church, Cambridge, MA
Sunday March 11, 2012 at 3:00PM at Old South Church, Boston, MA
Boston Choral Ensemble: “Butterfly Dreams”
We explore the dream state with evocative music by Eric Whitacre (including Sleep and Leonardo dreams of his flying machine), Butterfly Dreams by John Tavener; Judith Weir’s a blue true dream of sky and music by Dowland, Huube de Lange and others.
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Friday June 1, 2012 at 8:00PM at First Church, Cambridge, MA
Sunday June 3, 2012 at 3:00PM at Old South Church, Boston, MA
Boston Choral Ensemble: “Chichester Commissions”
This concert features works commissioned by Dean Walter Hussey for Chichester Cathedral in England, including Leonard Bernstein’s sensational Chichester Psalms, the stunning Chichester Mass by American composer William Albright, a setting of Psalm 23 by Lennox Berkeley and canticle settings by Bryan Kelly and William Walton. In the spirit of Hussey’s adventurous commissioning these concerts will feature the world premiere of the piece composed for BCE by Stephen Feigenbaum, the winner of our 2012 composition competition.
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Tuesday June 5, 2012 at 12:15PM at King’s Chapel, Boston, MA
Daniel Pinkham Birthday recital featuring music by J.S. Bach, Satie and Pinkham.
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Wednesday June 6, 2012 at 5:30PM at St. John’s Church, Bowdoin Street, Boston, MA
Recital featuring music by Satie and Utterback at the historic church of St. John the Evangelist next to the State House in downtown Boston.
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Saturday June 30, 2012 at 7:30PM. Venue tba.
A joint recital with the Boston Choral Ensemble and the Manado State University Choir from North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Sunday December 9, 2012 at 4:00PM at St. Peter’s Church, Weston, MA
Come and Sing Handel’s Messiah Part I
You are invited to bring your score (some will be provided) and sing the choruses to Handel’s Messiah Part I. Join the choir and soloists of St. Peter’s Church for an unforgettable performance of this seasonal favorite.
Andrew Shenton, conductor; Heinrich Christensen, organ; Meredeth Kelly, soprano; Cassandra Santiago, alto; Evan Biela, tenor; Jonathan Cole, bass.
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Selected Previous Engagements
March 19, 2010 at 7:30 PM at United Methdosit Church, Newark, DE
Solo recital on the Casavant organ in Newark United Methodist Church. The recital included music by Bach and Brahms.
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May 5, 2010 at 12:00 noon at Luther Memorial Church, Madison, WI
Solo organ recital at the historic Luther Memorial Church on the 56-rank Austin gallery organ.
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June 2, 2010 at 5:30 PM at St. John the Evangelist, Bowdoin Street, Boston, MA
Solo organ recital at the historic church of St. John’s Church, Bowdoin Street, next to the State House in downtown Boston.
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September 24 & 25, 2010 at The Southbank Centre, London, England
Arvo Pärt: Soundtrack of an Age Conference. Organizer and presenter.
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March 4, 2011 at 8:00PM at First Church, Cambridge, MA
March 6, 2011 at 2:30PM at Old South Church, Boston, MA
Boston Choral Ensemble: The Door of Paradise. Guest conductor with Boston’s leading choral group the Boston Choral Ensemble, for a concert of British choral music, including works by John Tavener, Richard Scarth and the sublime Take him earth for cherishing by Herbert Howells.
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April 3, 2011 at 6:00PM at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Pittsfield, MA
Guest speaker for the Berkshire Chapter Member/Clergy dinner of the American Guild of Organists.
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May 26-28, 2011 at Canterbury Christ Church University, England
‘Baltic Musics and Musicologies’ Conference. Presenter and program committee member.
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October 10, 2011 at 11:00AM at United Parish Brookline, MA
Lecture on the organ music of Franz Liszt in celebration of the compeer’s centenary as part of the mini-convention of the Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
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October 30, 2011 at 3:30PM at First Lutheran Church, Boston, MA
Recital on the Fowkes organ as part of the Reformation Day celebrations.
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Friday November 4, 2011 at 8:00PM at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Lecture on Arvo Pärt for the Musicology Colloquium, 4:00PM
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November 11, 2011 at 6:15PM at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City
Pre-concert lecture in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse as part of the White Light Festival (Oilivier Latry playing Messiaen at Alice Tully Hall).
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Friday November 18, 2011 at 8:00PM at First Church, Cambridge, MA
Sunday November 20, 2011 at 3:00PM at Mission Church, Boston, MA
Boston Choral Ensemble “Vertue”
The opening concert of the eleventh season of the Boston Choral Ensemble celebrated the 400th anniversary of the death of Tomás Luis de Victoria with a performance of his 5-voice Missa Ascendens Christus in Altum, combined with music by award-winning contemporary British composer Judith Weir.
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Monday November 21, 2011 at 7:00PM at Symphony Hall, Boston
Pre-concert lecture in the auditorium of Symphony Hall as part of the Boston University Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus and Orchestra Concert (Verdi: Requiem and Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw).
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Saturday December 17, 2011 at 3:00PM at Old South Church, Boston, MA
Boston Choral Ensemble: “A Choral Holiday”
The Boston Choral Ensemble and the Choirs of Marlborough High School performed a concert of music to celebrate the holidays.
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