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SPEAKING & CONDUCTING ENGAGEMENTS

Nick Strimple is available for performances, clinics, lectures and workshops on a variety of subjects including Holocaust music, choral music, 20th Century music, Jewish music, the music of Dvorák and other Czech composers, the aesthetics of sacred music, interfaith dialogue, and the continuing problem of genocide.

COMMISSIONS

An avid composer whose recent works include Harpsichord Concerto, Shir HaShirim, and Frenzy, Strimple writes both  original works and arrangements for chorus, voice, chamber ensemble, solo instruments, orchestra, film, television and recordings.

LITERARY WORKS

With scholarly achievements in diverse areas, Strimple is available to write articles, books and reviews. Recent publications include Dvorák's Saint Ludmila: Genesis, Premiere, and Aftermath (American Choral Review, Winter/Spring 2006), and the book Choral Music in the Nineteenth Century (Amadeus Press, in preparation.)

RECENT SPEAKING & CONDUCTING ENGAGEMENTS

2007 Los Angeles Opera

Recovered Voices symposium panelist

2006 Festival Miami

Guest performer and lecturer

2006 American Musicological Society National Convention

Conductor and lecturer

2006 General Assembly of United Jewish Federations

Guest conductor

RECENT COMMISSIONS

Shir HaShirim, for tenor and mezzo soloists mixed chorus and string quartet, commissioned by Wilbur Richardson for the Los Angeles Zimriyah Chorale and Sinai Temple of Los Angeles (2005)

Harpsichord Concerto, for harpsichord and chamber orchestra, commissioned by First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Texas (2006)

Frenzy (poem by Anne Sexton), for soprano and piano, commissioned for Emily May (2006)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, for baritone solo, mixed chorus and organ. Published by National Music Company 2006 (Distributed by Emerson Music)