NICK STRIMPLE
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Books

Choral Music in the Nineteenth Century, Amadeus Press (May 2008)


Choral Music in the Twentieth Century, Amadeus Press (2002)


Book Chapters

"I Mean Now to Undertake the Oratorio Problem" - The Liszt Choral Works: A Conversation with Nick Strimple, chapter in Franz Liszt: A Chorus of Voices, edited by John Tibbetts and Michael Saffle. Pendragon Press (forthcoming)

 

Music as Resistance, chapter in Jewish Resistance to the Nazis, edited by Patrick Henry. Catholic University Press (forthcoming)

 

Choral Music in the Twentieth and Early Twenty-first Centuries, chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music, edited by André de Quadros. Cambridge University Press (forthcoming)

 

Te Deum and The American Flag, chapter in Dvořák in America, edited by John Tibbetts. Amadeus Press (1993)

 

Articles

Choral Music in Theresienstadt 1941 - 1944, in The Orel Foundation On-line Journal (May 2010)

 

Dvořák's Saint Ludmila: Genesis, Premiere, and Aftermath, in American Choral Review (Winter/Spring 2006)

Hallelujah: 35 Great Sacred Choruses, booklet notes for EMI 2-CD compilation set (April 2004)


Music in Terezín: an Advocacy of Life, in Proceedings of the 56th Cantors Assembly International Conference (May 2004)


Pop Music in Worship: Some Observations from a Christian Perspective, in Journal of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (Winter 2002)


The Choral Music of Leoš Janáček: an Annotated Discography, in The Choral Journal (May 1998)


The Choral Works of Antonin Dvořák: an Annotated Discography, in The Choral Journal (April 1997)


Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, booklet notes for Hanssler Verlag CD, conducted by Helmut Rilling (1995)


What Would We Have Lost? article on Terezín in Oregon Bach Festival Journeys (1995); reprinted in Minnesota Chorale Newsletter (November 1995)


Bartok: First String Quartet, "Contrasts," and the Male Chorus Folksong Arrangements, program notes for the J. Paul Getty Museum, in Getty Summer Concert Series Program Book (1994)


Music from Terezín, program notes for the Oratorio Society of New York, in Carnegie Hall Stagebill (May 1993)


Dvořák’s Saint Ludmila, program notes for the Oratorio Society of New York, in Carnegie Hall Stagebill (March 1993)


Concerning John Guthmiller’s Article on Dvořák’s Choral Music, article-length letter to the Editor, in The Choral Journal (December 1991)


An Introduction to the Choral Music of Roy Harris, in The Choral Journal (May 1982)


A Brief Look at Hymnody in the Reformations of Martin Luther and Jean Calvin, in Worship and Arts (April-May 1974)


The Function of Music in Contemporary Worship, in The Choral Journal (May 1971); reprinted in Worship and Arts (June-July 1971); reprinted in Music Bulletin of the Diocesan Music Commission, San Diego (April-May 1976)


Creative Hymnology at the University of Southern California, in Music Ministry (September 1970); reprinted in The Choral Journal (March 1971)

 

 

PREMIERE HIGHLIGHTS

Sinfonia Breve, premiered on 13 November 2010 at Newman Hall on the University of Southern California campus under the direction of Coreen Duffy.

 

Pirke Avot, commissioned by the family of Karl Josephy. Premiered on 22 November 2009 at Congregation Ner Tamid in Palos Verdes Estates. Performed by the Los Angeles Zimriyah Chorale, Lauren Buckley (soprano) and Cantor Samuel Radwine.

 

Music for the Blue Rose, commissioned by Wilbur Richardson. Premiered at the University of Southern California on 1 November 2009.

 

Harpsichord Concerto

Premiered February 2007 in Amarillo, Texas by members of the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra
David Lowe, harpsichord.
 

RECENT FILM

100 Voices: A Journey Home

Strimple is featured in this documentary.

 

RECENT COMMISSIONS

New Work for Brass Quartet (Untitled)

commissioned by the New Music Encounter Festival. Brno Czech Republic

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Choral Music in Theresienstadt 1941 - 1944

(Orel Foundation On-line Journal, May 2010)

 

Choral Music in the Nineteenth Century (Amadeus Press, 2008)

 

RECENT MUSIC PUBLICATIONS

Pirke Avot, for Cantor, mixed chorus and Baroque ensemble, published by NLS Music, 2010.

Nativities
, for soloists, mixed chorus, organ and orchestra, published by NLS Music, 2010.


PHOTOS FROM THE ARCHIVE

Richard Willis and Nick Strimple in Waco, Texas, 1969.
 

Strimple and Larry King prior to Beverly Hills Christmas Celebration, 2004.

 

Strimple with Christopher Norris and Delbert Mann, following a concert in Beverly Hills, 1995

 

Nick Strimple and Walter Matthau, Beverly Hills, 1991.

 
 

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