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)

 

Articles and Book Chapters (1995 - present)

Dvorák'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 Terezin: 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 Leos Janacek: an Annotated Discography, in The Choral Journal (May 1998)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Review Strimple's book chapters and articles published prior to 1995.

 

 

WORLD PREMIERE

Harpsichord Concerto

Amarillo, TX

 

RECENT COMMISSIONS

Three Sexton Songs (Anne Struggles with the Downward Slide), commissioned anonymously for Emily May

 

Fantasia for Flute and Piano, commissioned by Jack Lachter for the Beverly Hills International Music Festival

 

Music for the Blue Rose, for Piano, Violin, Cello, and Mixed Chorus, commissioned for the Blue Rose Trio and the Choral Society of Southern California by Wilbur Richardson

 

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

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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

 

Dvorák's Saint Ludmila: Genesis, Premiere, and Aftermath

(American Choral Review, Winter/Spring 2006)

 

Hallelujah: 36 Great Sacred Choruses, booklet notes for EMI 2-CD compilation set

(April 2004)

 

RECENT RECORDINGS

Christmas, consultant on Kimberly Locke's (American Idol) 2007 Holiday album

 

The Nativity Story, choral conductor (New Line Cinema, 2006)

 

Max Helfman: Die Naye Hagode, conductor (Naxos American Classics, 2006)

 

RECENT REVIEWS WRITTEN

"Gurrelieder" in the Walt Disney Hall, a review of the Los Angeles Philharmonic performance at ACDA Convention

(American Choral Review, Summer/Fall 2005)

 

PHOTOS FROM THE ARCHIVE

 

5Richard Willis and Nick Strimple in Waco, Texas, 1969.

 

5Strimple and Larry King prior to Beverly Hills Christmas Celebration, 2004.

 
 

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