NICK STRIMPLE

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Articles and Book Chapters (1971 - 1994)

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)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Concerning John Guthmiller’s Article on Dvorak’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)

 

 

RECENT PREMIERES

Three Sexton Songs

(Anne Struggles with the Downward Slide)

St. Paul's Music Festival

Worcester, MA - June 08

 

In My Craft or Sullen Art

(text by Dylan Thomas)

 

Harpsichord Concerto

Sacred Works of Nick Strimple

Amarillo, TX - February 07

 

RECENT COMMISSIONS

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

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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

 

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

(American Choral Review, Winter/Spring 2006)

 

RECENT MUSIC PUBLICATIONS

Three Contemplations on Southern Folk Hymns, for organ. Published by ECS Publishing 2007

 

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

 

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

 

5Strimple with Christopher Norris and Delbert Mann, following a concert in Beverly Hills, 1995

 

5Nick Strimple and Walter Matthau, Beverly Hills, 1991.

 
 

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