NICK STRIMPLE

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Recordings (1996 - present)

2007: Christmas. Kimberly Locke's 2007 holiday album includes her #1 Billboard AC hits, Up On The Housetop, Jingle Bells and the single Frosty the Snowman. Also included: Ave Maria, Last Christmas, Merry Christmas Darling and Away In A Manger. Curb Records (Consultant)

 

2006: The Nativity Story. Music by Mychael Danna. New Line Records NLR39074 New Line Cinema (Choral Conductor)

 

2006: Max Helfman: Die Naye Hagode, Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra, Los Angeles Zimriyah Chorale, and Choral Society of Southern California. Naxos American Classics 8.559440 [Milken Recorded Archive of American Jewish Music] (Conductor)

 

2005:  Judith Lang Zaimont: Meditations for the New Year, Choral Society of Southern California, other artists. Naxos American Classics 8.559444 [Milken Recorded Archive of American Jewish Music] (Conductor)

 

2003: Michael English Christmas Album, Curb Records D2-78714 (Arranger/Conductor)

 

2001: Rod Stewart: The Very Best Of, Warner Bros. Records RZ 78328 (Director)

 

1999: Judith Lang Zaimont: Radiance (selected choral music by Zaimont). Choral Society of Southern California. 4-Tay Records CD#4015 (Conductor)

 

1996: Viktor Ullmann: The Emporer of Atlantis (CD#Z6681); Hans Krasa: Brundibar and Hebrew and Yiddish folk songs by Viktor Ullmann, Gideon Klein and Sigmund Schul (CD#Z6680). Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Essex Children’s Choir and soloists, conducted by Robert DeCormier. Arabesque Recordings [Music from Terezin Series] (Consultant)

 

1996: Amy Beach: Service in A Major and Nick Strimple: Anthems, Choral Society of Southern California, Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir. Music and Arts Programs of America, Inc. CD#921 (Conductor)

 

Review Strimple's recordings published prior to 1996.

 

 

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

 

5Nick Strimple and Günter Einhaus in Nuremberg, 2000.

 

5Strimple rehearsing in Norwich Cathedral, 1987.

 
 

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