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Recordings

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)

1993: Lou Rawls: Christmas Is the Time, Capitol Records - Blue Note (Arranger/Consultant)

1993: Hail, Sacred Feast, (composer) included on With Heart and Voices: Anthems Across America, Madrigalia. Roger Wilhelm, conductor

1992: George Burns and Bobby Vinton: I Know What It Is to Be Young, Curb Records (Orchestrator)

1991: The Mike Curb Congregation: Tie a Yellow Ribbon, Curb Records (Choral Arranger)

1991: Rod Stewart: The Rhythm of My Heart, [Vagabond Heart CD] Warner Brothers Records. (Platinum)(Director)

1989: The Iron Triangle Soundtrack Album, Scotti Brothers Records (Composer/Conductor)

1987: Air Supply: The Christmas Album, Arista Records (Arranger/Conductor)

RECENT PREMIERES

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.

Fantasia for Flute and Piano, commissioned by Jack Lachter for the August 2008 Beverly Hills International Music Festival
Susan Greenberg, flute
Valeria Morgovsky, piano.

Three Sexton Songs

(Anne Struggles with the Downward Slide)

St. Paul's Music Festival in Worcester, MA in June 2008
Emily May, soprano.

In My Craft or Sullen Art

(text by Dylan Thomas)
Performed February 2008 by the Frost Women's Chorale at the University of Miami, conducted by Coreen Duffy.

Harpsichord Concerto

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

RECENT COMMISSIONS

Mother of God for women's chorus and piano, commissioned for the University of Southern California Thornton Orianna Choir.

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

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

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

Valley of Bones, for speaker, mixed chorus, congretation and organ. Published by ECS Publishing 2009.

Mother and Child, for mezzo and baritone soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra, published by Emerson Music, 2008.

Three Contemplations on Southern Folk Hymns, for organ, published by ECS Publishing, 2008.

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)

COMPOSITIONS PUBLISHED BY

ECS Publishing

Laurendale Associates

Oxford University Press

Shawnee Press

PHOTOS FROM THE ARCHIVE 

§ Nick Strimple and Günter Einhaus in Nuremberg, 2000.

§ Strimple rehearsing in Norwich Cathedral, 1987.