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"Gurrelieder: in the Walt Disney Hall, review of LA Philharmonic performance at ACDA convention, in American Choral Review (Summer/Fall 2005)

Days of Awe, review of 5 CD set of music for the Jewish High Holidays conducted by Samuel Adler, in The Choral Journal (September 1996)

The Choral Music of Latin America: a Guide to Compositions and Research, by Suzanne Spicer Tiemstra, review in Music Library Notes (December 1993)

Music in Terezin, 1941-45, by Joza Karas, review in The Austrian History Yearbook (1993)

Choral Music on Record, Edited by Alan Blyth, review in Music Library Notes (December 1992)

Run Ye Shepherds to the Light, Michael Haydn, edited by Elwood Jay Johnson, and Nine Choruses from "Continental Harmony" by William Billings, edited by Dale Jergenson, reviews in The Choral Journal (March 1983)

Who Moved the Heavy Stone, by Austin C. Lovelace, and Song to Sing Out, Hymn to Joy, and God Who Made the Earth, by Alice Jordan, reviews in The Choral Journal (April 1982)

Unser Heiland ist geboren, by Wolfgang Hofmann, review in The Choral Journal (April 1982)

Adoramus te, by G. P. da Palestrina, edited by Thomas Dunn, King Jesus Has a Garden, Wexford Carol, and Praise the Lord O My Soul, by John Rutter, Let All the People Praise Thee O God, by William Mathias, and Holy Communion, by Jack Hawes, reviews in The Choral Journal (March 1982)

Sing We Now of Christmas, by W. M. Govea, Kyrie eleison (from Mass VI), by Antonio Lotti, edited by Walter Ehret, and Sing Praises by Kent Newbury, reviews in The Choral Journal (December 1981)

Hosanna in the Highest, by John Horman, I Was Glad, by James McCray, and A Child My Choice, by Stephen Paulus, reviews in The Choral Journal (October 1981)

Symphony Out of Touch, review of Downey Symphony Concert in The Southeast News (February 15, 1974)

Night of Nostalgia, review of Downey Symphony concert in The Southeast News (January 25, 1974)

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)

PHOTOS FROM THE ARCHIVE 

§ Nick Strimple and Dr. Richard Braun, Chairman of the Jewish Music Commission of Los Angeles, 2006.

§ Richard Thomas and Nick Strimple following a rehearsal in Beverly Hills, 1982.

§ James Stewart with Nick Strimple during a rehearsal break, 1992.