Family Piano Co. of Waukegan, IL, invited me to their piano showroom to perform on their featured Sauter grand piano as part of their Joplin Java Concert Series. My great love for the exquisite Sauter pianos dates back to my student days in Paris where I had an opportunity [...] Continue Reading…
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Sophie Webber, cello; Zvonimir Nagy, piano
“Oh soul,
you worry too much.
You have seen your own strength.
You have seen your own beauty.
You have seen your golden wings.
Of anything less,why do you worry?
You are in truth
the soul, of the soul, of the soul.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273)
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Schola Cantorum of St. Michael in Old Town Church, Chicago
Zvonimir Nagy, choirmaster
Based on the text of a Medieval Christmas carol, my new work for unaccompanied SATB choir is well suited for both high school and college choir. A joyous Christmas carol, Sonoris Vocibus, Lat. “Sound Voices”, builds [...] Continue Reading…
I am a Chicago based composer, performer, and sacred musician. As a composer, I view music theory as a branch of cognitive science, and explore its models in composition. As a teacher and performer, I study the aesthetics of the music of our time, and advance the keyboard improvisation and performance. As a sacred musician, I continue to express and define the religious in music as it relates to faith, spirituality, and the notion of self.
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