Frank Ferko

We go to a lot of conferences each year, but few stir as much excitement and preparation from us as the biennial national conference of The American Guild of Organists. We have several performances and sessions coming up at this year's AGO that we don't want you to miss! Check out our full schedule below.

The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (Norfolk, CT) is one of North America's oldest active summer music festivals. On August 19, the Norfolk festival featured a Choral Festival, directed by Simon Carrington. This remarkable program complete with a first-rate choir and chamber orchestra has always been a highlight of the Norfolk summer. The concert featured three E. C. Schirmer composers: Frank Ferko, Joseph Gregorio, and Libby Larsen.

Frank Ferko

EDITORS' NOTES

Ancient and modern sit side by side to magical effect in this third album from ORA, Suzi Digby’s superb mixed-voice choir. Woven among some of the most powerful choral works by the greatest of 16th-century choral composers, Thomas Tallis, are eight modern works, most commissioned by the group. Tallis provides the inspiration—and sets the bar very high—and the contemporary responses are wonderfully characterful and imaginative.

ORA was born out of a belief that we are in a Second Golden Age of choral music, comparable with that of the Renaissance. This critically-acclaimed a cappella vocal group has been recognized for its musical excellence, as well as its fresh and engaging approach to music-making and performance.