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Spirited Conversations: Behind the Scores with Special Guest Joel Thompson

Monday March 8, 2021 07:00 PM EST
Cost: Free

From the venue:

Join us Monday, March 8 at 7 pm EST for our second broadcast of Spirited Conversations: Behind the Scores. Eavesdrop on Atlanta Master Chorale Artistic Director Eric Nelson and Emmy award-winning composer, conductor, pianist and educator, Joel Thompson.

Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Joel is currently pursuing his D.M.A. in composition at the Yale School of Music. A quickly rising and frequently commissioned young composer, Joel was vaulted to national prominence with his composition “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed”. The 15-minute work was premiered in November 2015 by the University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club under the direction of Dr. Eugene Rogers and won the 2018 American Prize for Choral Composition.

This will be a live virtual interview, and guests will have an opportunity for Q&A following the session. The event is free to attend.

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