This is a past event
The acclaimed University of Aberdeen Chamber Choir performs their first concert of 2014 with Special Guest Conductor Professor James Jordan of Westminster Choir College, New Jersey, USA.
The Grammy nominated, James Jordan is recognised and praised around the musical world as one of America’s pre-eminent conductors, writers and innovators in choral music. The most published performer/author in the world, he has authored more than 30 books on all aspects of the choral art and has been described as a “visionary” by The Choral Journal. His book Evoking Sound was named as a “must read” on a list of six books by The Choral Journal. At Westminster Choir College (Princeton, New Jersey) he is Professor and Senior Conductor and conducts theWestminster Schola Cantorum and the Westminster Williamson Voices.
Come and hear America’s greatest choral conductor bring his magic to our own, talented Chamber Choir in some of Jordan’s favorite repertoire, including the Durufle Requiem which Jordan conducted for Durufle himself.
- Venue
- King's College Chapel
- Contact
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Admission free.
For more information please contact the Music Department - music@abdn.ac.uk / 01224 272570