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Preces and Responses
Westminster Abbey
James Buonemani
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James Buonemani
James Buonemani (b. 1956) began his musical career at age 13 when he was appointed Assistant Organist to then Director of Music William Ferris at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Rochester, NY. An early interest in composition won him first prize in a national competition for composers sponsored by Baylor University, at age 15. Since then he has composed music exclusively for the church, much of which can be found on his website MusicaBellaLuna.com. This setting of his “Preces and Responses” has been performed throughout the US and in England and is fast becoming a staple of the Evensong repertoire.
Mr. Buonemani graduated with highest distinction from the Eastman School of Music and the Westminster Choir College and has also studied in England at the Royal School of Church Music. He was awarded the Performer’s Certificate from Eastman in 1978 as an organ student of David Craighead.
He has performed as organist and conductor in such notable venues as St. John the Divine Cathedral (NYC), Grace Cathedral (San Francisco), and in England at Westminster Abbey, Canterbury Cathedral, St. George’s Chapel Windsor, Christ Church Oxford, Wells Cathedral and in Mexico City’s Basilica of our Lady of Guadalupe and on Mexican National Television. Mr. Buonemani collaborated with Los Angeles composer Morten Lauridsen in setting the organ version of Lux Aeterna and performed the world premiere with the Los Angeles Master Chorale in April, 1997 and helped inaugurate the Walt Disney Concert Hall Organ with a performance of the work in 2004. He can also be heard in the premiere recording of this version of the work, among other works, in a 1998 CD release with the Donald Brinegar Singers.
He has appeared before regional and national conventions of the AGO, the American Choral Directors Association, the Association of Anglican Musicians, and the Organ Historical Society. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lamda and is listed in Marquis Who’s Who.
Since 1995, James Buonemani has been Organist & Director of Music for St. James’ Church, Los Angeles, CA.
Paraclete Press sheet music is available from www.paracletesheetmusic.com
For the Choir of St. James' Church, Los Angeles, California;
Choir-in-residence at Westminster Abbey, London, England, August 1999.
Preces and Responses
Westminster Abbey
SATB a cappella with some divisi
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