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Moravian Music Foundation NEWSLETTER Spring 2009 MMOORRAAVVIIAANN MMUUSSIICC FFOOUUNNDDAATTIIOONN NNEEWWSSLLEETTTTEERR PRESERVING, CELEBRATING, AND CULTIVATING THE MUSICAL LIFE OF THE MORAVIANS The Moravian Music Foundation preserves, celebrates, and cultivates VOL. XXIV the musical life of the Moravians. NO. 1 Preserving, celebrating, Richard Saunders receives cultivating Salzwedel Award The MMF Board of Trustees has adopted a revision of our 14-year-old mission statement! Adopted in 1994, the “old” statement has served us well – Preserving, sharing, and celebrating the musical culture of Moravians – and the new one includes a more active metaphor: rather than sharing, the Board acknowledged that MMF cultivates the musical life of the Moravians. The Board recognized that preservation remains an integral part of MMF’s work: taking care of the irreplaceable music and documents in our custody, and interpreting our past, bringing it into the present. Celebration remains a joyful aspect of our work: concerts, Festivals, events of various sorts that lift up the Moravian musical life in rejoicing and thanksgiving. The new metaphor of cultivation carries resonances Richard “Dick” Saunders (left), the latest recipient of the James V. of gardening – planting, tilling, nurturing – and of Salzwedel Award for Excellence in Church Music, shaking hands organic growth and fruitfulness. Cultivation promotes with Jim Salzwedel, January 4, 2009. life – and the musical heritage and culture of the Dick Saunders, born in a house across from Christ Moravians is alive and thriving indeed! Moravian Church during choir rehearsal, was certain Welcome to the musical life of the Moravians, its lb d l to become a Moravian musician. He began playing in the band at age 10, and has been band leader at Christ In This Issue… Moravian since 1968. Preserving, Celebrating, and Cultivating During his Navy service, he played “Taps” at A new metaphor for our work.........................................1 many military funerals, including the funeral of New MMF board members............................................10 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, playing antiphonally Celebrating with another musician. Richard Saunders receives Salzwedel Award ...............1 He has sung for many years in the adult choir of Moravian Music Festival registration information.......3 Christ Moravian Church, singing the tenor solo of Moravian music calendar...............................................10 Thou Child Divine, and serving as Interim Director Concerts: Charles Eichman Memorial Concert, Unitas whenever needed. He was a charter member of the Chorale, George L. Lloyd Memorial Concert ..............11 Christ Moravian handbell choir, only retiring from Cultivating ringing in 2007. New publications: Anthems, Michael, Hommann............2 His musical service has extended far beyond the “Re-Imagining” Moravian Hymns workshop...............5 Christ Moravian congregation, and he continues to be MMF Donors in 2008 a good and faithful steward of his musical gifts. The Our year-end list of people to thank!..............................6 MMF Board of Trustees awarded him the James V. Salzwedel Award for Excellence in Church Music on January 4, 2009. Congratulations, Brother Saunders! Page 2 Moravian Music Foundation NEWSLETTER Spring 2009 Cultivating… Publications We are absolutely delighted to announce the publication, in July of 2008, of David Moritz Michael’s Der 103te Psalm (Psalm 103) in the Recent Researches in American Music series of A-R editions, newly edited by former MMF Director Dr. Karl Kroeger. A-R Editions’ introductory material for this new publication includes this information: “David Moritz Michael composed his setting of Psalm 103 in 1805 for performance by the Collegium Musicum at Nazareth, of which he was music director. Cast in eleven short movements, the cantata opens and closes with impressive, dramatic choruses. Between these pillars, solo ariettas and shorter choral sections praise God’s grace and benevolence. Set for alto, tenor, and bass soloists, mixed chorus, and a small orchestra, it is the earliest cantata-like work by an American-Moravian composer and possibly the earliest such work composed in the United States. The cantata makes only modest technical demands on the vocal and instrumental forces and should be attractive to performers and audience alike.” See http://www.areditions.com/rr/rra/a065.html for more information! Another A-R Editions publication using sources from Moravian musical collections is the Surviving Orchestral Music by Philadelphia-born composer Charles Hommann (1803-1872), edited by Joanne Swenson-Eldridge from works in the Philharmonic Society of Bethlehem collection. Congratulations to both these editors, and to all who work to bring this rich musical heritage to the voices and instruments (and ears!) of today’s musicians! 2008 Board of Trustees Moravian Star Anthem Series update Honorary Trustees Helen C. Hanes Winston-Salem, NC Our latest addition to the series is Massah M. Warner, Choral Virginia M. Howard Pineville, LA Responses, Set I, sponsored by the Senior Choir of the First Marian J. Johns Detroit, MI Moravian Church, Dover, Ohio, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. G. Executive Committee Randall Gibbs. Warner is best known as the composer of the Gerald M. Smith, President Winston-Salem, NC setting of The Lord’s Prayer which has been in the past 3 American Rev. Gordon L. Sommers, D. Min., Vice-President Bethlehem, PA Moravian hymnals, and of the music to the beloved Christmas Donald Frey, Ph.D., Vice-President Winston-Salem, NC hymn Softly the Night Is Sleeping. More to come this spring! Richard M. Henderson, Secretary Winston-Salem, NC Jeffrey W. Stocker Gnadenhutten, OH Celebrating … Trustees Cheryl Baker Bethlehem, PA the Charles Eichman Memorial Concert Thomas Baucom Raleigh, NC nd R. Michael Cude Pilot Mountain, NC On Sunday evening, February 22 , 2009, friends Rev. M. Lynnette Delbridge, Ph.D. Staten Island, NY and family of the Rev. Charles Eichman filled the Ray Gatland Winston-Salem, NC sanctuary of College Hill Moravian Church in G. Randall Gibbs New Philadelphia, OH Bethlehem, PA, to honor his memory and sing Peggy Jamieson Placentia, CA God’s praise. Led by Gwyneth Michel, Director of Don Kemmerer Bethlehem, PA Music at the church and Assistant Director of the Rev. Christopher T. A. New Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Moravian Music Foundation, the concert began Rev. David A. Schattschneider, Ph.D. Bethlehem, PA with choir and congregation joining together in Jeanne Serfas Nazareth, PA the anthem Let Praises Fill This Place, and from that moment on Lillian B. Shelton Winston-Salem, NC praises did indeed resound! The service included some of Brother Norma Smith Opa Locka, FL Barbara J. Strauss Cleveland, OH Charlie’s favorite hymns and anthems, and featured the church’s Kathy Wendt Lake Mills, WI Senior and Handbell Choirs, other talented members of the Montine Wilkinson Winston-Salem, NC congregation, and guest singers from the Unitas Chorale. MMF John Yarbrough Charleston, SC Director Nola Knouse made a special guest appearance, joining Sally A. Zimmer Unionville, MI with College Hill member Jodi Bortz in a Mozart flute duet. One of evening’s most memorable moments came when Charlie’s eldest Ex Officio C.T. “Ted” Leinbach III, Treasurer Winston-Salem, NC son, David Eichman, joined with euphonium player Andy Bauer to Robert G. Spaugh, Legal Counsel Lexington, NC present the beloved Moravian anthem, It Is A Precious Thing. David and his father often sang this duet together; this evening, however, Staff “Charlie’s solo” was played rather than sung. Other participants Nola Reed Knouse, Ph. D. Director included Bill Derby (guitar), Cynthia Rader Geyer (voice), and Gwyneth A. Michel Assistant Director Bonnie Stoltz (harp) – all members of the congregation. Jane Barry D. “Bart” Collins Administrator & Development Director Margaret Brady Office Manager MacDonald, organist at West Side Moravian Church, and Tina Giesler, Northern Province Controller, also participated. A free will offering was taken to benefit the summer music program at College Hill. Vol. XXIV, No. 1 Moravian Music Foundation NEWSLETTER Page 3 Registration Form e ________________________________________ Please direct questions to Paddy Wigney at 704-664-4167 or [email protected] Festival Costs Price Amount Due Workshop selections: Every effort will be made to try to honor your selections but some offerings have limited space. 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