Ola Gjeilo has become a respected, popular and often performed composer. Ola spent time here in the valley a few years ago as composer in Residence with the Phoenix Chorale in 2009-2010.
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It's that time of year, the holidays are behind us and the New Year begun AND it’s time for the Arizona Bach Festival to begin!
Charles Bruffy has been leading the Phoenix Chorale for eighteen years and this weekend the journey that has included great performances and Grammy winning recordings comes to an endThe final performances of the Phoenix Chorale with Charles Bruffy are at 7:30 Friday evening at American Lutheran Church and Saturday evening in Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix, then Sunday afternoon at 3:00 at Camelback Bible Church. K-Bach’s Sterling Beeaff sat down for one last interview with Charles…
Well, after much practice The Phoenix Children’s Chorus and its conductor Ron Carpenter and the Carolyn Eynon Singers are headed to Carangie Hall.