Music in the Meetinghouse A MIGHTY FORTRESS

Salute to Dr. Paul E. Knox A Musical Celebration with the Greater Bridgeport Chapter of the AGO

November 8, 2015 4:00PM

Program

“II. Choral” from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 20 (1903) Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Aymeric Dupré la Tour, organ

Hymn-improvisation on “A Mighty Fortress”*** EIN FIESTE BURG Verses 1-3 Melody by Martin Luther c.1529

John Michniewicz, organ

Visions (1997) Joe Utterback (1944-)

Dedicated to Dr. Louise Miller | Minister of Music, Emeritus First Congregational Church | Stratford, Connecticut

Galen Tate, organ

Joe Utterback, piano

Reflections (2015) Utterback In memory of PAUL KNOX | for flautist Joshua Toman

Darren Ziller, flute Joe Utterback, piano

Gammal fäbodpsalm från Dalarna Oskar Lindberg (Old Stable Song from Dalarna) (1887-1955)

Paul Jacobson, organ

Nunc Dimittis (1957) Paul E. Knox (1930-2015)

written for Emmanuel Baptist Choir

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles,

And to be the glory of thy people Israel. Luke 2:29-32, Book of Common Prayer, 1662

Paul Knox Chamber Choir Mike Lantowski, organ

Aymeric Dupré la Tour, conductor

Brief Intermission—10 Minutes

** Paul Knox Festival Choir *** Audience participation: words found in program

Program

I Will Sing (10/18/2010)** Knox I will sing! Yea, I will sing praises to God

Mike Lantowski, organ

Paul P. Defrance and Rick Sanislo, trumpet Aymeric Dupré la Tour, conductor

“Libera me” from Requiem, Op. 48 (1877, 1887-93)** Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Thomas Woodman, baritone Paul Knox Festival Choir & Chamber Orchestra

Aymeric Dupré la Tour, conductor

Cantata No. 80, Ein Feste Burg - A Mighty Fortress (1723?, 1728-31?) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Chorus: “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott”

Aria and duet (bass and soprano): “Alles, was von Gott geboren”

Recitative and arioso (bass): “Erwäge doch, Kind Gottes”

Aria (soprano): “Komm in mein Herzenshaus”

Chorale: “Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel wär”**

Recitative and arioso (tenor): “So stehe denn bei Christi blutgefärbten Fahne”

Duetto (alto, tenor): “Wie selig sind doch die, die Gott im Munde tragen”

Chorale: “Das Wort sie sollen lassen stahn”***

Rebecca Craig, soprano Helena Brown, mezzo-soprano

Karl Scully, tenor Michael Costantino, bass-baritone

Paul Knox Chamber Choir & Orchestra Aymeric Dupré la Tour & Meg Williams, conductors

*** Fourth verse of “A Mighty Fortress”

Please join us for the Wine and Cheese Reception following the program.

Music

Musicians

Paul Knox Chamber Orchestra

VIOLIN I

Kelly Hall-Tomkins

VIOLIN II

Zoë Haley-Johnson

Andrew Crape

Patrick Lien

VIOLA

Emily Skvorc

CELLO

Valeryia Sholokhova

DOUBLE BASS

Jordan Pistilli

FLUTE

Darren Ziller

OBOE/ENGLISH HORN/OBOE D’AMORE

Alexandra Lambertson

Tim Gocklin

TRUMPET

Jeff Albright

Paul P. Defrances

Rick Sanislo

Bruce Letsch

SAXOPHONE

Sharon Pistilli

HARPSICHORD

Elena Zamolodchikova

ORGAN

Paul Jacobson

Paul Knox Chamber Choir

SOPRANOS

Rebecca Craig

Jane Barnes

Cheri Evan

Nancy Johmann

Carol Woodman

ALTOS

Helena Brown

Dottie Cameron

Peggy Gettig

Pam Ryley

Meg Williams

TENORS

Karl Scully

Michael Jackson

Barry Persky

Paul Jacobson

BASS

Michael Costantino

Frank Martignetti

Roger Ryley

John Williams

Thomas Woodman

We are grateful to the members of the Greater Bridgeport Chapter of the American

Guild of Organists and all the musicians featured today for their dedication and gifts of music in celebration of the life of Paul Knox, who was a “Mighty Fortress” among us, and whose musical influence will live on with us forever.

Text & Translation

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna, in die illa tremenda, quando coeli movendi sunt et terra, dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem. Tremens factus sum ego, et timeo dum discussion venerit, atque ventura ira. Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et miseriae dies magna et amara valde. Requiem aeternam, dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

(tr. Arnold vander Nat © 1999.)

Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death, on that fearful day when the heavens are moved and the earth when thou shalt come to judge the world through fire. I am made to tremble, and I fear, when the desolation shall come, and also the coming wrath. That day the day of wrath, calamity and misery, that terrible and exceedingly bitter day. Rest eternal grant them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them.

Libera Me from Fauré’s Requiem

Cantata No. 80, Ein Feste Burg - A Mighty Fortress

1. Chor Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, Ein gute Wehr und Waffen; Er hilft uns frei aus aller Not, Die uns itzt hat betroffen. Der alte böse Feind, Mit Ernst er's jetzt meint, Groß Macht und viel List Sein grausam Rüstung ist, Auf Erd ist nicht seinsgleichen. ("Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," verse 1)

2. Arie Bass und Choral Soprano Alles, was von Gott geboren, Ist zum Siegen auserkoren. Mit unsrer Macht ist nichts getan, Wir sind gar bald verloren. Es streit' vor uns der rechte Mann, Den Gott selbst hat erkoren. Wer bei Christi Blutpanier In der Taufe Treu geschworen, Siegt im Geiste für und für. Fragst du, wer er ist? Er heißt Jesus Christ, Der Herre Zebaoth, Und ist kein andrer Gott, Das Feld muß er behalten. Alles, was von Gott geboren, Ist zum Siegen auserkoren. ("Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," verse 2)

1. Chorus Our God is a secure fortress, a good shield and weapon; He helps us willingly out of all troubles, that now have encountered us. The old, evil enemy Is earnestly bent on it, great strength and much deceit are his horrid armaments, there is nothing like him on earth.

2. Aria Bass and Chorale Soprano Everything that is born of God is destined for victory. Nothing can be done through our strength, we are soon already lost. The righteous Man battles for us, that God himself has elected. Whoever, with the bloody banner of Christ is sworn into the fealty of baptism, conquers in the spirit again and again. You ask, who is He? He is called Jesus Christ, the Lord of Sabaoth, and there is no other God, He must control the battlefield. Everything that is born of God is destined for victory.

3. Rezitativ Bass Erwäge doch, Kind Gottes, die so große Liebe, Da Jesus sich Mit seinem Blute dir verschriebe, Wormit er dich Zum Kriege wider Satans Heer und wider Welt, und Sünde Geworben hat! Gib nicht in deiner Seele Dem Satan und den Lastern statt! Laß nicht dein Herz, Den Himmel Gottes auf der Erden, Zur Wüste werden! Bereue deine Schuld mit Schmerz, Daß Christi Geist mit dir sich fest verbinde!

4. Arie Soprano Komm in mein Herzenshaus, Herr Jesu, mein Verlangen! Treib Welt und Satan aus Und laß dein Bild in mir erneuert prangen! Weg, schnöder Sündengraus!

5. Choral Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel wär Und wollten uns verschlingen, So fürchten wir uns nicht so sehr, Es soll uns doch gelingen. Der Fürst dieser Welt, Wie saur er sich stellt, Tut er uns doch nicht, Das macht, er ist gericht', Ein Wörtlein kann ihn fällen. ("Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," verse 3)

6. Rezitativ Tenor So stehe dann bei Christi blutgefärbten Fahne, O Seele, fest Und glaube, daß dein Haupt dich nicht verläßt, Ja, daß sein Sieg Auch dir den Weg zu deiner Krone bahne! Tritt freudig an den Krieg! Wirst du nur Gottes Wort So hören als bewahren, So wird der Feind gezwungen auszufahren, Dein Heiland bleibt dein Hort!

7. Arie (Duett) Alto & Tenor Wie selig sind doch die, die Gott im Munde tragen, Doch selger ist das Herz, das ihn im Glauben trägt! Es bleibet unbesiegt und kann die Feinde schlagen Und wird zuletzt gekrönt, wenn es den Tod erlegt.

8. Choral*** Das Wort sie sollen lassen stahn Und kein' Dank dazu haben. Er ist bei uns wohl auf dem Plan Mit seinem Geist und Gaben. Nehmen sie uns den Leib, Gut, Ehr, Kind und Weib, Laß fahren dahin, Sie habens kein' Gewinn; Das Reich muß uns doch bleiben. ("Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," verse 4)

3. Recitative Bass Only consider, child of God, that such great love, which Jesus Himself with His blood signed over to you, through which He, in the war against Satan's host and against the world and sin, has won you! Do not make a place in your soul for Satan and depravity! Do not let your heart, God's heaven on earth, become a wasteland! Repent your guilt with pain, so that Christ's spirit may firmly bind itself to you!

4. Aria Soprano Come into my heart's house, Lord Jesus, my desire! Drive the world and Satan out and let your image, shine forth renewed in me! Away, comtemptible horror of sin!

5. Chorale And if the world were full of the devil and would devour us, even then we would not be so fearful, we should even then succeed. The fear of this world, however sour he might be, yet can do nothing to us, a little word can topple him.

6. Recitative Tenor Then stand with Christ's bloodstained flag, o soul, firmly and believe that you will not lose your Leader, Indeed, that His victory will also pave the way to your crown! March joyfully to war! If you only keep God's word as you hear it, then the enemy will be driven out forcibly, your Savior remains your treasure!

7. Aria (Duet) Alto & Tenor How happy are they, who bear God in their mouths, yet happier is the heart that bear Him in faith! It remains unconquered and can strike at the enemy and will be crowned at last, when it captures death.

8. Chorale*** (All) They shall put His word aside and give no thanks for it. He is with us indeed in strategy with His spirit and His gifts. If they take our bodies from us, possessions, honor, child, wife, let them take them away, they have no spoils; our riches yet remain with us.

Salomon Franck 1715; "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," Martin Luther 1528/29 (verses 1-4 - mov'ts. 1,2,6,8)

Text & Translation

Aymeric Dupré la Tour, native of Lyons, France — where he graduated from the Conservatoire National de Région as a youth – has performed internationally and earned both an Artist Diploma in organ and a Masters in historical performance at Oberlin, OH. In 2009, Dupré la Tour obtained his DMA from the Juilliard School. Dr. Dupré la Tour serves as Director of Music and Organist at First Church Congregational, Fairfield. Dr. Dupré la Tour was recently appointed artistic director for musical events by the North Stonington Historical Society. Last February, he was invited to perform harpsichord and organ concerti by C.P.E. Bach and M. Corrette with the Chamber Orchestra of New York, Ottorino Respighi at Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall. A recent recording with Elena Zamolodchikova of El Puente de las Almas, an impressive work for two harpsichords by composer Dr. José Beviá, is about to be released on the MSR Classics label. Meg Boxwell Williams serves as Associate Pastor at the First Congregational Church of Stratford and Chaplain at the Greater Bridgeport Community Mental Health Center, where she ministers to persons on the Inpatient units. She is a graduate of the Yale Divinity School and Institute of Sacred Music, and has served as Organist and Choir Director at a number of churches in southern Connecticut. She is currently Co-Dean of the Greater Bridgeport Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, sharing that role with Dorothy Cameron. Meg is grateful to have known both Louise Miller and Paul Knox and to have considered Paul a mentor in her early professional years. Paul took part in her Service of Ordination at First Congregational Church, Old Greenwich, 32 years ago this weekend.

Rebecca Craig, soprano, studied voice at the Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Kentucky. Ms. Craig has performed several leading roles with Stamford's Curtain Call Theater: Kate McGowan in Titanic the Musical, Cosette in Les Misérables, Johanna in Sweeney Todd, Jessica in The Merchant of Venice, and Rose in Meet Me in St. Louis. Other roles include Lady Larkin in Once Upon a Mattress, and the dynamic role of Annette in God of Carnage. Ms. Craig’s performances include solo, small ensemble and choral participation in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, as well as events throughout Fairfield and Litchfield counties.

Helena Brown, mezzo-soprano, displays a "stunningly large round sound" and "a hefty quality alto" (“Voce di meche,” David Shengold, Opera News). Helena made her European debut as Serena and Strawberry Woman in Porgy & Bess with New York Harlem Productions. Ms. Brown appeared in theaters such as Grand Théâtre de Genève, Chassé Theater, and Amsterdam RAI. Last season she performed Mrs. Herring in Albert Herring with Bronx Opera and joined Chautauqua Opera as a Studio Artist, performing the Aunt in an English translation of Madama Butterfly, covering Mama McCourt in The Ballad of Baby Doe, and sang Ježibaba in scenes from Rusalka. This summer, she appeared in Des Moines Metro Opera as Dalila in Samson et Dalila, Mistress Quickly in Falstaff, Martha in Faust, and Filippyevna in Eugene Onegin in scenes concerts. Helena Brown appeared as a distinguished alumna in a recital at her alma mater, Hollins University, on October 15, 2015.

Karl Scully, tenor, sang with The Irish Tenors and performed as a soloist in over a hundred venues in Europe and the USA. These include Avery Fischer Hall, Lincoln Centre, Wolftrap Mainstage, Virginia, Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy, Moulin D'Ande, France and The National Concert Hall, Ireland. A Masters degree graduate from Manhattan School of Music, his operatic roles include: Don Jose in Carmen by Bizet, Witch in Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck, MacHeath, in Beggars Opera and Albert in Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten. He also starred as Count John McCormack in the film Nora starring Ewan McGregor.

Michael Costantino, bass-baritone, sings in a wide range of styles. Equally adroit across operatic roles (Papageno to Malatesta to Figaro), musical theater (Jesus to Joey to KoKo), jazz standards in combo (Loesser to Sondheim to Porter), and solo recitals, Mr. Costantino also composes, arranges, and conducts choral works, acts, directs, teaches, does voice-overs, in addition to being an internet designer/developer and recording engineer. Michael Costantino directs the Conn Artists, an a cappella ensemble of male voices.

About the Performers

About the Performers

Dr. Paul Jacobson has served as a church musician, educator, and writer for more than 35 years serving parishes of more than half a dozen denominations. He is a native of the midwest, receiving his BA in Music (Organ Performance) from Blackburn College, Illinois. He studied organ and choral conducting at the Royal Danish Conservatory, earned dual graduate degrees in Religion and Organ Performance from Yale Institute of Sacred Music and received his PhD from Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, and was ordained a priest of the Episcopal Church. He has served parishes in New Jersey and Connecticut and is now Director of Music at the Stratford United Methodist Church. Mike Lantowski is Organist and Director of Music at St. Pius X Church in Fairfield and Organist for Temple Israel in Westport. At St. Pius, Mike leads a choir of volunteers and professionals, a youth choir and the St. Pius Sarto Chamber Consort of professional singers and musicians who specialize in early music and chant. Mike wore mouse ears when he performed on our brand new Klais organ inauguration day 2010, giving a children’s concert and story; the kids loved it! He has a BA in liturgical music from Manhattan School of Music; Mike was also studied organ with Paul Knox. Dr. John Michniewicz (“Dr. J”) is Minister of Music at the United Church of Christ in Bridgeport and the Director of the Academic Music Program at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, where he directs the Liturgical Choir, the University Concert Choir, the 4 Heart Harmony, and the University’s select chamber choir. He has performed organ recitals at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, NYC, Princeton University, Cathedrals in Spain, and as accompanist with touring choirs in Austria, St. Peter’s Basilica, and others. His children’s choir anthem “Halle, Hallelujah” was sung at the Papal Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in Washington, DC and he conducted a choir of 185 children singing in Central Park preceding the Mass celebrated their by Pope John Paul II. He received his DMA and MM from Manhattan School of Music. Galen Tate is Director of Music and Organist at St. Thomas More RC Church in Darien and on the music faculty of Sacred Heart University. At SHU, he conducts SHU L.O.V.E, a ladies only vocal ensemble; he also teaches academic music classes. He received his Bachelors and Masters in Organ Performance from the Universities of Arkansas and Tennessee respectively. As an accompanist, he has performed with the United Chorale, the Mendelssohn Choir of CT, Stamford Chorale, Lumina String Quartet, Sax in the City, and the Fairfield County Chorale Summer Sings. Currently he is assistant director/accompanist for the New Haven Chorale. He has also served on the faculty of Norwalk Community College, Fairfield University, and the Hartt School of Music. Dr. Joe Utterback is a celebrated jazz pianist, composer, recording artist, and adjunct professor of music at Sacred Heart University. He is also Director of Music and Organist at First Congregational Church, Stratford. Dr. Joe is a featured performer throughout the United States, from the Tony Awards, to music festivals, Christmas music in the Empire State Building, and on and on. He gives frequent solo concerts, many in Fairfield County. He also gives improvisation workshops at meetings of the American Guild of Organists and National Federation of Music Clubs. Over 225 of his varied compositions have been published and many recorded, including Porgy and Bess Jazz Suite, Blues and Ballads at the Movies, Night & Day, Christmas on the Mountain, Night Train, Stardust, Dr. Joe’s JAZZ GOSPEL, and Jazz Dreams. Joe is the consummate performer, clearly loving his contact with the audience. He holds degrees in piano from Wichita State and a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Kansas. Thomas Woodman is a baritone who has had an active career in opera performance both in the United States at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera and in Europe at Bayerische Staatsoper, Opera St. Etienne, Opera Nice, Theater Hagen, Teater Augsburg am Roten Tor, and as resident baritone with the Staatstheater Darmstadt. In addition to opera, Tom has sung in Beethoven’s Mass in C Minor, Mahler’s 8th Symphony at Carnegie Hall, and participated in the world premiere of the Sandy Hook Requiem composed by Joe Utterback. Here at home Woodman is teaching voice--from opera to Broadway--in Greenwich and in Wilton, and has sung with many church choirs, the Fairfield County Chorale, and here at First Church under Paul Knox’s direction. A native of Greenwich, CT, Woodman is a graduate of the Hartt School of Music, Hartford. Darren Ziller is a jazz musician who plays the flute but his day job is working for Cornell University, NYC, as alumni coordinator of events. He holds a BA from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music (2012) and studied at the Parsons School of Design and before that Andrew Warde HS. In May 2015 Darren founded the Chamber Orchestra of Fairfield, a group made up of professionals, conservatory students, and high level high school students from Fairfield County; their inaugural concert was here in First Church on August 8th where they raised $2000 for the Emma Jane von Euler Music Scholarship at the High School Scholarship Foundation of Fairfield.

M. Louise Miller - Paul E. Knox Scholarship

2,500 Award for 2016 - M. Louise Miller - Paul E. Knox Scholarship

A scholarship fund was established in 1998 to honor the life and work of Dr. M. Louise Miller (1914 - 2008), a founding member (1948) of the Greater Bridgeport chapter, and to recognize her great achievements in the fields of church music, organ playing and teaching. In 2015, through a generous gift from the estate of Dr. Paul E. Knox (1930-2015), an esteemed colleague of Dr. Miller and outstanding church musician and teacher, the Greater Bridgeport Chapter of the AGO renamed the scholarship and increased the award amount. A $2,500 scholarship will be awarded in June 2016 to an undergraduate student pursuing study in fall 2016 at an American college, conservatory, or university, leading toward a career in organ performance and church music. The winner will also be invited to play a recital in Connecticut for the AGO.

The application process includes writing a short essay and submitting a recording of two standard organ pieces (Bach and Romantic). Application deadline is June 1, 2016. Click here for the application form and detail instructions, or contact scholarship coordinator Dr. Alice Caldwell, MLouiseMillerScholarship@gmail.com

Dr. Alice Caldwell Chair, M. Louise Miller-Paul E. Knox Scholarship

Judges – Dr. Alice Caldwell, Dr. Stephen Rapp, Jeffrey Wood Scholarship Treasurer - John J. Polo Greater Bridgeport AGO Former Judges - K. Bryan Kirk, Paul Knox, Dr. John Michniewicz, Galen Tate,

Previous Winners

Nicholas Capozzoli Katelyn Emerson Christopher Howerter Colin MacKnight Amanda Mole Kevin Neel

Your donation is gratefully accepted in support of the M. Louise Miller & Paul E. Knox Scholarship Fund

Scott Montgomery

Mary Pan

Susan Beisner Powell

David von Behren

Frederick Teardo

An Appreciation of Louise Miller and Paul Knox

For all those who care about the organ and music for the church, Louise Miller and Paul Knox set a standard of professional excellence and personal integrity that still resonates in the Greater Bridgeport area.

M. Louise Miller, born in Bridgeport in 1914, lived most of her life in Fairfield and spent her last years in

Ashlar Village of Wallingford until her death in 2008. She left her mark on the Greater Bridgeport music community primarily through her long tenure as music director and organist at the First Congregational Church of Stratford, beginning in 1937 until her retirement in 1979. In that capacity she inaugurated the Palm Sunday Oratorio Concerts in 1942. A highlight of that ensemble's history was a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah at the Klein Memorial Auditorium in 1956. In 1948 she was a founding member of the Bridgeport Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and served as dean of the chapter from 1954 to 1955. Later in her career Louise Miller collaborated with her colleague Paul Knox as accompanist to the United Chorale of United Congregational Church of Bridgeport, traveling with the choir on tours to Great Britain and Central Europe. Louise Miller enjoyed a reputation for superb musicianship and was highly respected for training young people in her choral ensembles. Former choir members recall not only a high level of music-making but also a fostering of camaraderie and lifelong friendships in her ensembles.

In an era when relatively few women undertook advanced education, Louise Miller studied at the Yale School of Music; Trinity College of Music, London; and the School of Sacred Music, Union Theological Seminary, New York City. She also received a Doctor of Humanities Degree (honoris causa) from the Bridgeport Engineering Institute.

Today the legacy of Louise Miller lives on in the Palm Sunday Concerts that continue at Stratford Congregational Church under the leadership of its current music director, Dr. Joe Utterback. In 1996 Dr. Utterback honored Dr. Miller by composing Visions for organ and piano, with Louise Miller performing on the organ at its premiere.

Paul Knox passed away this year at the age of eighty-four. A native of Texas, Paul Knox grew up in Dallas and

received his earliest music education as a member of the Apollo Boys Choir. After studies at North Texas State University, military service, and graduate study at the School of Sacred Music of Union Theological Seminary in New York, Dr. Knox made the Bridgeport area his home. He became music director at the United Congregational Church of Bridgeport, leading a comprehensive program including choirs, handbells, recorders and Orff instruments. In 1992 he received the Doctor of Music degree (honoris causa) from Piedmont College, Georgia, in recognition of his distinguished church music career. He was a member of the American Guild of Organists and served as Dean of The Greater Bridgeport Chapter from 1974 to 1975. In 1996, following thirty-one years of service at United, Dr. Knox retired from full-time church work. He continued another fifteen years in various part-time positions as director of music for Trumbull Congregational Church, Golden Hill United Methodist Church in Bridgeport, and finally, First Church Congregational in Fairfield where he remained until a major new pipe organ was installed and dedicated in 2010.

Renowned for his sense of humor and gentlemanly demeanor, Paul Knox mentored younger colleagues and inspired those who sang under his direction. The strong tradition he nurtured at United Congregational lives on, even in the changed context of church music in the twenty-first century. Innovations such as the Norma Pfriem Children's Choir, led by current minister of music Dr. John Michniewicz, carry the legacy of Paul Knox forward into our own time.

--Sources include obituaries published in the Connecticut Post; interviews with former colleagues and choir members; Bridgeport AGO website

Alice M. Caldwell

October 2015

First Church Congregational 148 Beach Rd Fairfield, CT

203-259-8396 www.firstchurchfairfield.org

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Tickets —$25 Advance --$20

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with The Chamber Singers

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The 44th Heida Hermanns International Music Competition will be held at First Church to discover the most promising young pianists. The semi-final round on Saturday will

feature 18 contestants from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm; Saturday is free and open to the public. Six finalists will perform on Sunday beginning at 2:00 pm. Tickets for Sunday are $35.00. For more information, contact CAM at <camusic.org/audience>