Ars Nova Singers is proud to announce the appointment of Elizabeth Swanson as Associate Conductor. “Elizabeth is an extraordinary choral musician. We are so fortunate to have her in the community and now sharing her expertise with Ars Nova! I’m really looking forward to this next portion of our journey.” –Tom Morgan, Artistic Director
This preview article appears on the March 29, 2022 Sharps and Flatirons blog by Peter Alexander It’s a common theme: Boulder conductors look to program music that recognizes the stress and trauma their audiences have been through in the past two years. Reena Esmail For Thomas Morgan and the Ars Nova Singers, that means turning…
In preparation for Made Fragile, Tom Morgan caught up with our viola soloist, Matt Dane, for a quick chat about his connection with Reena Esmail and what her music means to him personally. TOM I understand that you’ve had quite a connection to this gifted young composer. Can you tell us about how you met her,…
“It has been said that my Requiem does not express the fear of death and someone has called it a lullaby of death. But it is thus that I see death: as a happy deliverance, an aspiration towards happiness above, rather than as a painful experience.” – Gabriel Fauré, 1902 fra·gil·i·ty /frəˈjilədē/ noun – the…
Originally published by Peter Alexander for Sharps & Flatirons. “We wanted to bring the music from one of our finer performances,” Tom Morgan says. The conductor of Boulder’s Ars Nova Singers wanted to offer a free online gift to the disaster-wearied local community at the start of 2022, before the choir starts having in-person rehearsals…
Ars Nova revisits Will Todd’s Mass in Blue on February 18 In preparation for Ars Nova’s virtual premiere of Made Cool, Executive Director Kimberly Brody caught up with Artistic Director Tom Morgan about this swinging approach to a traditional Latin mass: Kim Well, here we are facing another period during which much of the choral…
Originally published by Marc Shulgold for The Scen3: “Ars Nova Sings Together and Apart” Tom Morgan has one goal in mind for the Ars Nova Singers’ upcoming performance on Youtube. “I want our audience to get an Ars Nova experience,” the chamber choir’s director stressed. An admirable goal. And it may happen – but that…