Trent Johnson Conducts Oratorio Singers in Buxtehude, Handel & PDQ Bach in Westfield NJ March 6 at 3 PM

[Trent Johnson]

The organist and conductor Trent Johnson of New Jersey sends news of a concert on Sunday, March 6, 2011 which includes a satirical work by P.D.Q. Bach, the alias of Prof. Peter Schickele:

"Hello Friends,

On Sunday, March 6, at 3pm I will be conducting the Oratorio Singers with soloists and members of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in 3 works. We will be presenting Buxtehude's Magnificat anima mea, Handel's Dettingen Te Deum and PDQ Bach's humorous creation, his Missa Hilarious SN20. Our soloists will be countertenor Jeffrey Mandelbaum, and bass-baritone Brace Negron.

The concert will take place at the First United Methodist Church, One East Broad Street, Westfield, NJ 07090, (908)233-4211. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $20 general admission, and $15 for students and seniors. I hope you can join us!

Trent Johnson

http://www.oratoriosingerswestfield.org/

Kelly Hall Tompkins: 'O'Connor Quartet Performs in Enlow Hall, Kean University in Union, NJ' Feb. 20, 3 PM

[O'Connor Quartet (Photo Jeff Fasano)]

Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Founder and President of Music Kitchen: Food for the Soul sends AfriClassical this news of the O'Connor Quartet, of which she is a member:

O'Connor Quartet Performs in Union, NJ

February 20th, 3 PM

Kean University - Enlow Hall

Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Violin

Mark O'Connor, Violin

Gillian Gallagher, Viola

Patrice Jackson, Cello

Upcoming Concert Preview: Tanglewood on July 7th!

Plus - March 30 - Chicago; April 3 - Brooklyn; April 30 - Ventura, CA

Trent Johnson plays organ for 'The Son of the Sheik,' Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Bernardsville, NJ, Feb. 11

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Our most recent post on the organist and composer Trent X. Johnson was dated Dec. 4, 2010: “CD 'Halcyon Trio' features works of Trent Johnson, Alfred Uhl & Max Bruch, Xtreme Medium (2002).” We continue to be very satisfied with our purchase of the disc at the website of the Halcyon Trio. Today we learned that Trent Johnson will play an organ accompaniment to a silent film being shown Friday, February 11 at 7:30pm at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 111 Claremont Road, Bernardsville, New Jersey.