Mendelssohn Club

Three Philadelphia Ensembles Collaborate For A Landmark Performance

David Patrick Stearns — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:11:30 +0000

The Mendelssohn Club Chorus, the Philadelphia Boys Choir, and The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia are set to perform at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in a very special concert that includes the world premiere of Robert Moran’s expanded - and haunting - 9/11 tribute, Trinity Requiem.

The Philadelphia Inquirer's David Patrick Stearns looks ahead to the October 21st event, that also features Bruckner's Mass in E minor and Moran's Angele Dei.

Secrets of the Silk Road--Choral Mendelssohn Club--Composer Diego Luzuriaga--Metropolitan Paradise

Jim Cotter and David Patrick Stearns — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:00:00 +0000

Jim Cotter takes us to the Penn Museum's latest, newly revamped, exhibition Secrets of
the Silk Road. Susan Lewis looks at how the Mendelssohn Club is expanding the concept of choral performance, with help from its audiences.

David Patrick Stearns profiles the Equadorian-born, Philadelphia-based composer Diego Luzuriaga. And Jim Cotter speaks with historian David Contosta and landscape architect Carol Franklin, authors of Metropolitan Paradise: The Struggle for Nature in the City, Philadelphia's Wissahickon Valley, 1620-2020.

Actor Yves Jacques--Philadelphia's Swedish Origins--Community-Based Public Art--Composer David Lang

Jim Cotter, Susan Lewis and David Patrick Stearns and Jason Peifer — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:34:00 +0000

Jim Cotter speaks with French-Canadian actor Yves Jacques. He stars in the East Coast premiere of Robert Lepage's latest one-man show, The Andersen Project.

Jason Peifer explores Philadelphia's Swedish origins with a visit to the American Swedish Historical Museum.

Susan Lewis explores the power of community-based public art in a newly completed Fairmount Park Art Association project in North Philadelphia.

David Patrick Stearns previews a world-premiere performance by the Mendelssohn Club, at the Philadelphia Armory, of a work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang.

Vera Wilson, Astral Art Services-- The Vanishing Pavillions--The Mendelssohn Club

Jim Cotter, David Patrick Stearns and Susan Lewis — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:21:00 +0000

Vera Wilson, Founder and President of Astral Artistic Services. For 15 years she has provided career services to promising young classical musicians.

A profile of Michael Hersch. The Haverford-based pianist and composer's The Vanishing Pavillions has just been released on CD.

Also, a look at the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, one of the country's oldest choruses.