In All Things, Love
The Moramus Chorale
Friday, May 10, 2024
7:00pm
Old Salem Visitor Center
900 Old Salem Rd., Winston-Salem, NC
CONCERT #1 in the Series of Serenades
Please join us at the Old Salem Visitor Center in Winston-Salem, for a concert featuring both the 1800 Tannenberg organ and the Moramus Chorale. Music for string trio by John Antes represents the earliest string chamber music written by an American. The program will celebrate the unique approach of early Moravians to music, organ music, and congregational singing, all built upon the theme of Christian love.
This concert made possible with the generous support of Old Salem Museums and Gardens (about Old Salem)
Drake Flynt, Conductor of the Moramus Chorale, is also Director of Music at King Moravian Church in King, North Carolina.
He is a recipient of the James V. Salzwedel Award for Excellence in Church Music. “>Read more>
The daughter of a Moravian minister, Mary Lou Kapp Peeples is organist at Calvary Moravian Church and accompanist for the Moramus Chorale. At an early age, Thor Johnson became aware of her extraordinary talent and asked her to accompany Moravian Music Festivals. She played for seven of these festivals from local to international level with Johnson and Ewald Nolte, and returned in 1984 as organ clinician for the international festival. She has performed numerous recitals in the United States and France, including a recital at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York.
Mrs. Peeples earned music performance degrees from Salem College and the Eastman School of Music. For over twenty years she and her husband Wade were professors of music at Judson College, where they received several awards for teaching excellence. “>Read more>
The Moramus Chorale is a performing and recording vocal ensemble of the Moravian Music Foundation. They have premiered new works by living composers and presented “first modern performances” of many (newly edited) works by historic composers. Chorale seeks talented singers, with an interest in Moravian music, who welcome a challenge and are committed to excellence.
Director: Drake Flynt, Director of Music at King Moravian Church, and conductor of the Great Sabbath Service of Music and Moramus Chorale.
Organist: Mary Louise Kapp Peeples
With gratefulness to our season sponsors:
Sallie Greenfield and John Dyer,
Old Salem Museums & Gardens,
Karen Millican,
and Anonymous
Tickets for Winston-Salem Concerts:
https://moravianmusic.ticketspice.com/mmf-serenade-concert-series-2024
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