VIDEO: Bringing Musical Treasures to Your Ears

A short video exploring/explaining the process of editing from the original manuscript to the final publication of a new edition.

MMF YouTube Channel

Please enjoy our MMF Moravian music and Festival videos, and Central Moravian Church’s videos of past performances.

Hymns Meditations with Central Moravian’s Chapel Organist, Richard Miller, and tenor soloist, David Charrier.

Rebecca Lepore, piano (Organist and Choir Director of Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) Old Chapel.

The Moravian Brass Band Union of South Africa

The BBSA is celebrating its 70^th Anniversary this year, online, so everyone may view and listen!

Tickets

EXTENDED TO NOV 30!

Lend your support and participation to our friends of the Brass Band Union of South Africa!

Want to hear glorious brass music played by large ensembles of Moravians
     from stunning and beautiful locations throughout all of South Africa,
           but cannot manage to get there?
It’s very easy to view all the music and support the Brass Band Union of SA (BBSA) at the same time, during their 70th Festival (in a year they are unable to convene in-person). They have spent the last several months, and hundreds of hours, recording musicians at several locations, playing a variety of great arrangements.

You will need a ticket.
Very easily purchase online through Quicket with – Visa or MC – US credit card (I just bought two -Erik) The price is only R125 (ZAR – South African rand) which is about $8.50 (secure online CC payment). (If there was a conversion fee, it was pennies on my card.)

The Festival will consist of music recorded across the country of South Africa, played by musicians in small groups in carefully and specifically chosen historical locations! A virtual band video with over 200 players will also be featured!

The festival consist of well-known musical items like, ” Heal the World”, “The Prayer” arranged by a member of our union, Leon Afrika and a composition based on our theme ‘a Celebration of HIS Mercy’ by Alex Hitzeroth

The Production Team worked tirelessly and relentlessly to ensure successful and enjoyable recordings, a job well done and commendable!

More Info

As a special feature, Moravian brass and wind players in the USA were invited to join the virtual band video project, and several did! All details provided at the link below.

Instructional and Educational Videos

A series of instructional videos for Moravian band players.

Created to fill music education needs during the Covid-19 restrictions in spring of 2020, but… Suitable for all ages, mostly for brass instruments, but for anyone wanting some pointers or help in thinking about their playing in a new way.

Organized around the Moravian Chorale Books (green and blue) and tunes contained therein. These books are available for all wind instruments at www.moravianmusic.org

Instructor: Erik Salzwedel

FREE – simply click on a link, below, to view:

Dave Blum, Research Librarian, shares information about Beethoven’s Sixth “Pastoral” Symphony, acquired by Moravian musicians in America, including first editions.

Lecture Video

Musicians of the Winston-Salem Symphony will perform Beethoven’s Drei Equale for four trombones, as well as Fischer’s arrangement of the Pastoral Symphony for string sextet on Dec. 16, 2020.

Click below for more information on this special, once-in-a-lifetime concert opportunity! (only $20 per household or device)

Tickets available for Live-streamed Concert:

An interview with David Levy and David Blum:

The Americanization of Moravian Music

SPEAKER: Dave Blum, Research Librarian

Visit the MMF YouTube Channel for all lecture videos, and more!

This October Lunchtime Lecture video has been pre-recorded, and features Dave Blum, Research Librarian, presenting his paper which was part of the recent Conference:

Becoming American; The Moravians and Their Neighbors, 1772-1822
(Moravian Archives & Wake Forest Univ.)

Several video lectures were released over the summer of 2020 and are available here for viewing.
Learn about the Moravian Church and how its ideals are expressed through music and verse.
Learn about Moravian bishop and composer, Johannes Herbst, and his music.

LECTURE: Recorded May 14, 2020 at 12:15pm

CLICK HERE FOR LECTURE LINK

Speaker: Dave Blum, Research Librarian of the Moravian Music Foundation https://moravianmusic.org/researcher-guide/