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Moravian Music Festival 2017

The 25th Moravian Music Festival 

July 23-29, 2017 Moravian Fest logo LO-RES

Dr. John V. Sinclair, Festival Chorus and Orchestra Conductor
Chris Wormald, Festival Concert Band Conductor
Rev. Dr. Nola Reed Knouse, Music Director
Amanda Moody Schumpert, Festival Chair

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STORY of the 2013 FESTIVAL

STORY of the 2017 FESTIVAL

PAST FESTIVALS

Please make plans to join our voices and instruments in music and worship !

CONCERTS:

July 23              Festival Opening Lovefeast, 7:30pm, Home Moravian Church

July 24              Festival Concert – An Elegant Evening, 7:30pm, Trinity Moravian Church, sanctuary; free.

July 25              Salem Band Concert – Best of Salem Band – A special performance as part of the Moravian Music Foundation Festival. Tuesday at 7:30 pm. Salem Square (rain location Home Moravian Church) FREE. American Salute • South Pacific • Polkas. Salem Band euphonium soloist Jeff Whitsett performing the NC premier of “Vignettes”

July 26              Lou Carol Fix, Organist of Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA (week of the Festival!) Tannenberg Organ Recital Series, featuring regional organists performing on the 1800 Tannenberg organ. Wednesdays in July, 12 p.m.—12:30 p.m. James A. Gray, Jr. Auditorium (900 Old Salem Road) Admission: Free

July 26              Anthem Sing, 7:30pm, Home Moravian Church, sanctuary; free.

July 27              Festival Concert Band – By A Spring, 7:30pm, Calvary Moravian Church, sanctuary; free.

July 28              Children’s Choir Concert – 2:00pm, Home Moravian Church, sanctuary; free.

July 28              Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Sing, O Ye Heavens, 7:30pm, Williams Auditorium, WSSU; free.

July 29              Festival Concert and Closing Singstunde, 9:00am, Home Moravian Church, sanctuary; free.

 

Moravian Music Festivals are sponsored by the Moravian Music Foundation. The Festivals are planned and coordinated by the Foundation’s staff and board in cooperation with a Festival Planning Committee. Prior to 2010, Festivals were sponsored by the provinces of the Moravian Church in America, alternating locations between the North and the South. Festivals are held every four years, alternating between Winston-Salem, NC, and Bethlehem, PA.

CONCERT PUBLICITY and INFORMATION

SHORTER VERSION:

Please join Moravian brothers and sisters from across the United States and from around the world as they share their love of music and hard work of preparation during the week-long Moravian Music Festival in Winston-Salem, July 23 – 29, 2017. All concerts are preceded by a band prelude, and are free and open to the public.

The opening Lovefeast will be at Home Moravian Church, 529 S. Church St., Winston-Salem, NC; A Vocal Concert on Monday, July 24, 7:30 p.m., Trinity Moravian Church, 220 E Sprague St; An Anthem Sing with the Moramus Chorale will be Wednesday, July 26, 7:30 p.m. at Home Moravian Church. On Thursday, July 27, 7:30 p.m., Calvary Moravian Church will host the Festival Band and Chamber Ensembles Concert, in the sanctuary, 600 Holly Ave NW, Winston-Salem, NC. On Friday evening, Sing, O Ye Heavens! The Festival Chorus and Orchestra is 7:30 p.m., Williams Auditorium, Winston-Salem State University. Saturday morning, July 29, 9:30 a.m., there will be final performances of several instrumental groups, along with some hymn singing at Mit Freuden zart: Singstunde: The Festival Trombone Choir, Festival Handbell Choir, Chamber Ensembles at Home Moravian Church

For more information, please visit www.MoravianMusicFestival.org and follow the “25thMoravianMusicFestival” on Facebook

EVEN SHORTER VERSION:

Please join the Moravian Music Festival, as musicians share their love of music and hard work of preparation in evening concerts, the week of July 23 – 29, 2017. All concerts are 7:30pm, except Saturday; preceded by a band prelude, and are free and open to the public. There is a Lovefeast, a Vocal Concert , an Anthem Sing with the Moramus Chorale, a Festival Concert Band and Ensembles Concert, the Festival Chorus and Orchestra, and a final Singstunde with Festival Trombone Choir, Handbell Choir, Chamber Ensembles. For more information, please visit www.MoravianMusicFestival.org and follow the “25thMoravianMusicFestival” on Facebook

LONGER VERSION:

Please join Moravian brothers and sisters from across the United States and from around the world as they share their love of music and hard work of preparation during the week-long Moravian Music Festival in Winston-Salem, July 23 – 29, 2017. All concerts are preceded by a band prelude, and are free and open to the public and are sponsored by the Moravian Music Foundation.

The week begins with a lovefeast at Home Moravian Church, 529 S. Church St., Winston-Salem, NC. The following concert on Monday, July 24, 7:30 p.m., Trinity Moravian Church, 220 E Sprague St, Winston-Salem, NC, is a program of vocal solos, duets, and other small ensembles; Loveliest Immanuel: An Elegant Evening

Tuesday, July 25, 7:30 p.m., Salem Band performs on Salem Square, Salem’s Shining Stars: Best of the Salem Band.

Joining Our Voices: Anthem Sing with the Moramus Chorale, Wednesday, July 26, 7:30 p.m., Home Moravian Church.

On Thursday, July 27, 7:30 p.m., Calvary Moravian Church will host the Festival Band and Chamber Ensembles Concert, in the sanctuary, 600 Holly Ave NW, Winston-Salem, NC; Home Moravian Church will present the Festival Children’s Choir in concert on Friday, July 28, 2:00 p.m.

Sing, O Ye Heavens! The Festival Chorus and Orchestra is 7:30 p.m., Williams Auditorium, Winston-Salem State University.

Saturday, July 29, 9:30 a.m., there will be final performances of several instrumental groups, along with some hymn singing at Mit Freuden zart: Singstunde: The Festival Trombone Choir, Festival Handbell Choir, Chamber Ensembles at Home Moravian Church

For more information, please visit www.MoravianMusicFestival.org and follow the “25thMoravianMusicFestival” on Facebook

 

GRAPHIC VERSION:

MORAVIAN MUSIC CONCERTS

Monday, July 24, 7:30 p.m., Trinity Moravian Church

Loveliest Immanuel: An Elegant Evening

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Tuesday, July 25, 7:30 p.m., Salem Square

Salem’s Shining Stars: Best of the Salem Band.

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Wednesday, July 26, 7:30 p.m., Home Moravian Church

Joining Our Voices: Anthem Sing with the Moramus Chorale

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Thursday, July 27, 7:30 p.m., Calvary Moravian Church

By a Spring: The Festival Band and Chamber Ensembles

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Friday, July 28, 2:00 p.m., Home Moravian Church

Festival Children’s Choir

7:30 p.m., Williams Auditorium, Winston-Salem State University

Sing, O Ye Heavens! The Festival Chorus and Orchestra

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Saturday, July 29, 9:30 a.m., Home Moravian Church

Mit Freuden zart: Singstunde: The Festival Trombone Choir,

Festival Handbell Choir, Chamber Ensembles

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All concerts are free and open to the public.

Each concert is preceded by a band prelude. Sponsored by the Moravian Music Foundation www.dev.thesignalcompany.com/foundation

www.MoravianMusicFestival.org        Follow 25thMoravianMusicFestival on Facebook

 

 

Beginning in the 1930s and 1940s, scholars and musicians discovered a veritable treasure trove of music in the archives of the Moravian Church in America – manuscripts, early printed music, much of it in German. As they explored more, they were awestruck at the quantity of music, and the variety of composers – those known to be Moravian, and those known in wider musical circles.Thor Johnson

Working with American-born and trained conductor, Thor Johnson (son of a Moravian minister and native of Winston-Salem, NC), a group of clergy and laypersons in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, decided to hold an Early American Moravian Music Festival and Seminar, in Bethlehem, on June 26-July 2, 1950.

Since then, the Moravians have planned and hosted 23 more Festivals, and in 2017, will host the 25th Moravian Music Festival in Winston-Salem, NC.

The following statement of purpose for Moravian Music Festivals was adopted by the Provincial Elders Conferences in joint meeting, January 22, 1985.

RECOGNIZING

  • that music is an important element in worship, enhancing one’s ability to respond to the Lord;

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  • that music has been an integral part of the Unitas Fratrum for over 500 years; and
  • that our church, through the inspired work of its laity and clergy, has been blessed with a wealth of musical compositions which have enriched worship since the mid-15th century; and
  • that this unique musical heritage presents us with responsibilities and unlimited opportunities for its development and dissemination; and
  • that the Festivals are the only Moravian Church sponsored events that include all, regardless of age, sex or geographical difference; and
  • that the wide-spread use of Moravian music provides our denomination with one of its most effective means of outreach, the Interprovincial Music Festival Committee states that

    2003 Band Prelude (Goslen)
    2003 Band Prelude (Goslen)

THE PURPOSE OF MORAVIAN MUSIC FESTIVALS IS

  • to provide an opportunity for Moravians and non-Moravians to learn about and enjoy this musical heritage while obtaining the guidance needed to better interpret this music; and
  • to foster the development of music and worship leadership skills through seminars, workshops, and participation in choral and instrumental groups with the goal of enriching the life of local congregations; and
  • to be a dimension in the ministry of the Church to meet the spiritual and fellowship needs of its members; and
  • to be a forum for the discussion of current research on Moravian music; and
  • to be a vehicle for sharing the rich musical heritage of Moravian communities to the music world at large.

The historic city of Winston-Salem, NC

On August 25, 1752, Bishop Spangenberg, and four others, set out on horseback, from Bethlehem in Pennsylvania, for North Carolina, traveling through Philadelphia and down the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay. They ferried across and journeyed on to Edenton, to meet with John Carteret, the Earl of Granville, to secure a tract of 100,000 acres for a settlement. After an exhaustive search (from Edenton, west, into the wilderness, this search was over 400 miles, calculated by today’s roads), the party arrived at the three forks of Muddy Creek, and described the area as seeming to have been “reserved by the Lord for the Brethren.” It was named die Wachau, or Wachovia.

12 Single Brethren left Bethlehem on Oct. 8, 1753, and arrived on Nov. 17, celebrating a simple lovefeast to give thanks and ask the Lord’s blessing, singing We hold arrival Lovefeast here in Carolina land, possibly to the tune 159A Worship (a Herrnhut tune). This would become the first settlement of Bethabara, meant to be a supply and staging location for the eventual work on the central settlement. But, first, Bethania was established in 1759, and settlers were establishing farms in the South Fork land (later, Friedberg) and the Broadbay settlement (later, Friedland).

The site for Salem was selected by lot on Feb. 14, 1765, and surveys commenced. As usual, this was a settlement congregation and a planned community, the economic and spiritual center of Wachovia. Salem would be largely, a community of skilled craftspeople. The first trees were felled on Jan. 6, 1766. The congregation of Salem was established on November 13, 1771, at which time, the Moravians worshiped in a Gemeinhaus on the square.

The church building, known as Home Moravian Church, with its distinctive belfry, was completed in 1800, to which the Rondthaler Building (named for a prominent bishop) was added years later. The Sanctuary underwent a major renovation in 1913. A Christian Education and Fellowship Hall building was built prior to World War II.

Salem was to be the industrial and administrative center for the Moravians in North Carolina. Its excellence in music and preaching, attracted worshipers to the area; and, its economy attracted traders. At the same time, the Moravians actively pursued mission work with the surrounding settlers, and also with the Cherokees in northern Georgia and western NC. Salem established Sunday schools and places of worship in many areas of what eventually became Winston-Salem. Many of those grew into full-fledged churches, but are still part of Salem Congregation. As the Wachovia community of believers grew, Salem became known as the “home” church, and now is Home Moravian Church.

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Salem College’s history began when 16 girls and women walked more than 500 miles from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to join the new community of Salem. One of them was 17-year-old Elisabeth Oesterlein, who would be the first teacher of what is now Salem College.

Believing that women deserved an education comparable to that given men — a radical view for that era — the Moravians began a school for girls in 1772. In 1802, it became a boarding school for girls and young women; in 1866, it was renamed Salem Female Academy. The school began granting college degrees in the 1890s. Salem College is ranked as the oldest women’s college in the nation by founding date and the 13th oldest college overall. Salem Academy, a college preparatory/boarding school for girls in grades 9 through 12, also shares our 64-acre campus.

In its early years, the school was run by the Single Sisters. Oesterlein and her fellow Sisters were economically self-sufficient, a rare condition for women of the 18th century. The meticulous records of the Moravians show that the Academy and College educated girls of African-American heritage as early as 1785, and that in the 1820s, the daughter of a Cherokee Indian chief attended the school but had to leave Salem to join the Trail of Tears.

The Moravians’ belief in the freedom offered and responsibility imposed by an education inspires Salem College’s exemplary programs today. The traditions of the early Moravians continue to play an important role in the life of the College.

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Festival Plans for 2021 & 2022


The 26th Festival will be in TWO PARTS              

Due to the pandemic, the Festival will be reimagined for July, 2021 – with digital content, remote connectivity, recorded and livestreamed music. Digital music experiences will allow for more equitable participation than ever before, with potential to engage our worldwide Moravian music community!

  1. PART 1: The 2021 Festival will focus on Education with mostly online connectivity.
  2. PART 2: Then, in 2022, we hope to gather in Bethlehem for a shorter in-person Festival to present the music we learned in 2021!
At this point, plans for ensembles are limited to online collaborations, like “virtual choirs” and “virtual band,” and pre-recorded music video.

More info to follow.

A recent inquiry to MMF - Subject: Copyright/Streaming

 

Dear MMF,

I have a question about copyright and streaming. We have CCLI license and streaming license at my church, but it does not cover many pieces for organ. Would the ASCAP license provide that protection for us to stream and include copyrighted organ music? I’ve read their website, and it seems like it would.  https://www.ascap.com/music-users/types/church-or-ministry

Thanks!

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Dear Worship Leader,

We have been instructing folks to follow CCLI and OneLicense guidelines, which, as you discovered, unfortunately, rarely cover instrumental/keyboard music.

Yes, it appears as though ASCAP offers a “WorshipCast” streaming license, which is set up in much the same manner as CCLI and OneLicense licenses – i.e., the fee structure is based on worship attendance:

https://apps.christiancopyrightsolutions.com/purchase-license.aspx?svc=wc

A quick click brought up this fee structure:
1 – 199 (in attendance): $284.00
200 – 499 (in attendance): $424.00 (obviously it goes up from here)

Some further good news – the WorshipCast license offered above is controlled by Christian Copyright Solutions (a division of CCLI, and it appears as though purchase of this license would allow you to broadcast both ASCAP and BMI titles, opening up even more possibilities.

I don’t think, however, that this license includes SESAC titles; thus, if you wished to perform anything under the SESAC umbrella (Dan Gawthrop, for instance), you would need to approach that entity directly for a license:

https://www.sesac.com/#!/

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Blessings to you in your music ministry!

Gwyneth Michel, Assistant Director, Moravian Music Foundation      – – (with edits by Erik S.)

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