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Frank Ferko

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Performances

2008

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This page provides information about upcoming performances of works by Frank Ferko as well as his public speaking engagements. The season includes performances across the United States and abroad.

A Festival of Carols for mixed chorus and harp

Epiphany Vespers and Carol Concert Athaneum Chorale, conducted by Anthony DiCello:
- Mount Saint Mary's Seminary, Cincinnati, Sunday, January 6, 2008, at 7:30 p.m.

Nebulae for alto saxophone and organ

Renowned saxophonist, Frederick Hemke will perform Nebulae in a mid-winter concert
- Swedish Covenant Church, Chicago, Sunday, January 27, 2008 p.m.

Pre-Concert Talk by Frank Ferko on the Organ Music of Olivier Messiaen

Organist Dame Gillian Weir will mark the centenary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen with an all-Messiaen concert preceded by a 30-minute talk by Frank Ferko on Messiaen's life and organ music.
- Memorial Church, Stanford University, Wednesday, January 30, 2008. The pre-concert talk will begin at 7:15 p.m. and the concert will begin at 8:00 p.m. p.m.

Motet for Passion Sunday in the U.K.

Commotio, with cellist Rosie Banks, conducted by Matthew Berry, will launch the release of their most recent recording, titled Night, in a concert of works from the new compact disc. The program will include Motet for Passion Sunday.
- St. George's, Bloomsbury, London, Sunday, February 16, 2008, at 7:30 p.m.
- Merton College Chapel, Oxford, Saturday, March 8, 2008, at 8:00 p.m.

In Praise of Mary

Cantabile Chorale, conducted by Sanford Dole, will present a concert of Marian choral music, including the Six Marian Motets for unaccompanied mixed choir:
- St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, San Francisco, Friday, March 14, at 8:00 p.m.
- Campbell United Methodist Church, Campbell, CA, Saturday, March 15, at 8:00 p.m.
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA, Sunday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m.

Beautiful Voice

The April Concerts of Bella Voce, Chicago's Premier Chamber Choir, conducted by Andrew Lewis, will present selected motets from The Hildegard Motets
- St. James Cathedral, Chicago, Saturday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m.
- Grace Lutheran Church, River Forest, IL, Saturday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m.
- Immanuel Lutheran Church, Evanston, IL, Sunday, April 13, at 4:00 p.m.

World Premiere of Merton Songs at Carnegie Hall

Nathan Gunn and Julie Gunn, joined by colleagues in video and dance, will present a multi-media concert on the life of monks which will include the world premiere of Merton Songs, settings of five poems by the Trapppist monk, Thomas Merton, composed for the Gunns. The program will also include the Ferko setting of Merton's famous poem "For My Brother: Reported Missing in Action, 1943."
- Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, 57th St. and 7th Ave., New York, Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at 7:30 p.m.

Laudate Dominum for unaccompanied AATBB choir

The Compline Choir, conducted by Peter Hallock, will include Laudate Dominum in the Service of Compline on the evening of the Second Sunday After Pentecost. The work was commissioned by The Compline Choir and first performed one year ago.
- Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, May 25, 2008, at 9:30 p.m.

Monks and Mystics

The Young New Yorkers' Chorus, conducted by Michael Kerschner, will present selected motets from The Hildegard Motets
- St. James Church, 865 Madison Avenue, New York, Saturday, June 7, 2008

Duologue Performs Constellations

The Santa Fe-based ensemble, Duologue (Susan Morris De Jong, flute and Benjamin Silva, guitar), will present the five-movement work, Constellations, commissioned by and composed for Duologue:
- Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, NM, June 10, 2008, at 7:00 p.m.
- National Flute Association Annual Convention, Kansas City, MO, August 7, 2008, at 12:30 p.m.
- University of New Mexico, Keller Hall, Albuquerque, NM, November 23, 2008, at 3:00 p.m.

Pine Mountain Music Festival

Organist Sarah Mahler Hughes will perform Ferko's Livre d'Orgue (commissioned by the American Guild of Organists for the 2006 National Convention) as part of her concert program at the Pine Mountain Music Festival in Michigan:
- First Lutheran Church, Iron Mountain, June 18, 2008, at 7:30 p.m.
- Bethany Lutheran Church, Ishpeming, June 23, 2008, at 7:30 p.m.
- St. Joseph Catholic Church, Lake Linden, June 26, 2008, at 7:30 p.m.

All-Ferko Mid-Day Concert at Trinity Cathedral

Carson Cooman, composer and organist, will present a mid-day organ concert, consisting entirely of works by Frank Ferko at Trinity Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh. The program will include: Visions of Eternity, Toccata on Psalm 96, Variations on a Hungarian Folk Tune and Angels.
- Trinity Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA, Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at 12:30 p.m.

St. Mark's Second Sunday Organ Recital Series

St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Berkeley, will present Frank Ferko in concert on the Flentrop organ. After a hiatus of several years, Mr. Ferko will return to the organ loft to offer a program of his own recent works as well as selected organ works of Olivier Messiaen in homage to the centenary of the late French master.
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, Sunday, December 14, 2008, at 6:10 p.m.

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