"David Brunner's music is lyrical, fresh-sounding and always creative. His music is a favorite with the choir as well as the audience!"
Lynne Gackle
School of Music
Baylor University
Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 2:38PM Each year I look forward to the return of the Grant Park Music Festival, nine weeks of free classical concerts at the Prtizker Pavilion in Chicago's Millennium Park, featuring the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. This year's big opener was Dvorak's Stabat Mater, a piece I had never heard live. Beautiful singing and playing, some wine and a picnic, and the perfect Chicago summer evening. Priceless!
Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 2:32PM Sometime toward the end of May I received notice from Boosey & Hawkes, my publisher in London, that the Philadelphia Orchestra had requested permission to orchestrate my PHOENIX SONG for a concert June 3rd with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop. Did they have my permission? Yes, please!
The performance in Verizon Hall of the Kimmel Cultural Campus was magnificent. The Philadelphia Gay Men's Chorus, ANNA Crusis Feminist Choir and Philadelphia Voices of Pride sang beautifully, the orchestration was lush and lovely, and the orchestra was... well, the Philadelphia Orchestra. This was a concert I will long remember.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 2:09PM It was wonderful to hear talented singers from around the country perform at festivals in Chicago, St. Louis and Gatlinburg the past several weekends. Bravo/a to all of the singers, conductors and pianists, and their supportive parents and chaperones!
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 2:08PM What a great opportunity to hear monumental performances in Chicago a few weeks back. Music of the Baroque performed an exquisite performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion, led by Dame Jane Glover, and Lyric Opera premiered three new operas by Daniel Bernard Roumain, Caroline Shaw and John Luther Adams. A provocative and challenging afternoon.
Monday, February 27, 2023 at 3:38PM Just back from the national ACDA conference in Cincinnati, four full days of music and friends. There were some outstanding and memorable moments for me: Trey Jacobs' powerful performance with Cantabile from the Nashville School of the Arts, the extraordinarily beautiful performance by Reed Criddle and the Utah Valley University Chamber Choir, Lori R Hetzel's gorgeous concert with the University of Kentucky Women's Choir, the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers, whose performance defies adjectives, and The Crossing's astounding singing and profound program conducted by Donald Nally.