In December 1994, the Los Angeles Master Chorale presented the world premiere of a brief setting of the Latin chant “O Magnum Mysterium” by a little-known 51-year-old USC-based composer from the ...

looks like Robinson Crusoe: untamed hair, bushy beard. Lives alone on a remote island. But Lauridsen is no castaway. He's the country's most frequently performed choral composer, even if you haven't ...

The Rollins College Choir got the first review of its performance Sunday afternoon as soon as it was done singing. And it was from the composer himself. The choir was performing works by Morten ...

's choral music will stop you cold with its beauty. Unhurried, radiantly tonal and spiritually nourishing, it sings to the heart. He is among the most performed composers in the country. In 2006, the ...

When Morten Lauridsen was growing up in Beaverton in the 1950s, students commonly headed out to the Tillamook Burn to plant trees. A few years ago, the composer returned to the once-barren site to see ...

As a musical ecosystem, the Pacific Northwest is acclaimed for the range and diversity of the choral ensembles that flourish here. Not nearly as well known is the fact that one of the most significant ...

President Bush has awarded classical composer Morten Lauridsen with the National Medal of Arts. His music is published by peermusic. By Billboard Staff President Bush has awarded classical composer ...

Los Angeles Master Chorale and Sinfonia Orchestra, Paul Salamunovich, conductor (Rubedo Canis Musica) Even those listeners not normally drawn to 20th Century choral music will find much to enjoy in ...

A visit to Monmouth County’s Navesink River by Russian immigrant Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1922 is the historical touchstone for an upcoming concert in the nearby river town of Red Bank. The Monmouth ...