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Minot Symphony Programs Eads’ Mass for the Oppressed
https://www.facebook.com/events/272249622104207?ref=newsfeed These are the performances since its world premiere in 2016: Grand Rapids Community College Choir/Orchestra Grand Rapids, MI (Caleb Wenzel, conductor) St. Mark's Capitol Hill Choir & Orchestra,...
Eads’ Songs from The Unquiet Country published
Patrick Milian and Eads' third collaboration, a song cycle for soprano and mezzo-soprano, (contained in an audio format and book format released in September 2023 by Entre Rios Books) is published with North Star Publishing and available as sheet music for...
Eads’ Meditabor Published by Earthsongs
Emerson Eads’ composition, Meditabor, for treble voices, has now been published in the Nancy Menk’s College Choral Series, exclusively with Earthsongs music publishing and is now available for purchase and performance. It was given its world premiere by Dr. Nancy Menk...
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony – Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Emerson Eads joins the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra and maestro Eduard Zilberkant for Beethoven's 9th Symphony with Maddison Warren, soprano; Mary Catherine Moroney, mezzo-soprano; and Daniel Narducci, baritone along with his alma mater, Choir of the North, The...
Mass for the Oppressed in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Capitol Hill, Washington D.C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjNXWVlPauU&t=934s Deborah Sternberg, soprano Kristen Dubenion Smith, mezzo-soprano Matthew Hill, tenor James Rogers, baritone Choir of St. Mark's Episcopal Church & St. Mark's Episcopal Church Jeff Kempskie,...
Mass for the Oppressed in Grand Rapids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtLMlWXFXrg A beautiful and heart-felt performance of Emerson Eads' Mass for the Oppressed in Royce Auditorium, St. Cecilia Music Center on April 7th, 2023. Emelia Clark, soprano Tyler Roberts, mezzo-soprano Jon Lovegrove, tenor William...
Prize-Winning Song Cycle/Cantata by Eads & Milian Published
https://youtu.be/Pha18XWqkCo World premiere live performance. Third place winner of the American Prize in Vocal Chamber Music 2021, The Gleaners, on poetry by Patrick Milian, set to music by Emerson Eads, has been selected for publication by North Star Music. This...
Eads’ cantata named a semi-finalist for the American Prize
Emerson Eads’ cantata, “…from which your laughter rises.” has just been named a national semi-finalist in The American Prize in Composition – choral music (professional division), 2023. A companion to his Mass for the Oppressed, this cantata, inspired by Kahil...
“Everywhere is Archipelago” Published
Everywhere is Archipelago, a song cycle by Emerson Eads, on poetry by Margaret Gibson, commissioned by soprano, Terri Eickel, has been published by North Star Music. Gibson, Connecticut's Poet Laureate from April of 2019, "has created a voice and an art that connect...
Eads’ Mass for the Oppressed Premieres in Washington DC
Emerson Eads’ Mass for the Oppressed, will have its East Coast premiere on November 5, in Washington DC at St. Mark’s on Capitol Hill. Maestro Jeff Kempskie, and the forces of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church will be joined by soloists Deborah Sternberg, soprano; Kristen...
Todd’s Song Released on All Streaming Platforms
https://www.minotstateu.edu/pio/news/2022/10/Todds-song.shtml
Todd’s Song Published & Recorded
Todd Mathistad won a bid at Western Plains Opera Company's fundraising gala in March of 2022 to have Emerson Eads write a song with a text of his choice, and this commission was gifted back to the opera company by Eads. The gala featured the tenor, David Cangelosi who...