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Joshua Chai
Joshua Chai is on the choral faculty at Concordia University, Irvine, the Minister of Music at Abiding Savior Lutheran Church in Lake Forest, CA, and currently the graduate assistant to the director of Choral, Vocal, and Opera Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He holds a dual-major Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and Mathematics from St. Olaf College, and is completing Master’s work in Choral Conducting at California State University, Long Beach. He has studied with Dr. Jonathan Talberg, Dr. Anton Armstrong, Dr. John Ferguson, and Helmuth Rilling. His compositions include works for treble and mixed chorus, organ, wind ensemble, and chamber orchestra. He currently resides in southern California, and performs in the area as a conductor, organist, pianist, and vocalist in several capacities.
Since Feeling Is First
Composer: Joshua Chai
Author/Lyricist: e.e. cummings
Voicing: SATB
Season: General
Released: January 2007
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The new ''Jonathan Talberg Choral Series'' features advanced music of distinction for festival use. Dr. Talberg (Cal State Univ. Long Beach) is one of the new names on the guest conducting circuit with an ear for excellence. Composer Joshua Chai provides a truly original sound to the poetry of e. e. cummings. Demanding, yet rewarding.
Joshua Chai is on the choral faculty at Concordia University, Irvine, the Minister of Music at Abiding Savior Lutheran Church in Lake Forest, CA, and currently the graduate assistant to the director of Choral, Vocal, and Opera Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He holds a dual-major Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and Mathematics from St. Olaf College, and is completing Master’s work in Choral Conducting at California State University, Long Beach. He has studied with Dr. Jonathan Talberg, Dr. Anton Armstrong, Dr. John Ferguson, and Helmuth Rilling. His compositions include works for treble and mixed chorus, organ, wind ensemble, and chamber orchestra. He currently resides in southern California, and performs in the area as a conductor, organist, pianist, and vocalist in several capacities.
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