Blog Posts - LUX

Congrats, Amanda!

8/2/2018

Soprano Amanda Densmoor just recently finished her Summer Program in Oberaudorf, Germany as a Young Artist in the Musiktheater Bavaria program, with a focus on classical vocal music. While she was there, she participated in vocal coaching and workshops, dance and acting lessons, and German classes, not to mention performances all around the beautiful country of Germany. She studied with an impressive list of faculty, including opera singers featured at The Metropolitan Opera! Check out the slideshow below for some pictures of her time there. You might notice a few familiar faces - a friend of ours who sang with us just a year ago, Abigail Winston, also participated in the same program in the Musical Theatre division, and Amanda's sister, Nicole, got to fly across the pond and visit Amanda just last week!

A Singer & A Scholar

7/30/2018

Congratulations to Austin Nikirk who finished up the first portion of her Kolbe Fellowship at Gettysburg College last week. Over the Summer, she was housed at the college to conduct research on the art song of one of the first American female composers to be performed by major ensembles, Amy Beach. During that time, she met with her mentor, Dr. William O'Hara, on a weekly basis, working together to formulate a plan for her research. Last week, after months of in-depth harmonic, formal, and poetic analyses of seven of Beach's art songs, and even a trip to the University of New Hampshire's library to study Beach's original scores, Austin presented on her topic in culmination of the first part of her research. She plans to continue researching leading up to a lecture-recital she plans to give in the Spring of 2019. To read more about her research, find her Kolbe Summer '18 Fellows profile by clicking the button below!

Thank you, Gettysburg!

7/24/2018

As we begin to close out our season, we'd like to extend our thanks to Christ Lutheran Church in Gettysburg, PA, Gettysburg College, and our entire audience last Sunday. What a wonderful way to end our season! Audience members traveled from as far as Washington, D.C. to gather for a wonderful afternoon of music, and for the final performance of our Journey of Life program. We hope you enjoyed experiencing it as much as we did performing it! Enjoy some photos from the day captured by our own singers below:

Featured Choral Album!

7/6/2018

We're incredibly proud and excited to announce that we will be featured as Classical MPR's Featured Choral Album of the Week! Lux now stands alongside other winners such as Voces8, Tenebrae, The Sixteen, Blue Heron, The Crossing, and more. Tune in at 12 pm EST (using the "Read More" button below) to listen to selections from our newest release Now Ye Heavenly Powers.

Welcome back, Eby!

7/3/2018

While we have had to say quite a few goodbyes this past week, we are ecstatic to welcome back soprano Eby Buscher from Urbania, Italy! As an artist in the Si Parla, Si Canta summer program, she took intensive Italian classes, studied Italian art song with elite vocal coaches, and performed opera scenes in recitals across Italy. We're excited for Eby to join us for the July portion of our season: she'll be singing with us on our recording project this month, and you can see her in our July 22 concert! Enjoy pictures below of her time in Italy.

See you soon, Hannah!

7/1/2018

Last weekend, we continued our goodbyes by watching as Hannah left town from her administrative internship at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. She enjoyed her time in the Nation's capital thoroughly, and hopes to come back in the near future. While she goes back to her home in New Jersey now, we can't wait to see her again for our concert in Gettysburg. Below you'll find a slideshow of a few pictures from her internship. Thanks for a wonderful season, and see you soon, Hannah!

Relive the Moment

6/29/2018

Missed our Hyattsville, MD concert? Just want to relive the moments? We've got you covered! We've updated our Photos page, newly equipped with photos from our June 17 performance of A Journey of Life. Thank you again to all who attended, who supported us in every way, and who gave such wonderful compliments afterwards. We had a wonderful time, and we hope you did, too. Enjoy some scenes from the night here.

Thank you, Amanda!

6/28/2018

After a wonderful month of rehearsals and a performance at St. Jerome's Catholic Church, soprano Amanda Densmoor says goodbye for just a while, as she leaves tonight for Oberaudorf, Germany, participating as a Young Artist in the Musiktheater Bavaria program! There, she'll be working with an impressive list of faculty and coaches, including opera singers of impressive stature who have been featured at The Metropolitan Opera, and more. Aside from multiple performances around Germany, she'll continue her musical training with vocal coachings and workshops, dance & movement lessons, acting lessons, as well as German classes. Below, you'll find some of the sights she will be enjoying in Germany, along with the listing of Young Artists! (You may recognize another one of those faces - an old friend of ours, Abigail Winston, is also participating in the same program!)

Encore!

6/25/2018

Sad you missed our June 17 concert? Well have we got news for you! Lux is excited to announce that we will be performing A Journey of Life once more on Sunday, July 22, at 4pm, featuring works by Tavener, Whitacre, Trent Reznor, Dave Matthews, Mealor, Forrest, and our very own Robby Napoli! Follow our protagonist from birth, to marriage, to the bitter end - joy, tragedy, love, loss, life, death. Admission is free, though voluntary donations are much appreciated. Add it to your calendar, see what people are saying, and keep up on the latest news by clicking the "Get Tickets" and "Facebook Event" buttons below.

Exciting News!

6/21/2018

The night of our St. Jerome's concert, we released our second album, Now Ye Heavenly Powers. Featuring over an hour of stunning music, Lux's talent and passion are on full display in this album. With works spanning from Anton Bruckner and Antonio Lotti, to Eric Whitacre and John Tavener, to Dave Matthews and Kurt Bestor, you're sure to find something you'll love on this album. Buy Now Ye Heavenly Powers now by clicking the button below!