Outstanding choirs will collaborate with a guest conductor, professional orchestra, and soloist in rehearsals and performance on Adolphus Hailstork's "I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes" and Tom Trenney's "I Will Make A Way" at the world-famous Carnegie Hall. Hailstork's dramatic and moving "I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes" shines new light on three beloved psalms, creating a spiritually powerful testament of faith-- encouraging us to hold onto the hope that can lead us through the valleys of our lives. Composer and conductor Tom Trenney promises the singers and audiences alike a musical and spiritual experience that will open our hearts and inspire our hope.
An acclaimed guest conductor/composer and advanced choirs from all over the country come together to create an unforgettable performance filled with musical artistry and visual projections. Audiences have never seen a choral concert like this before. A performance at Carnegie Hall made even more inimitable in this one-time collaboration.
ABOUT THE GUEST CONDUCTOR/COMPOSER
Tom Trenney shares his passion as pastoral musician, composer, and teacher in worship with his home congregation, in the college classroom, and in performances, hymn festivals, choral and organ workshops and master classes all around the country. Tom is blessed to be in his twelfth season as Minister of Music to First-Plymouth Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he shepherds three adult choirs, accompanies the congregation on the Lied organ, preaches sermons, and serves as Artistic Director of the Abendmusik Concert Series. Since 2016, First-Plymouth’s choirs have been honored to perform at the Nebraska Music Educators Association Convention as well as for state, regional, and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). The Plymouth Choir was the only church choir named a finalist for the American Prize in 2018-19.
Since Fall 2019, Tom has been Assistant Professor of Music and Conductor of Choirs at Nebraska Wesleyan University, following interim choral positions at Doane University and Wartburg College. He is also founding Artistic Director and Conductor of sounding light-- a professional choir which has sung for national ACDA and was awarded third place in 2018-19 for the American Prize for choral performance of American music.