Meet the Music, Gettysburg! Performers
Boston Shawm & Sackbut Ensemble
A favorite of Boston audiences for many years, the Boston Shawm & Sackbut Ensemble has given concerts all over the United States, as well as at the Tage Alte Musik in Regensburg, Germany, and its members have all worked closely with numerous leading early music ensembles, including the Gabrieli Players, ...read more »
Cormorant’s Fancy
Cormorant’s Fancy performs music of Ireland, Scotland and other Celtic Nations, and wings across generations and oceans with traditional and contemporary music of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, North America and more. Cormorant’s Fancy performs for Music, Gettysburg! annually at the July 4th weekend outdoor ...read more »
Felix Hell
German concert organist Felix Hell is a phenomenon in several ways. Hailed as the “most well known young concert organist worldwide” (Dr. John Weaver), and “undoubtedly one of the major talents of the century” (Dr. Frederick Swann, AGO president), he “sets standards that many established and honoured older players ...read more »
Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra
Under the direction of Norman Nunamaker, the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra has emerged as one of the finest chamber groups in the region. The Chamber Orchestra has delighted Music, Gettysburg! audiences with recent performances of great works such as Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, works of Beethoven, Bach and ...read more »
Gettysburg Children’s Chorus
(with Camerata, Gettysburg College Voice Ensemble) The Gettysburg Children’s Choir, formerly Gettysburg College Children’s Choir, is a community choir for children in grades three through eight. The Choir is supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of ...read more »
Martin Jean
Martin Jean has risen to the highest ranks of the world’s concert organists and is recognized widely as a brilliant, warmly communicative artist and readily appealing personality. As the winner of two of the most prestigious organ competitions in the world, he has concertized extensively throughout the ...read more »
Stephen Folkemer
In addition to his seminary post, Dr. Folkemer serves as Cantor at Christ Lutheran Church, Gettysburg, Penna. From 1982-1985, he served as co-pastor, with his wife the Rev. Beth Bergeron Folkemer, at the Bendersville Lutheran parish. He has served numerous congregations and Gettysburg College as part-time music ...read more »
Teresa Bowers
Teresa Bowers is Assistant Professor of Music at Gettysburg College where she teaches flute, double reeds and music appreciation. She has served as Assistant Professor of Music at Lebanon Valley College where she taught flute, flute pedagogy, conducted the Flute Ensemble and, as Co-Director of the Church Music ...read more »
The Organ of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
The Andover Organ Opus 84 is a masterful example of the northern European tracker organ tradition, featuring 31 stops and 38 ranks of pipes and attracting some of the finest organists from around the world. The instrument accompanies weekday liturgies, festival worship, concerts and recitals on a regular basis. ...read more »
The Schola Cantorum
Under the direction of Stephen Folkemer, cantor and professor of music at Gettysburg Seminary, the Schola Cantorum of Gettysburg is a vocal ensemble of 30 singers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia whose goal is to present the most beautiful sacred choral music of the 15th through the 18th Centuries. Formed ...read more »
US Army Chorus
The U.S. Army Chorus was established in 1956 as the vocal counterpart of The U.S. Army Band and is one of the nation’s only professional, all-male choruses. From its inception, The Army Chorus has established and maintained a reputation of excellence in the performance of male choral literature. Beyond the ...read more »
US Soldiers’ Chorus
The Soldiers’ Chorus of the United States Army Field Band brings songs of freedom and the American tradition for a third time to the Music, Gettysburg! concert series. The Soldiers’ Chorus is a 30 voice, mixed chorus with a repertoire ranging from Broadway to opera to the favorite music of Americana. The chorus ...read more »
