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Go Light Your World – Streaming Press Release
Read the press release by clicking here. (PDF) Listen now on Apple Music and Spotify!
FAQ on Conspirare Events and COVID-19
March 22, 2020 Craig's Sunday Song - You'll Never Walk Alone March 20, 2020 We are thinking about our Conspirare family every day and have a special video from Craig to you. March 17, 2020 dear friends, such tender and challenging times. thank you for being a part of...
Craig Hella Johnson on The Singing Guitar
“I always want to find ways for listeners to have their own rich experience of knowing a work deeply and being moved by its unique language and expression.” -Craig Hella Johnson Managing director Ann McNair recently asked artistic director Craig Hella Johnson what he...
Rising Opera Star Credits Conspirare Youth Choir for Success
If you vacation in Hawaii this summer, be sure to catch Brennan Martinez singing the title role of Carmen in The Tragedy of Carmen, Peter Brook’s adaptation of Bizet’s Carmen as part of the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival. Brennan is a graduate student at the Fletcher...
Hope of Loving CD Release
“A vivid stream courses beneath Hope of Loving,” observed a Conspirare audience member, “a stream of thrumming, heart-beating voices constantly being born.” Hope of Loving, choral music of Jake Runestad, is available on CD and online streaming starting next month....
Our Work Echoes Out Beyond Performance
Conspirare is shaping choral education and performance across the country. We checked in with Craig Hella Johnson and three Conspirare vocalists to see how the ensemble is influencing choral music today. Return to the Muse In his role as Artist-in-Residence at Texas...
My Heart is Full: Songs for Muska
When Craig Hella Johnson recommended I Am the Beggar of the World, a book of traditional Landays folk-couplets by Pashtun women on the Afghanistan and Pakistan border, to friend and fellow composer Jocelyn Hagen, he knew exactly what he was doing. The two-line poems...
“You Opened My Eyes”: Jasmine Williams, Conspirare’s First Insight Fellow
As the first in her family to attend college, Jasmine Williams chose to study music, her first love. Yet she worried about career options. As Conspirare’s first Insight Fellow, Jasmine spent a week embedded with the choir. "Being able to see all the rehearsals and...
Bringing the Classroom to Life: High School Choral Students Learn First-Hand and Give Back
“The things I say daily in class about technique, breathing, support, phrasing, and musicianship are embodied in Conspirare’s amazing musicians and skilled conductor,” says Courtney Neva, choir director at Drippings Springs High School. This spring Conspirare invited...
Learning and Healing with Conspirare
One way Conspirare shares the power of choral music is through Craig Hella Johnson's teaching and conducting. Recently, Johnson served as the conductor for the Texas Two Year All-State Choir; an auditioned choir made up of students from 2-year colleges across Texas....