Shower singers will have a chance to hear themselves in the much superior acoustics of the Bloom Music Center at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church on Saturday.
Internationally renowned composer Stephen Paulus will conduct an audience in two new compositions for choir and discuss his compositional style, which inspired The New Yorker to praise him as " . . . a bright, fluent inventor with a ready lyric gift."
The workshop is free, sponsored by the Southern Arizona Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. It begins at 10 a.m. and will be followed by an optional lunch for $5.
Reservations for the lunch should be made by today to Joyce Swinehart, joycees@cox.net.
St. Philip's in the Hills is located at 4440 N. Campbell Ave.
Paulus is best known to Southern Arizona's classical music fans from his service as Composer in Residence of the Tucson Symphony, and his commissioned work for The Tucson Chamber Artists, conducted by Eric Holtan.
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But he has won a worldwide audience for his commissioned works for the New York Philharmonic, among many others in the U.S., and performances of his works by the BBC Radio Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra, among others.
He has composed commissioned works for Doc Severensen and Leo Kottke as well as many classical soloists.
As one of today's pre-eminent composers of opera, Paulus has written nine works for the dramatic stage, including "The Postman Always Rings Twice," which was the first American production to be presented at the Edinburgh Festival.
Call 572-4206 for more information.
