This preview has been provided by Old Salem Museums and Gardens.
Old Salem Museums & Gardens and the Moravian Music Foundationare presenting a symposium entitled “The Life and Music of Johannes Herbst” from April 19-21, 2012. The symposium will celebrate Herbst (1735-1812), a Moravian pastor, bishop, composer, musician, scholar and educator. The symposium will include beautiful concerts, enlightening lectures and special tours. The Herbst Symposium will take place at the Visitor Center at Old Salem Museums & Gardens at 900 Old Salem Road and the Moravian Music Foundation at 457 South Church Street in Winston-Salem, NC.
Dr. Tim Sharp, executive director of the American Choral Directors Association, will give the keynote address, drawing upon his research in England as a fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He has solved the mystery about Johannes Herbst’s four years in England, the heretofore missing years of his biography. In addition, the Rev. Dr. Nola Reed Knouse, director of the Moravian Music Foundation, and Rev. Dr. C. Daniel Crews, Archivist of the Moravian Church, Southern Province, will speak about Herbst’s life and music in Europe and America. Performers will include Scott Carpenter, Coordinator of Music Programming and Tannenberg Organs at Old Salem; the Moramus Chorale and Orchestra, Jayson Snipes Conductor; and musicians from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
The Moravian Music Foundation is the only repository for Herbst’s music, a collection that spans a half century and has been recognized for its significant contributions to Colonial period music. Most of Herbst’s music has not been performed since the 19th century, so this will be entirely “new” music for 21st century audiences. To see the complete symposium schedule and registration information please visit oldsalem.org.
Pre-registration is required and must be completed by April 10. The registration fee is $50 for the entire symposium and $10 for the April 19 & 20 evening concerts only. Please call 1-800-441-5305 to register.
About Old Salem
OldSalem Museums & Gardens is one of America’s most comprehensive history attractions. Its museums — the Historic Town of Salem and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), along with award-winning heirloom gardens — engage visitors in an educational and memorable historical experience about those who lived and worked in the early South. Old Salem Museums & Gardens is located at 600 South Main Street in Winston-Salem. For more information call 336-721-7300 or visit www.oldsalem.org.
About the Moravian Music Foundation
The Moravian Music Foundation (MMF) is an independent non-profit corporation created in 1956, which preserves the rich musical heritage of the Moravians, a Protestant denomination, who came to Pennsylvania and North Carolina in the 18th century. The MMF has Archival Collections of 10,000 music manuscripts, first editions, early imprints, and related materialsin Winston-Salem, NC and Bethlehem, PA; maintains the Peter Memorial Library, a secondary reference collection, of 6,000 titles; fulfills free lending library loans; provides ongoing music programming consultation for approximately 12 professional musical groups worldwide; issues catalogs of the collections, publishes monographs, periodicals, and sheet music, and produces professional quality audio recordings.
