Posted on Feb 27, 2009

Hilary Tann, Music

Hilary Tann, the John Howard Payne Professor of Music, will be a featured guest of the Harvard Festival of Women's Choirs Feb. 27 and 28.

Her composition, "That Jewel-Spirit," will be performed by the Radcliffe Choral Society, conducted by Jameson Marvin. The festival features 12 choirs singing in three concerts, and includes seminars for students, conductors, publishers and composers.

On Sunday, March 1, the Harvard University Choir will give the U.S. premiere performance of "Paradise," a setting of George Herbert's poem first performed by the internationally-known choir, Tenebrae, in June in Wales.

A new release from Beauport Classical called "Metamorphosis" features two of Professor Tann's instrumental compositions, "Like Lightnings" for oboe solo and "Kilvert's Hills" for bassoon solo. Tann's compositions have been selected for preview by NetMusicWorks (www.netmusicworks.com) and she is currently Composer of the Month on Welsh Music Information Center's Web site.