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Performance and Best Engineered Album, Classical). A third recording,Threshold of Night, was released worldwide on September 9, 2008 on theHarmonia Mundi label, Conspirare’s first title for the distinguished recordingcompany. Threshold of Night received two Grammy nominations, Best ChoralPerformance and Best Classical Album. In October 2008, in cooperation withAustin’s public television station KLRU, Conspirare filmed a PBS televisionspecial, “A Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert,” that was broadcastnationally in March 2009 and is available on both CD and DVD.Conspirare has performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.In 2005, the organization received the “Margaret Hillis Award for ChoralExcellence,” presented by Chorus America. As one of the select chorusesin the country to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Artsfor its American Masterpieces initiative, Conspirare presented “Crossing theDivide: Exploring Influence and Finding Our Voice.” The four-day festivalin January 2007 featured a distinguished gathering of composers andconductors, performances of three world premieres, and a gala closing concertwith a choir of 600 singers. In July 2008 Conspirare represented the UnitedStates at the Eighth World Symposium on Choral Music in Copenhagen,joining invited choirs from nearly forty countries.The Conspirare ensembles’ 2009-2010 season consists of 25 performances ofeight different programs, in Austin, Wimberley, Fredericksburg, San Antonioand Victoria. In February 2010 Conspirare will be a special guest choir at theannual convention of the American Choral Directors Association/EasternDivision in Philadelphia.30
Andrew YatesAbout Craig Hella JohnsonRenowned as one of the most influential voices in choral conducting in theUnited States, Craig Hella Johnson brings a depth of knowledge, artisticsensitivity, and imagination to his programs. As founder and artistic directorof Conspirare, Johnson has assembled some of the finest singers in the countryto form a world-class, award-winning organization committed to creatingdynamic choral art.In addition to his work with Conspirare, Johnson also serves as CreativeDirector and Conductor of the Victoria Bach Festival, an annual event thatdraws musicians and critical praise from around the country. Of Johnson’sperformance of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Mike Greenberg of the SanAntonio Express-News wrote: “Through all the amazing ebbs and flowsof dynamics, the radiant balances, the seamless connection of episodes, thetheatrically astute tempo relations, the unified structural arc, the music shoneforth with organic naturalness. Nothing sounded fussed over. Everything justsounded right.”31
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