My Soul Hath Found a Refuge in Thee - Evelyn Simpson-Curenton - Harmonium Choral Society

Vespers: Celebrating Dusk - March 2024
Under the direction of Dr. Anne J. Matlack
Harmonium Choral Society
Morristown United Methodist Church, Morristown, NJ
Solo: Austin Kurbansade, Brandon Johnson-Douglas

My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee is an under-performed double choir setting of Psalm 91
composed by Evelyn Simpson-Curenton. At age two, Evelyn Simpson-Curenton began to play the piano; at five, she began formal piano lessons; by age nine, she was accompanying her renowned musical family, The Singing Simpsons, in public performances. She earned a BM in music education and voice from Temple University. Her GIA Publications biography continues:
A composer, arranger, pianist, organist, and vocalist, Simpson-Curenton has performed with musical organizations such as Philadelphia's National Opera Ebony (renamed Opera North) and was choral director and arranger for the Howard University Drama Department's production of "Mahalia's Song." She has been commissioned to write works for the American Guild of Organists, George Shirley, the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson; and has arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera…She has given lectures and participated in workshops on early 18th-century black religious music and the music of African-Americans during the Civil Rights era.

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