Photo Gallery

Peace & Happiness

Musikanten at the premiere of "Dona Nobis Pacem" New Year's Eve.  Kerry Krebill conducted Musikanten at First Night, Alexandria, Virginia.

Recording Session

We recorded at St. Luke Catholic in McLean, VA in August 2008.  Paul Skevington is at the console of the wonderful organ there.

Some of the stupendous singers in a quiet moment.

Musikanten on Tour

Friends from Musikanten after a splendid concert in Dubrovnik, Croatia in 2003.  "Evening Music" premiered on this tour.  Conductor Kerry Krebill is in front.  Yours truly is in the center of the back row.

Sarajevo Poster

This 2003 tour started in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where I lived at the time.  The tour poster was fabulous, seen here with three great friends and singers.  Notice the shell-damaged wall, a reminder of the horrors this beautiful city faced not so long ago.

St. James Choir, Washington D.C.

Here is the choir of St. James Episcopal on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Now Parish of St. Monica & St. James).  They have premiered several of my pieces. 

Friends of C.J. Hoh

These are fine singers and wonderful friends, many of whom have helped record some of my compositions.  This group is particularly resplendent, gathered to sing at our civil union ceremony in 2000!

Rehearsal

A last minute rehearsal with Jill Kern (missing from the St. James Choir photo above).  Banging out chords on the piano and scrutinizing my score (Walton), I'm reassured that there's a long tradition of composers giving the choristers a challenge!

Lima Days

This watercolor was a farewell gift from the choir of the Union Church of Lima (Peru), where I began composing and conducting in 1985 after a hiatus from music.  I have fond memories of those wonderful times and people, especially the choir's patience with my on-the-job training!  Thanks, Javier.

Trinity Lutheran, Reading, Pennsylvania

I was nurtured and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Reading, Pennsylvania, where theological and musical roots run deep.  Since its founding by Henry Melchior Muhlenburg in 1751, it has maintained an outstanding ministry and program; this church housed the city's first organ in 1771.  The City of Reading's Choral Society is one of America's oldest and the Reading Musical Foundation and Reading Symphony and other organizations have a distinguished tradition of quality concerts.  In the 1970's the town was a fertile environment for learning about music.  Too bad I didn't start serious composing until after I moved away!  Still, my music has been performed at Trinity and elsewhere in Reading over the years.  "This is The Day" is dedicated to Trinity's Music Director Emeritus, Donald Hinkle, my teacher of piano, organ, theory and so much else.

Bosnia Again

Here's one more view from Bosnia that I couldn't leave out.  The singers stopped for lunch on the banks of the Buna River after visiting Mostar.  I couldn't join them and am still jealous -- look at the fun they are having!