NEW ORCHESTRAL WORK WRITTEN FOR LETOURNEAU’S NICEA CONFERENCE
(Longview, Texas)—LeTourneau University’s Nicea 2025 Conference on Wednesday, October 29 celebrating the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. will include the premiere of a choral/orchestral work composed expressly for the occasion.
Dr. Jim Taylor, Director of Fine Arts and Professor of Music, has composed a 13-minute setting of the Nicene Creed in three movements for choir, soprano soloist, string orchestra, and percussion that will be premiered at the Belcher Center on the LeTourneau University campus at 11:10 AM. The LeTourneau Singers and the Longview Civic Chorus, joined by professional and student musicians, will perform the work. Leigh Latchford, lyric coloratura soprano, will be the featured soloist.
“The Nicene Creed, sung in Latin as the Credo, has been the central movement of every mass from medieval times,” says Taylor. “I wanted to create a piece for this special occasion to celebrate the impact the Nicene Creed has had on our understanding of the nature of Jesus Christ.”
In recognition of the creed’s strong presence in church music, the program will include the Credo movement from the Schubert Mass No. 2 in G Major, a favorite of choirs around the world.
Admission to the concert, as well as to the entire day of seminars and worship, is free of charge, and all are invited. Information on the Nicea 2025 conference can be found at https://www.letu.edu/academics/theology-and-vocation/council-of-nicea-1700-anniversary.html.
For more information on the concert, please contact Dr. Taylor at jimtaylor@letu.edu or (903) 233-3379.
LeTourneau University is the Christian polytechnic university in the nation where educators engage students to nurture Christian virtue, develop competency and ingenuity in their professional fields, integrate faith and work, and serve the local and global community. LETU offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs across a range of disciplines at LETU’s residential campus in Longview, Texas as well as in fully online programs. For additional information, visit www.letu.edu.