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Summer 2009 | Volume 67, No. 4
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Despite Storms, 2009 Gala Brings Peace and Diversity
by Southwestern News Staff
Southwestern Seminary performed its sixth annual Gala Concert of Sacred Music at the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall, Feb. 10.
Following the event, Stephen Johnson, dean of the School of Church Music, noted the peace within the hall differed greatly from the storms that raged across North Texas during the performance. Reflecting a statement that President Paige Patterson made in his welcoming comments at the event, Johnson added, “In the current economic climate of uncertainty, we were all reminded, and hopefully some heard for the first time, that there is an unwavering certainty in Jesus.”
During the Gala, Southwestern Seminary’s 200-voice Master Chorale and the 90-piece Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presented both ancient and modern compositions. David Thye, professor of church music and Robert L. Burton Chair of Conducting at Southwestern, conducted the performance. Guest performers included internationally known vocalists Huw Priday and Elizabeth Woollett. Also, seminary student Young Kyoung Kwon took part in a dueling-pianos rendition of Mozart’s Concerto in E-flat Major. Kwon was invited to play during Gala as the winner of the 2008 James C. McKinney Outstanding Performer Award.
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