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Save the Date!

Save the Date! On Sunday, April 26, 2009, at 3 p.m. the Society for Universal Sacred Music and the New York Virtuoso Singers will co-sponsor “Voices for Love and Unity—A Concert for Peace,” held at the St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church in New York City. The program will consist of powerful anti-war choral music featuring Francis Poulenc’s masterpiece Figure Humaine, which is perhaps the most complex tonal choral piece ever written, composed while Paris was occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. The program will also include works by Benjamin Britten, Richard McIntyre, Richard Rice and a world premiere piece composed by Roger Davidson, Founder and President of the Society for Universal Music.... Read more

New CD Release - The Thread of Life

All cultures have music that is mystical or transcendent, and by listening to them together we can transcend our everyday lives in a new way, and create an artistic interfaith experience freeod dogma. Music becomes a pathway to 'spirituality without borders.' The Thread of Life is a narrative of music that binds us across cultures in an exploration of the divine in music.... Read more

2009 Composition Contest for Choral/Vocal Music

The Society for Universal Sacred Music is now accepting entries from composers of all nationalities for its new composers' competition, the winners of which will have their pieces performed in our Fourth Festival of Universal Sacred Music in New York City, in May 2010.... Read more