Classical Holiday Favorites: From the Messiah and Oratorio to the Magic Flute and Nutcracker

Enhance your enjoyment of classical holiday favorites including Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Mozart’s The Magic Flute, and Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker by learning about these composers and their music.  

Musician, conductor, and educator Ned Tipton served as Canon for Music and Organist-Choirmaster of the American Cathedral in Paris, where he co-founded and was Artistic Director of Les Arts George V, the Cathedral’s not-for-profit arts association. He co-founded the Paris Choral Society, and performed an impressive number of the major works for symphonic chorus and orchestra (including Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Ninth Symphony, the Verdi Requiem, and the complete choral works of Maurice Duruflé).  He was Canon for Music Ministry and Cathedral Arts, at St. John’s Cathedral, Los Angeles, and was named one of six Honorary Canons of the Cathedral Center of St. Paul, of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. Currently serving as Director of Music Ministries for St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in New Canaan, he maintains an active international career as an organist.