Since its founding in Chicago in 1993, SDG Music Foundation has sought to enhance, promote and preserve classical sacred music in the biblical tradition at the highest level.
Read more...SDG offers a library of critically acclaimed DVDs of sacred masterworks conducted by John Nelson. WATCH DVD TRAILERS
Read more...SDG sponsors the annual Chicago Bach Project, featuring great choral masterpieces. The next performance is Mendelssohn's LOBGESANG, February 24, 2016.
Read more...At the heart of SDG's mission is the commissioning of new sacred music from the world’s leading composers. SDG-commissioned music is performed in concert halls, schools, and houses of worship around the world.
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July 2017 SDG Composer of the Month: Fabio Luisi
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Today’s audiences recognize Grammy Award-winning conductor Fabio Luisi for many accomplishments: Principal Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, General Music Director of the Zurich Opera, and Principal Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Add to that his position succeeding Zubin Mehta as Music Director Designate of Florence’s Opera di Firenze and the legendary Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 2018, and you would think he’s done it all!
But most do not know that he studied composition early in his music education.
More about SDG's latest commissions
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The SDG new commissions for 2017-2018 involve a wide range of composers, from Grammy and Pulitzer winners; a wide range of locations, from Oregon to New York, from Chicago to Salzburg; and a wide range of venues, from summer festivals and universities, to museums and churches.
Meet SDG's four newest composers
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Richard Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua
Mark Laycock: Via Dolorosa
Fabio Luisi: Mass
Carter Pann: Trio for flute, cello, and piano