Exploring Sacred Music With Schola Cantorum Of Santa Fe

KUNM | By Spencer Beckwith

Published December 5, 2014 at 9:09 AM MST

In 1990, during his tenure as Director of Music of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis in Santa Fe, Dr. Billy Turney created a separate, independent music ensemble, an a cappella choir that brings the sounds of sacred music to chapels, missions and churches throughout New Mexico. This month, the Schola Cantorum of Santa Fe will perform a variety of Christmas-themed programs at sites in Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Pojoaque. Billy Turney talks with us about the origins of the choir.

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A longer version of the conversation with Dr. Billy Turney, including a discussion about the music being performed during the Christmas season programs.

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Spencer Beckwith

Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.

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