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Where in America....?
~ Some Domestic Performances ~
Vol.19 - November, 2015


~ Brad Nelson's choral music has been performed in concert halls, schools, churches, and by community choirs throughout the United States ~

In addition to many International Performances, Brad's music has been heard throughout America.  Most recently, "How Can I Keep From Singing? was commissioned by the Choral Consortium of San Diego and received its world premiere by 1000 singers, accompanied by the Spreckels Organ (the world's largest outdoor instrument!) during the Centennial of famous Balboa Park in San Diego.  This composition was subsequently featured at an "All-Conference Sing" of all attendees at the 2016 Western Division Convention of the American Choral Director's Association in Pasadena.  Also, Brad's music has been widely performed by many choirs throughout the state of California.

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2016 Western Division Convention
Pasadena, California

 

 

How Can I Keep From Singing?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CONCERT HALLS

SCHOOLS

CHURCHES

COMMUNITY GROUPS

 

CONCERT HALLS

CARNEGIE HALL
New York, New York

 

She Walks In Beauty

 

 

El Camino College, California
Joanna Nachef, Director

 

CHICAGO SYMPHONY HALL
Chicago, Illinois

 

A New Kyrie

 

Heritage Festival of Gold

 

ELLIE CAULKINS OPERA HOUSE
Denver, Colorado

Colorado Children's Chorale
Deborah DeSantis, Artistic Director

 

THE KENNEDY CENTER
Washington, D.C.

 

Gladde Things

 

Heritage Festival of Gold

 

 
The old Fox Theater....

COPLEY SYMPHONY HALL
San Diego, California

Break Forth, O Beauteous Heav'nly Light
Sing Lullaby

from "The Feast Of Lights"

 

 

 

 

 


     Bradley Nelson, Conductor


Christmas Concert
College Avenue Baptist Church 
Chancel Choir and Orchestra

 

 

 

.... remodeled as Copley Symphony Hall

 

SPRECKELS ORGAN PAVILION
Balboa Park
San Diego, California

How Can I Keep From Singing?

World Premiere by the
"San Diego Sings! Festival Chorus" of 1000 Voices
Patrick Walders, Conductor

Choral Club of San Diego
Encore Vocal Ensemble
Escondido Choral Arts Center Children's Chorus
Escondido Choral Arts Center Chorale
First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego Women's Chorus

La Jolla Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir
La Jolla Symphony Chorus
Martin Luther King, Jr., Community Choir
Pacific Coast Harmony
Pacific Women's Chorus

Peninsula Singers
SACRA/PROFANA
San Diego Children's Choir
San Diego Chinese Choral Society
San Diego Chorus, Sweet Adelines International

San Diego Gay Men's Chorus
San Diego Mannskor, Norwegian Men's Chorus
San Diego North Coast Singers
San Diego Sun Harbor Barbershop Chorus
San Diego Women's Chorus

 

 

SCHOOLS


Rochester, New York

Entreation
What The Thunder Said
Thoughts

Eastman Chorale
Robert DeCormier, Director

 


Redlands, California

Arise, Shine; For Thy Light Is Come
from "The Feast Of Lights"

University Choir
Jeffrey Rickard, Director

Thoughts
Entreation
Concert Choir
Erwin Ruff, Director

 

EUPHONY
Orano's Chamber Choir

The University of Maine

Anthem For Doomed Youth
In Flanders Fields


Francis John Vogt, Director

 



Euphony

 

 

In Flanders Fields

 

 


Sammy Salvador, Director



CAL STATE FULLERTON
American Choral Director's Association Benefit Concert
August 9, 2018
Fullerton, CA
Sammy Salvador, Director

 


Anna Hamre, Director
Fresno, California

 

She Walks In Beauty
Gladde Things
How Can I Keep From Singing?

Commissioned by Anne Hamre:
For Whom The Bell Tolls
This Central Garden

 

 

Des Moines, Iowa

Sweet Are The Lips Of All That Sing

 

Aimee Beckmann-Collier,
Director

 

See Musings Volume 11

Fresno State
San Francisco State
San Jose State

Chico State
Sacramento State

CSU Stanislaus
CSU Long Beach

 


Merryl directed the choral program at Granite Hills High School
for nineteen years from 1993 to 2012


El Cajon, California

Merryl Nelson just happens to be the wife of composer Brad Nelson (over 43 years of marriage!).  She has championed all of his choral music written for;

High School Choirs

... and most of his music composed for;

College and University Choirs

Merryl Nelson, Director
  (California Choral Director of the Year, 2010)          


St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
The Granite Hills choirs traveled throughout Europe on four overseas tours

 

 
HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL
Rodger Guerrero, Former Director
North Hollywood, California

 
Gladde Things

 

PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
Rodger Guerrero, Current Director
Pasadena, California

 

Fullerton Union High School
Fullerton, California

How Can I Keep From Singing?

 
Scott Hedgecock, Director

 


Austin Thorpe, Director
Herriman, Utah

A Clear Midnight
World Premiere in 2016!

Agnus Dei
In Flanders Fields
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
She Walks In Beauty

Good King Wenceslas
Gladde Things
Sweet Are The Lips Of AllThat Sing
An Irish Love Duet


The 2015-2016 Chamber Singers of Herriman High School,
soon to perform the world premiere of "A Clear Midnight"

 

 


Joshua Habermann, Director
San Francisco, California

Gladde Things

MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
STATE CONFERENCE
Joshua Habermann, Guest Conductor
San Francisco, California

She Walks In Beauty

Las Positas College - Livermore, CA
Los Angeles City College
West Valley College - Saratoga, CA
Solano Community College - Fairfield, CA
Long Beach City College
Consumnes River College - Sacramento, CA
Cuesta College - San Luis Obispo, CA
MiraCosta College - Oceanside, CA
Glendale Community College
El Camino College - Torrance, CA
Diablo Valley College - Pleasant Hill, CA
Allan Hancock College - Santa Maria, CA
Bakersfield College

 

SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL HONOR CHOIR
San Diego, California

 
In Flanders Fields

 

David Chase
Guest Conductor

 

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Oceanside, California

She Walks In Beauty

 

Arlie Langager, Director

 

Broward County High School Honor Chorus - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Virginia State District I Choir - Glen Allen, VA
New York All-State Honor Choir - Ithaca College, NY
Douglas County Honor Chorus - Douglasville, GA
San Diego High School Honor Choir - San Diego, CA
Denton District Honor Choir - Denton, MT
Cape Cod High School Choral Festival - Harwich, MA
Regional Honor Choirs throughout California

... and more

HONOR CHOIRS

 
Sweet Are The Lips Of All That Sing
In Flanders Fields
She Walks In Beauty
An Irish Love Duet
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

 


CHORAL FESTIVALS

Vermont International Choral Festival - Berlin, VT
South Dakota State University, Festival of Mixed Voices - Brookings ,SD
University of Southern Mississippi - Hattiesburg, MS
Florida State University Summer Choral Camps - Tallahassee, FL
Cape Cod Choral Festival - Cape Cod, MA
Tennessee Arts Academy - Nashville, TN
Crystal Children's Choir Summer Music Camp - San Jose, CA
Hastings College Choral Festival - Hastings, NE
Episcopal Church of the Advent Choir Camp - Cape May, NJ

... and more

 

EL DIAMANTE HIGH SCHOOL
Visalia, California

John Sorber, Director

Have We Not Stood Here Like Trees In The Ground Long Enough?

Commissoned by John Sorber and the El Diamante Choirs:
A Psalm of Life (World Premiere)
There Will Come Soft Rains (World Premiere)

 

CAL STATE UNIVERSITY, STANISLAUS
Turlock, California

 
She Walks In Beauty
In Flanders Fields
There Will Come Soft Rains


Daniel Afonso, Director

 


Sacramento, California

Sweet Are The Lips Of All That Sing

 

 

 

Donald Kendrick,
Director

 

 

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Tallahassee, Florida

 
In Flanders Fields

 
Kevin Fenton, Director

 

SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
San Jose, California

Gladde Things

Charlene Archibeque, Director

 

 
  UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
  "OLE MISS"
  Oxford, Mississippi

In Flanders Fields

 
Donald Trott, Director

 

 

Agnus Dei

Jeffrey Gemmell, Director

 

 

 

 
In Flanders Fields

 

Bridgewater, Virginia

Sweet Are The Lips Of All That Sing

Bridgewater Chorale

Jesse Hopkins, Director

 

 
TENNESSEE TECH UNIVERSITY
Cookeville, Tennessee

 
In Flanders Fields

 
Craig Zamer, Director 

Program

 

 

 

 
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
  Kent, Ohio

Jamaica, Farewell!

Men's Chorus

Ben Ayling, Director

 

    Arkadelphia,
     Arkansas

She Walks In Beauty

Ouachita Singers

 

 
Charles Fuller,
Director

 

 

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
   Potsdam, New York

          

Jamaica, Farewell!

Men's Ensemble

Kevin Ford, Director

 

 

 
SILVER LAKE COLLEGE
Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming

Concert Choir
James L. Miller, Director

 

 LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL
     Los Altos, California

Sweet Are The Lips Of All That Sing
Performed in California, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, and Sweden

Main Street Singers

Mark Shaull, Director

 

 

In Flanders Fields

American University Chorus

Daniel Abraham, Director

 

Marysville, California

Gladde Things

Chamber Choir

Joaquina Johnson, Director

 

 

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, Detroit, Michigan

In Flanders Fields

WSU Concert Chorale

  
Norah Duncan, Director

 

 

Hastings, Nebraska

She Walks In Beauty

The Hastings College Choir

Fritz Mountford, Director

 

 

SQUALICUM HIGH SCHOOL
Bellingham, Washington

An Irish Love Duet

Concert Choir


Justin Wisness, Director

 

 

 



ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL
Puyallup, Washington

 

An Irish Love Duet

 

 
Concert Choir
D. Patrick Michael, Director

 

 

AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
Pasadena, California

Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming

Oratorio Choir
John Sutton, Director

 


Greenfield, Massachusetts

 

Gladde Things

 

Concert Choir
Margery Heins, Director

 


UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, GREENSBORO
Greensboro, North Carolina

Arise, My Love, My Fair One

 
Women's Glee Club
Laura Moore, Director

 

FRESNO PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
Fresno, California

Only A Manger

Concert Choir

Roy Klassen, Director

 

 

CHICO STATE UNIVERSITY
  Chico, California

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
In Flanders Fields
Agnus Dei

Chamber Singers
  Jeffrey Gemmell, Director

 

Some news...

   Some more news...

 

 

CHURCHES

COLLEGE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH
San Diego, California

Brad directed this music ministry from 1984 to 1995.  It was the largest church music program in San Diego.  Consequently, the choir sang most of his sacred works at one time or another!

~ Click below to see his entire ~
Sacred Music Catalogue


Brad Nelson, Director of Music

 


Decatur, Georgia

A Thousand Tongues To Sing

 

Edgar Scruggs, Director

 

SOUTH MAIN BAPTIST CHURCH
Houston, Texas

Gladde Things
Christ, The Precious Living Stone
This Is My Father's World
A New Kyrie
Agnus Dei
Be Thou My Vision
Come, Christians, Join To Sing
All Things Bright and Beautiful

Thomas Coker, Minister of Music
Commissioned by Thomas Coker:
My Song Is Love Unknown

 

Madison, Wisconsin

 
How Can I Keep From Singing?


Dan Broner, Director

 

 


Frederick Burgomaster, Director


Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys

 

 

New York City, New York

 
A Clear Midnight 
 

Click the image below to hear this remarkable bell!

 

 

 

Austin Thorpe,
Director

 


 


Bill Golden, Director
Los Altos, California

An Irish Love Duet
Arise, Shine; For Thy Light Is Come
Gladde Things

 


Encinitas, California

 
How Can I Keep From Singing?

 

William Hatcher, Director

 

 

CASTLEVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH
Indianapolis, Indiana

Brad directed this music ministry from 1976 to 1983...  Consequently, the choir sang most of his sacred works at one time or another!

~ Click below to see his complete ~
Sacred Music Catalogue
Brad Nelson, Director of Music

 


Encinitas, California

This Is My Father's World


Emilie Amrein, Director

 


Richardson, Texas

Brian Hehn, Director

 
       In Flanders Fields


 
Brian is also Director of
The Center for Congregational Song

Recent Program

 

Roseville, Minnesota

My Song Is Love Unknown
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming

Sanctuary Choir

John Helgen, Director

 


Silver Spring, Maryland

 
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming

 

Schola Cantorum
Jeffrey Pannebaker, Director

 

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
   Los Angeles, California

Good King Wenceslas

 


Jonathan Talberg, Director

 

 
 LAKE AVENUE CHURCH
    Pasadena, California

Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming

Sanctuary Choir

John Sutton, Director

 

ST. JAMES BY-THE-SEA EPISCOPAL CHURCH
La Jolla, California

 

Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming

 

 
St. James Choir
Steve Townsend, Director

 

 

COMMUNITY GROUPS

EUPHONY
Orano's Chamber Choir

The University of Maine

Anthem For Doomed Youth
In Flanders Fields


Francis John Vogt, Director

 



Euphony

 

OREGON REPERTORY SINGERS
Portland, Oregon

An Irish Love Duet


Gil Seeley, Director

 

 

ALEXANDRIA CHORAL SOCIETY
Alexandria, Virginia

Alleluia

 


Brian Gendron, Director

 

Performed in
NYC, New York


...and Montclair, New Jersey

In Flanders Fields

 

 

Deborah King,
Director


Click here for a fascinating radio interview!

 

 


Baltimore, Maryland

        Jamaica, Farewell!

 
Stephen Holmes,
Artistic Director

 

 

 
         She Walks In Beauty

 

 

 
Martin Wright, Director

 

FRESNO COMMUNITY CHORUS
Fresno, California

Commissioned for their 50th Anniversary
This Central Garden

 

 

 

Anna Hamre,
Director

 

 

 


Austin, Texas

Gladde Things
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming

Ryan Heller, Director

 


San Diego, California

 

 

Sweet Are The Lips Of All That Sing

Juan Carlos Acosta, Associate Director

 

THE CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION
Chautauqua, New York

 

How Can I Keep From Singing?

 
Jared Jacobsen
Organist and Director of Sacred Music

Rest in Peace my friend
(March 18, 1949-August 27, 2019)

 

 

 
In Flanders Fields

 

 
Kevin Fenton, Director

 

WIMBERLEY COMMUNITY CHORUS
Thomas Coker, Director
Wimberley, Texas

 

Gladde Things
How Can I Keep From Singing?

 

WILLIAMSPORT CIVIC CHORUS
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

Ned Wetherald, Director

 

SORELLE WOMEN'S CHORUS
Encinitas, California


Sally Husch Dean, Director

 

In Flanders Fields
Agnus Dei
How Can I Keep From Singing?

 

 

 

Joined by the ....
SCHOLA PACIFICA
MEN'S CHORUS
Max Chodos, Director
San Diego, California

 

SHENANDOAH VALLEY MEN'S CHORUS
Harrison, Virginia

Jay Hartzler, Director

 
                Agnus Dei (TBB)

 
HARRISON MENNONITE CHURCH MEN'S CHOIR
Les Helmuth, Director
Harrison, Virginia

 

WHITE HERON CHORALE
Appleton, Wisconsin

 

Gladde Things


Rick Bjella, Director

 

 


SAN LUIS OBISPO VOCAL ARTS ENSEMBLE
San Luis Obispo, California

Good King Wenceslas

  Gary Lamprecht, Director

 

KEY CHORALE
Joseph Caulkins, Director
Sarasota, Florida

An Irish Love Duet
Arise, My Love, My Fair One

 

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SYMPHONY CHORUS
Joseph Caulkins, Director
Fort Meyers, Florida

 

 


 
Lompoc, California

 
Good King Wenceslas

Kathleen Hacker, Director

 


Yuba City, California

Gladde Things

 

 

 

Joaquina Johnson, Director

 

 

 


Boulder, Colorado

An Irish Love Duet

 

 
Robert F. Farr, Director

 

 

 

Newark, Delaware

Good King Wenceslas


Michael Larkin, Director

 

 

Cleveland, Ohio

 Jamaica, Farewell!

Male Chorus


Melvin Unger, Director

 


Louisville, Kentucky

An Irish Love Duet


Daniel Spurlock, Director

  
S. Timothy Glasscock, CD Recording
 Featuring  An Irish Love Duet, TracK #4 

 

TORRANCE CIVIC CHORALE
Torrance, California

Sweet Are The Lips Of All That Sing

 

David Burks, Director

 

 


Cleveland, Ohio
James J. Hoffmann, Director

 

 
An Irish Love Duet

 

CHARLESTON CIVIC CHORUS
Charleston, West Virginia

She Walks In Beauty


Truman Dalton, Director

 

DON THOMPSON CHORALE
Jacksonville, Florida

Alleluia


Michael Dell, Director

 

SOLI DEO GLORIA CHOIR
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Gladde Things

 Brad Peterson, Director

 

STANLY COUNTY CHORALE
Albermarle, North Carolina

Alleluia
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
Sweet Are The Lips Of All That Sing


Cindy Pribble, Director

 

 

 


VOICES 21
Fulton, Maryland

Sweet Are The Lips Of All That Sing

Jesse Parker, Director

June 5, 2011 Concert Program

 


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