Loft Recordings, LLC

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In addition to her composing activities, Joan Szymko has been a choral conductor in the Pacific Northwest for over 25 years. Abundant lyricism, rhythmic intensity, and vigorous attention to text are hallmarks of her diverse and distinctive choral writing. Especially noteworthy is her significant contribution to the body of literature for womenâ??s voices. With forty octavos in publication, her music is performed frequently by distinguished choral ensembles across the country and abroad. Szymkoâ??s choral works have been featured at the last three national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and her Vivos Voco was commissioned and performed by the San Francisco Girls Chorus at the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM)â??s Seventh World Symposium on Choral Music in Kyoto, 2005. Szymko has been a resident composer with Do Jump! Movement Theater since 1995, performing her music with the company at their home theater in Portland, Oregon, on Broadway, and at the Kennedy Center.

Since its inception, Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble has established a reputation for continually featuring a diverse range of new and rarely performed works, along with time-honored classics of choral literature. Formed in 1992 as a semi-professional choral group by founding director Loren Pontén, Opus 7 specializes in 19th- through 21st-century a cappella choral music. As a resident ensemble of St. James Cathedral in Seattle, Washington, since 1994, Opus 7 is dedicated to performing the works of local and regional composers, regularly commissioning new choral compositions. In addition, since 2000 Opus 7 has fostered new talent in the field of choral music through its unique Student Choral Composition Awards Program.

The mission of Loft Recordings is to generate enthusiasm and literacy in classical music, particular music for organs and choirs. Loft Recordings publishes recordings, produces a weekly radio program (The Organ Loft), provides recording services for artists, and offers recordings for sale through this website and a mail order catalog. Loft Recordings was founded in 1999; in 2001, Loft purchased the assets of Gothic Records, a company which had been producing great organ and choral recordings for almost 25 years. Loft established "The Gothic Catalog" as a mail-order webstore where recordings from both companies could be showcased, alongside other recordings from third-party labels. In June 2008, we acquired Clarion Records, a record label which features semi-professional American choirs and a large catalog of world premier choral recordings. And in 2009 we became the exclusive publisher and distributor of recordings from the Washington National Cathedral.

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