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Westminster Choir to Perform Bach's St. Matthew Passion

Westminster Choir
Julia Lynn Photography

  The Westminster Choirhas been the chorus-in-residence for Spoleto Festival USA since its inception in 1977. Conductor Joe Miller—director for choral activities at Spoleto Festival USA and Westminster Choir College--talks with Jeanette Guinn about two sets of concerts, the first being this weekend's performances at the Emmett Robinson Theatre of David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Little Match Girl Passion with new choreography by Pontus Lidberg, along with Carissimi’s Jephte. On June 3 the choir performs in Bach's St. Matthew Passionat the Sottile Theatre.

Jeanette Guinn is a professor in the Arts Management Program in College of Charleston’s School of the Arts and is pleased to have former students working in the US, Europe and Australia. After interning at the South Carolina Arts Commission during graduate school, Jeanette spent 25 great years working as an arts manager.