EPISODE 14: Tradition The Seraphic Saturday Podcast Companion Welcome to the Seraphic Saturday Podcast Companion. Our second episode this season will delve into the tradition of choral music in America with our host Dr. James K Bass. Dr. Bass takes us through a musical journey with music of the Shakers, Fisk Jubilee Singers, and Robert Shaw. You can listen to this podcast at one of the links above, or by searching “Seraphic Saturday Podcast” on… Read More

New Video Release: Trois Chansons, 1. Dieu! Qu’il La Fait Bon Regarder! In anticipation of our 2021-22 Season, we are releasing a new recording every other Friday for your enjoyment. Today we present “Dieu! Qu’il La Fait Bon Regarder” from Trois Chansons composed by Claude Debussy and recorded in May 2021 at Comber Hall, Church of the Little Flower in Coral Gables, FL. Find out more about the composition below: Claude Debussy’s Trois Chansons, set… Read More

New Video Release: Pange Lingua In anticipation of our 2021-22 Season, we are releasing a new recording every other Friday for your enjoyment. Today we present Pange Lingua, composed by Tomás Luis de Victoria and recorded in May 2021 at Comber Hall, Church of the Little Flower in Coral Gables, FL. Find out more about the composition below: When Tomás Luis de Victoria was born in Avila, Spain, in 1548, Charles V ruled Spain as… Read More

Tenor Blake Beckemeyer reflects on how the skills required for a professional musician prepared him for success in a job in the corporate world. You can hear Blake perform in A Seraphic Fire Christmas this December and in Biebl: Ave Maria—Music for Men’s Chorus this March. Learn more about how Seraphic Fire helps prepare students and young professionals for success through musicianship by visiting our Education page. By Blake Beckemeyer September 2021 In early March… Read More

New Video Release: Danzas del Silencio A Video World-Premiere Performance In anticipation of our 2021-22 Season, we are releasing a new recording every other Friday for your enjoyment. Today we present Danzas del Silencio, composed by Alvaro Bermudez and recorded in May 2021 at Comber Hall, Church of the Little Flower in Coral Gables, FL. Find out more about the composition below: Colombian-American composer and long-time Miami community member Alvaro Bermudez composed Danzas del Silencio… Read More

New Video Release: Dominus Vobiscum A Video World-Premiere In anticipation of our 2021-22 Season, we will be releasing a new recording every other Friday for your enjoyment. Today we present Dominus Vobiscum, composed by Sydney Guillaume and recorded in May 2021 at Comber Hall, Church of the Little Flower in Miami, FL. Find out more about the composition below: This is the world-premiere video recording of Dominus Vobiscum by Sydney Guillaume. Guillaume (b. 1982) was… Read More

New Video Release: Creation A homophonic chorale, alternating in slow and fast tempo. In anticipation of our 2021-22 Season, we will be releasing a new recording every other Friday for your enjoyment. Today we present Creation, composed by William Billings and recorded in May 2021 at Comber Hall, Church of the Little Flower in Miami, FL. Find out more about the composition below: William Billings is often credited with being the first colonial American composer…. Read More

New Video Release: Orpheus With His Lute Local composer Alvaro Bermudez revisits his 2017 composition In anticipation of our 2021-22 Season, we will be releasing a new recording every other Friday for your enjoyment. Today we present Orpheus With His Lute, composed by Alvaro Bermudez and recorded in May 2021 at Comber Hall, Church of the Little Flower in Miami, FL. Find out more about the composition below: Miami-based composer Alvaro Bermudez composed Orpheus With… Read More

Seraphic Fire announces the video release of Good Night, Dear Heart to benefit the victims of the Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, FL. Composed by Dan Forrest on a text that Mark Twain placed on his daughter’s grave, the music and words of Good Night, Dear Heart express the deep sadness of a father mourning a daughter who died too young. Seraphic Fire’s artists, staff, and board encourage those who hear this memorial to… Read More

EPISODE 12: Hildegard von Bingen: Ordo virtutum (CD Release) The Seraphic Saturday Podcast Companion Also Available Here: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Anchor Podcasts | Radio Public | Spotify Welcome to the Seraphic Saturday Podcast Companion. In our twelfth episode host, Patrick Dupre Quigley, explores the music and legacy of the 12th-century composer, visionary, abbess, philosopher, theologian, and polymath Hildegard of Bingen. You can listen to this podcast at one of the links above,… Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2021 CONTACT Laura Shand Marketing Manager Laura@SeraphicFire.org | 305.692.0201 Seraphic Fire’s Complete Recording of Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo virtutum out June 11, 2021 The release will be the first recording of the full 12th century masterpiece to include the complete accompanying gradual “Qui sunt hi” The humanity of the work came through despite the distance of centuries…Quigley seemed to respect the original while doing his best to recreate how it… Read More

EPISODE 11: Alvaro Bermudez and Composing for Seraphic Fire The Seraphic Saturday Podcast Companion Welcome to the Seraphic Saturday Podcast Companion. Our eleventh episode features a deep dive interview with our host, Patrick Dupre Quigley, and one of our founding members, Alvaro Bermudez. Seraphic Fire will be premiering Alvaro’s newly commissioned “Danzas del Silencio” this May, sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Listen along as Patrick and Alvaro recount his history… Read More