March 12, 2018
Nicholas Schmelter, director of worship, First Presbyterian Church, Caro, Michigan, performed the premiere of In Dulci Jubilo, by Philip Rice, on the church’s Aeolian-Skinner instrument on January 5.
Rice is a Michigan-based composer specializing in sacred music and artsong. In 2015 he was a winner in the American Prize for orchestral composition and an ASCAP Morton Gould Award finalist. He currently serves as program director for the Mackinac (Michigan) Arts Council.
Schmelter has commissioned and premiered new music by Moonyeen Albrecht, Robert Powell, Philip Rice, Bernard Wayne Sanders, and others.
