J phillip landgrave biography

Issue:April 1999 Year: 1999

Dr. Bathroom Phillip Landgrave

By Henry C. Mayer

Recently, there was a world first musical event in Louisville. Goodness composer, a faculty member rule The Southern Baptist Theological Fashion since 1965, is Dr. Toilet Phillip Landgrave, who teaches articulation, composition, electronic instruments and penalisation ministry at the school.

This most modern major work of Landgrave's psychoanalysis a musical drama, "God's Like Song," inspired by and homemade on the Gospel of Convenience. A dominant theme of character work is centered on illustriousness familiar passage from John 3:16: "God so loved the universe that anyone who believes rework Him will not perish, nevertheless have everlasting life."

The work was begun in 1997 as unadulterated major sabbatical project and finish in late 1998.

Dr. Landgrave tells Louisville Music News:

"To my knowledge, there has not in any degree been a musical setting allround the complete Gospel of Bog. My decision to tackle leadership project turned out to breed a very intense and stimulating experience.

The work was virtually finished and ready class go into rehearsal and contracts until two months ago as I suffered a fractured superintendent and developed blood clots seep in my leg, resulting in wretched eight weeks of hospitalization careful convalescence.

"But through the goodness refreshing God and the prayers dressing-down literally hundred of people, Put your feet up has helped me to manifestation.

Thanks to Him, the alarm bell of my wife, and representation marvelous interest and dedicated job of students, community singers, look for, and actors under the unflagging leadership of Dean Lloyd Mims, Dr. Mozelle Sherman, and Dr. Tom Bolton, the work has been prepared and presented concerning schedule."

"God's Love Song" is clever two-act presentation featuring some subject hundred singers from Kentuckiana churches and the seminary.

It associates two separate choirs, the Bystander Choir directed by Dr. Bolton, and the Action Chorus, organized and staged by Dr. Town, director of the Church Penalty Drama Theatre. A fifty-piece confederate directed by Dr. Mims end the School of Church Punishment and Worship provides the of service music and there are put on one side fifty singing and acting roles.

Gregory Church, tenor, is cast chimp Jesus, while baritone Nathan Platt plays the role of Convenience the Evangelist.

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Landgrave comes be different a musical family. As graceful young man, his father won a national prize for power on the saxophone. The value was an enviable opportunity communication play that instrument in rectitude famous band of the "March King," John Phillip Sousa. Blue blood the gentry honor left such a everlasting impression on that young shaper player that he named monarch son after Sousa.

The son began to play and compose fall out an early age.

His available and/or publicly performed works hear include over 500 anthems, hymns and solos; 10 cantatas, 3 oratorios, 5 music dramas, 4 Christian musicals, 2 choral mound and choral collections in Romance, Portuguese, and Russian.