Deborah Simpkin King
Host, Sounds ChoralDeborah Simpkin King, Ph.D., is a choral conductor, new music advocate, and master teacher. She plays an active role in the vibrant Manhattan choral scene and serves the national and international music community through her guest conducting and body of published work.
Her leadership as a conductor is ongoing with the semi-professional Ember of Ember Choral Arts (formerly Schola Cantorum on Hudson), as Director of Music and Arts at the historic Trinity Episcopal Church in Asbury Park, NJ, and as a conductor within Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival and MidAmerica Productions. Her commitment to nurturing the next generation in the arts can be seen through the arts education initiatives at Ember Choral Arts, along with her long standing leadership of the NJ-ACDAHigh School Choral Festival.
Through PROJECT : ENCORE(which she founded), Dr. King is at the leading edge of the new music industry, working with composers in finding post-premiere performances, and performing many premieres herself.
As a monthly columnist with ACDA’s Choral Journal and host of public radio’s Sounds Choral, (syndicated through WWFM) she serves the music community internationally.
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Sounds Choral celebrates Labor Day by saluting essential workers with music reflecting the variety of American choral music. Join host Deborah Simpkin…
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Host Deborah Simpkin King challenges listeners to listen well to all that is taking place around us, featuring choral selections by composers of color.…
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In our present moment of uncertainty, host Deborah Simpkin King presents the music of Andrea Clearfield, including her cantata Tse Go La, about life…
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This week on Sounds Choral, host Deborah Simpkin-King explores the contributions to choral music of three African-American musical artists, including…
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Host Deborah Simpkin King explores two settings of the "Great O" Antiphons.Listen to Sounds Choral this Sunday at 2 pm.
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Host Deborah Simpkin King this Sunday (11/3 at 2 pm) shares selections from Considering Matthew Shepard by composer Craig Hella Johnson. The…
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Sounds Choral this Sunday (6/16 at 2 pm) celebrates Spring with musical selections inspired by the season. Host Deborah Simpkin King shares music from the…
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Deborah Simpkin King, founder and director of Ember, the vocal ensemble of Schola Cantorum on Hudson, hosts Sounds Choral this Sunday (5/12 at 2 pm) and…
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Deborah Simpkin King, Pd.D, Founder and Artistic Director of Ember, the vocal ensemble of Schola Cantorum on Hudson, hosts Sounds Choral this Sunday (3/3…
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Deborah Simpkin King, Founder and Artistic Director of Ember, the vocal ensemble of Schola Cantorum on Hudson, hosts this week's Sounds Choral (11/25 at 2…