by Timothy Robson

Good Company: A Vocal Ensemble presented what was likely the biggest project in the group’s 23-year history this past weekend — a two-day residency with Ola Gjeilo (pronounced yay-loh), a Norwegian-born composer now based in the United States. On Saturday, November 3, Gjeilo led a workshop about his music with members of Good Company and singers from Bay Village High School and elsewhere. On Sunday afternoon, Good Company music director Mike Carney led a concert of fifteen of Gjeilo’s works to a packed sanctuary at Lakewood Presbyterian Church, with the Amethyst Strings and the composer at the piano for several selections. [Read more…]