Missouri Classical Music News and Notes

For many years guitarist/composer/author Anthony Glise has split his time between a small village in France where he writes and performs, and St. Joseph where he is adjunct professor of music at Missouri Western State College. He’s finally found a way to introduce the communities of both his homes.

Chorale Divertimento, a concert choir based in Lille, France near Mr. Glise’s home in Sainghin-en-Melantois in Northern France, is coming to St. Joseph to perform compositions, written by Mr. Glise, with the St. Joseph Chamber Choir. The two entities will be joined by the Lawrence Chamber Orchestra, guitarist Jason Riley, and Mr. Glise himself, who will narrate and play guitar.

“It’s like two old friends that haven’t met and I want them to meet,” Mr. Glise, a St. Joseph native, said. “It’s a wild exchange.”