Sven lekberg biography of michael

DMMO’s late founder Dr. Robert L. Larsen once said of his mentor, composer Dr.

Sven Lekberg: “It was not the elegance, the sophistication, the technical perfection, or the polished surface that appealed to Sven…but the essential truth and simplicity of art.”

Such was the spirit behind Songs of Sven Lekberg, the latest compilation songbook from Dr.

Michael Patterson.

The volumes of Christmas carols of both Dr. Michael Patterson and Dr. Sven Lekberg are available for sale through the Des Moines Metro Opera.

The volumes of Christmas carols of both Dr. Michael Patterson and Dr. Sven Lekberg are available for sale through the Des Moines Metro Opera.

The text is by Octavio Paz. Sven Lekberg was born in Chicago, Illinois in He was involved with music early in his life, taking piano lessons at the.

Patterson inherited the annual writing of Christmas carols from his late mentor, Sven Lekberg, who threw annual Christmas caroling parties in.

Barbara eventually took the last name of her stepfather, Sven Lekberg, a music professor.

Sven Lekberg was born in Chicago, Illinois in He was involved with music early in his life, taking piano lessons at the age of nine and becoming an.

In an age where music has become increasingly digital, the idea to print songs from the last century might be considered quaint, but Patterson, a protégé of both Lekberg and Larsen, considered it necessary. “Nearly two dozen remarkable songs remained unpublished among his manuscripts,” he explained.

“My fear was that the songs could disappear and never be seen or heard again.”