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	Sector	Musicians / Orchestras / DJs
	Country	US
	State	Texas
	Address	PO Box 3708, TX 79923, El Paso, Texas, US
	Phone	(915) 534-7664
	Web	http://brucenehringconsort.org

The Bruce Nehring Consort had its beginnings in 1967 when Nehring arrived in El Paso to join the staff of the First Presbyterian Church as Organist/Director of Music. In addition to the usual church music groups, Nehring soon developed a large program involving singers and instrumentalists from area high schools. As the group of young people matured musically, he determined to take the El Paso Choir of the Southwest on a musical tour of Europe from El Paso (on chartered planes): 28 days in 1974, and 21 days in 1976, at such notable places as Coventry Cathedral in England, and Notre Dame and Chartes Cathedrals in France. (Several of those “young people” are still performing with the Consort.) Since then, Nehring continued to achieve the unexpected. The group of young singers became an adult ensemble of singers ready to perform a season of concerts year round. That was El Paso Pro-Musica’s birth whose first concert was a presentation of Messiah in St. Christopher's Episcopal Church. That first audience felt their efforts to locate the church, hidden in the Lower Valley were well-rewarded. Although not easily found, that church had been chosen because it validated Nehring's belief that music should be presented in the setting that best enhances it, a true marriage of architecture to sound. Therefore, many of Pro-Musica's concerts were held in churches, in spite of strong objections. Great choral literature was originally written for the church—it’s part of musical history. Secondly, there is often a lack of suitable performance space, where there is a great sounding organ, a good acoustic, and sufficient space to accommodate both singers and instrumentalists, except churches. Nehring has always believed that music should be performed in a space that enhances, awakens the ear, and entices the senses. This belief in architectural proportions to musical sound piqued Nehring's interest in using spaces not usually thought of as concert halls, which led to his use of the Union Depot. Those very popular Union Depot Concerts were conceptualized in music and movement fully two years before the doors first opened to the pubic’s amazement and delight. After fifteen seasons and over 650 rehearsals and performances, relationships changed, as they often do. Charted as a not-for-profit organization, it became the Bruce Nehring Consort, El Paso's Professional Singers and Chamber Players under the Bruce Nehring Foundation for the Performing Arts. For eighteen seasons this group has continued in the traditions of performing the finest music in the manner that El Paso audiences have come to expect from a Nehring ensemble. At a time when there is a demise of many performance organizations, we are grateful and honored for your support. Your attendance is greatly appreciated, and our financial contributions are tax-deductible as provided by law, as are your “in-kind” contributions.

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