On Saturday 28th March the choral music studio on the campus of LeMoyne Owen College in Memphis, Tennesseee rang with the sounds of young voices as thirteen students from senior high schools in four states vied for the 2009 (Mid-South Region) GRADY-RAYAM PRIZE In Sacred Music sponsored by our agency.  Thanks to the tireless work [...]

On Friday of last week I had the pleasure of hearing our National Spokesperson the soprano Marquita Lister make her debut in the title role of Rusalka with the Boston Lyric Opera.  Ms. Lister sang brilliantly in a work that gained high marks for its production value overall.  The run of the show will span [...]

In its most recent regular monthly meeting our “NS”SF Board of Directors began the work of drafting a budget for the coming fiscal year, cutting costs in a sometimes drastic manner.  At the end of the exercise, we were still faced with the stark reality that at minimum the Foundation will need to raise and spend  a [...]

We are fresh from a world premiere weekend that caused the light of our organization to shine before everyone we met.   There are many persons and groups who brought about the success of the actual events and we have publicly exressed our gratitude to a number of them  as appropriate.  My thanks go to all other attending patrons, corporate sponsors, [...]

India’s renowned spiritual master and modern activist Mahatma Gandhi once instructed his followers thus; “… no matter how small what you do may seem, it is vitally important that you do it.”  I would add to that an injunction from the late Sr. Rosella Harvey — a Benedictine nun who taught me when in grade school [...]