Sing the Queen City!

A local leader and national treasure: Howard Helvey


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We are talking with composer and conductor, Howard Helvey. Though he has called Cincinnati home for more than three decades, his music is sung by choirs all over the world. We chatted about his life as a composer, his fondness for Cincinnati and his hopes for the post-pandemic community of singers.The recording of Howard Helvey’s “O Quam Gloriosum”, heard in this podcast was recorded by the East Carolina University Chamber Singers; Dr. Daniel Bara, director; Christopher Grymes, clarinet. From the CD Eternal Light http://www.gothic-catalog.com/EternalLightp/g-49272.htm (Gothic Records, G-49272), Copyright 2010 Loft Recordings, LLC. Used with kind permission.
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Sing the Queen City!By The May Festival Association