PAPAL PLEASERS DENVER MUSICIANS OF ST. CLARE WARM UP FOR CHRISTMAS APPEARANCE IN VATICAN.(Spotlight)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: December 5, 1999 | Copyright information

Byline: Mark Wolf

Carma Romano moves her arms up and out, conducting and coaxing the purest possible sound from the assembled voices.

``Can I have a closer G sharp please?'' she asked.

The Musicians of Saint Clare raise their voices in response and St. Thomas Episcopal Church again swells with the joyful noise of Denver native and St. Clare's tenor Patrick Heid's modern setting of Hodie Christus natus est (Today Christ is Born).

``It's b...

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