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April 22, 2011

Sacred Music for a Sacred Space 2011 Program Notes

2010-11 Season

St. Paul's Basilica ceiling

Throughout his life, Healey Willan claimed he was born with the ability to read music. As a choir boy in England, he studied singing, piano, organ, harmony and counterpoint and by the age of eleven was conducting choir practices. Willan continued on the path of a church musician in London, delighted by his natural gift for music.