{"id":206072,"date":"2026-03-25T22:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206072\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T22:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:23:08","slug":"5-things-to-know-about-rollins-colleges-moravian-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206072\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things to know about Rollins College’s Moravian concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

WINTER PARK, Fla. \u2014 Long before Bach and Beethoven became household names, Moravian communities were composing, preserving, and performing sacred music of beauty and depth.<\/p>\n

1. If you\u2019ve ever attended the EPCOT Candlelight Processional, you might know conductor John Sinclair from the back of his head. With baton in hand, he\u2019s also the artistic director and conductor of the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. Sinclair has been leading the WP choir and orchestra for more than 30 seasons. We caught up with him at Rollins College\u2019s Knowles Memorial Chapel during rehearsal, a few days ahead of a concert called Passion Music for Early America with Bach Vocal Artists.\u00a0It reintroduces audiences to Moravian music.<\/p>\n

3. \u201cThomas Jefferson, George Washington all knew their music,\u201d he told us. \u201cSo if you wanted to know what the Revolutionary Fathers would listen to, they would go to the Moravian\u2019s main music.\u201d<\/p>\n

4. Sinclair also invited us to climb up and into the organ, with 32 foot pipes. While up there, he simplified how an organist\u2019s skills differ from a pianist\u2019s, who is more like a percussionist. \u201cOn the organ, whatever you play, [the sound] doesn\u2019t die away.\u201d<\/p>\n

5. The Moravian-focused concert<\/a> is this Thursday, March 26, 2026 from 7:30\u202f- 9:00\u202fPM at Knowles Memorial Chapel in Winter Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINTER PARK, Fla. \u2014 Long before Bach and Beethoven became household names, Moravian communities were composing, preserving, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4093,1011,274,1190,115,4094,7149,139,141,140,278,835],"class_list":["post-206072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-allison-walker","tag-app-human-interest","tag-app-top-stories","tag-human-interest","tag-news","tag-on-the-town","tag-on-the-town-app","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-top-stories","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}