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Song Premiere: "The Bell of Brother Francis"

On September 13, soprano Viki Hilferty and tenor Jon Lee Keenan, with organist Jim McCarthy, gave the first performance of Gibson's The Bell of Brother Francis, celebrating St. Francis de Paolo, the founder of the Minims order. Fr. Gino Vanzillotta composed the poem and commissioned the setting.

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