The Recovering Choir Director

“Maestro hopes to tap musical treasures at Vatican Library”

Toshiyuki Shimada wanted something exciting to do when he leaves his job as conductor of the Portland Symphony Orchestra. He thinks he has found it in the role of a real-life Indiana Jones searching for musical treasures.

A licensing deal gives the mild-mannered maestro and newly minted Yale University professor access to the Roman Catholic Church´s Vatican Library, allowing him to produce musical CDs based on its treasure trove of manuscripts and prints.

[Via Catholic Light.]