In Paradisum was composed in 2020 to honor the victims of the coronavirus and the thousands of families left behind. Z. Randall Stroope is an American composer and conductor. He has had recent conducting engagements in Hong Kong, Rome, Barcelona, Singapore, Canterbury Cathedral (England), Berliner Dom (Germany), Salzburger Dom (Austria), St. John (Canada), Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.), Carnegie Hall (New York), and eleven performances for Mass at the Vatican.
