Nick Strimple (b. 1946) has influenced many aspects of choral music as a composer, conductor, scholar, and author. He authored the definitive texts on nineteenth and twentieth-century choral music and has studied and performed the music of Dvo?ak and other Czech composers, as well as Jewish and Holocaust-related music. As a conductor, he has led some of the world's most prestigious ensembles, as well as regularly directing the Los Angeles Zimriyah Chorale. In addition, he has written many choral works, ranging from unaccompanied a cappella music to large choral-orchestral pieces. Despite his national prominence, he is seldom recognized as a composer by fellow conductors, singers, and audiences. This study aims to present a biography of Strimple, detail his compositional work, and examine his choral-orchestral work Pentecost which demonstrates Strimple's distinct compositional style.