Kathleen Grace
|
|
JAZZ VESPERS:
Say what?
Jazz Vespers is a unique blend of the spiritual and eclectic. It's poetry,
readings, prayer and lots of hot jazz!Come and see what happens when you
throw away the book, create something new, different and exciting. It's free and
it's close by......
Just come. And leave your preconceptions behind.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:
Sunday, May 18, 2008, at 6:00 p.m.: Jazz Vespers with Kathleen Grace Band
Come join us to hear a joyful mix of sounds with vocalist Kathleen Grace and her five-piece band.
Reception will follow the service. Bring a friend to this moving service of prayerful meditation and great jazz.
Location: Holy Nativity Parish Map
ABOUT VESPERS
Vespers, one of the two main hours of the Church's daily Office, has roots extending into the evening prayers of ancient Israel. Lucernarium,
literally "lamp lighting time," was another name for these periods of devotion
which began at the rising of the evening star with a blessing prayer. The Book
of Common Prayer preserves the evolution of these early forms of worship and
prayer in a way that is faithful to our heritage and open to creating new
traditions.
Jazz Vespers emerges as a synthesis of traditions, a blending of an age-old
liturgy with the unique musical language we call jazz. With a freshness that is
open to God's spirit, this musical tradition sounds the hopes, dreams, joys,
frustrations, and pain that expresses the human experience and explores a
musical vocabulary that transcends the limits of the written or spoken word.
|
