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Center Congregational
Church, Meriden,
to host free public concert of Boston University School of Theology Seminary
Singers
Thursday, March 11th 3:00 pm
Come experience sacred music in many styles, from many eras, from around the
world!
Come one, come all to Center Congregational Church
on Thursday, March 11 at 3 p.m. to experience a diverse array of sacred music
offered by the Boston University School of Theology Seminary Singers on their
spring 2010 Concert Tour. The Seminary Singers is a choral group with a
78-year history and a cutting-edge, globally inspired musical
repertoire. All are welcome to attend this free public concert. Donations
will be accepted at the end of the concert.
The Seminary Singers is comprised of students, faculty and administrators
from the Boston University School of Theology. Many of the students are
preparing for parish ministry; others are pursuing ministries in music,
teaching and chaplaincy. With members from all over the United States, and the world, the
group prides itself on reflecting that diversity in the music it
performs. The Seminary Singers will present several anthems in a
variety of languages, including Korean, Spanish, and various African
dialects. The styles of music will range from traditional choral
anthems, to modern takes on classic hymns and new settings of beloved
scriptural texts, to spirituals and contemporary music with gospel flair.
The goal of the program is to show the variety of styles, sounds and symbols
that Christians have used to praise God through the ages and around the
world. Several instruments (including African drumming) and a
liturgical dancer will join the Seminary Singers for this concert as well.
Boston University School of Theology, under the leadership of Dean Mary
Elizabeth Mullino Moore, is the nation’s oldest theological
seminary of American Methodism and one of thirteen seminaries
of the United
Methodist Church
within the United States.
The School is one of approximately fifteen university-based seminaries in the
country, and was the founding school of Boston University,
the nation's fourth-largest private research university.
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