Saint Peter's Church's first ever season-spanning oversize (16x16") arts brochure covering Jazz, Classical, Visual Arts, and Dance.

1. SAINT PETER’S CHURCH
619 Lexington Avenue | New York, NY 10022
www.saintpeters.org

2. THE ARTS
2016—2017 SEASON
Saint Peter’s Church is a welcoming and diverse evangelical catholic
communion nourished by God and publicly engaged with others in
creatively shaping life in the city.
Throughout its century and a half years of service in and to the City of
New York, the church has supported the finest of established and
emerging artists and musicians.
Help continue this tradition with a special gift today. Text @SPC #ARTS
to 52014 or visit www.saintpeters.org/give/
JAZZ
Saint Peter’s has been known as “the first church of jazz” since 1965, when Pastor John Garcia
Gensel was named “Pastor to the Jazz Community” by the congregation and the Lutheran Board
of American Missions. Saint Peter’s Church has remained a home for jazz musicians and lovers
of jazz ever since. Today, bassist and composer Ike Sturm serves as Director of Music for Jazz,
leading the church’s internationally regarded Jazz Vespers, concerts, community and educational
programs, and All Nite Soul festival.
ART
Sculpture, textiles, paintings and fine objects permeate the public environments of Saint Peter’s
Church. Some fifty years ago Elaine de Kooning began curating a gallery in the parish hall of the
“old” Saint Peter’s Church. That tradition continues today in two modern spaces: the Narthex
Gallery and the Living Room Gallery. Each presents a series of juried shows on themes related to
modern life. The church’s permanent collection includes Louise Nevelson’s Chapel of the Good
Shepherd, Arnaldo Pomodoro’s The Nail, Kiki Smith’s Crucifix and Dale Chihuly’s Macchia.
CLASSICAL
Music is a living tradition at Saint Peter’s. Whether in a liturgical setting or in a concert format,
Saint Peter’s strives to further the many and various art forms commonly called “classical music.”
Cantor Bálint Karosi oversees all of Saint Peter’s classical music programing, including a new
concert series anchored by contemporary music group Argento in its inaugural year as Saint Pe-
ter’s Ensemble in Residence. On Sundays a semi-professional choir presents works from Schütz
to Ives, and the Passions and cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach.
DANCE
In an effort to witness to the beauty of movement and form, Saint Peter’s is committed to
presenting dance in sacred settings. Luminaries such as Merce Cunningham and Ruth Meyer
established dance at the church as a vibrant force, and the program is undergoing a renaissance
today. Dance at Saint Peter’s focuses on classical form and dances of indigenous peoples, while
Dance in Jazz is dedicated to improvisation as well as contemporary choreography.
All programming subject to change. Visit www.saintpeters.org for full listings.

3. Dara Bloom
CLASSICAL
Drama per Musica
10.14.16 @ 8pm
Concert
Argento Ensemble
10.24.16 @ 7:30pm
Concert
Cantata Profana:
The Lover in Winter
01.20.17 @ 7:30pm
Concert
Christmas holy week
Ensemble Échappé:
21st Century Music
11.14.16 @ 7:30pm
CONCERT
Baroque Music /
Modern Dance
Part 1: 10.30.16 @ 11Am
Part 2: 11.27.16 @ 11Am
Part 3: 12.11.16 @ 11Am
MUSIC LIN LITURGY
Music for Harp, Guitar
and Cimbalom
03.10.17 @ 7:30pm
CONCERT
reger 101
03.19.17 @ 11Am
Music in Liturgy
Memorial Vespers
06.10.17 @ 4Pm
music in Liturgy
Ensemble Échappé: Time
05.01.17 @ 7:30pm
CONCERT
Georg Philipp Telemann
Zischet nur, stechet, ihr
feurigen Zungen!
06.04.17 @ 11am
music in Liturgy
Bálint Karosi:
Cantor and
director of
music
Saint Peter’s newly-appointed professional
vocalists present a commissioned cantata by
Italian composer Gianluca Verlingieri, and J.S.
Bach’s Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209 and
“Coffee Cantata,” BWV 211. They are joined
by the period ensemble Antico/Moderno and
guest ballet dancers, performing original cho-
reography for each of the works. Cantor Bálint
Karosi presents a pre-concert talk at 7PM.
FREE
Argento is New York City’s premiere virtuoso
chamber ensemble dedicated to championing
contemporary cutting-edge composers and
framing classical repertoire in new contexts.
This concert features a world premiere compo-
sition by Ann Cleare, and pieces by Salvatore
Sciarrino and Karen Powers. Argento is the En-
semble in Residence for the 2016—17 season.
Watch saintpeters.org for additional concert
dates. Presented by Lex54 Concerts.
Suggested donation: $25
$15 for seniors and students
From Adès’ The Lover in Winter flows wintry
love and yearning: Brahms’ Two Viola Songs,
Op 91, Schumann’s Three Romances, Pärt’s Es
Sang vor langen Jahren, Foss’ Thirteen Ways
of Looking at a Blackbird, Crumb’s Night of the
Four Moons. Presented by Lex54 Concerts.
Suggested donation: $25
$15 for seniors and students
Offered within a liturgical context, this cantata
is performed much in the way Bach would
have presented it in Weimar in 1714. Common-
ly rendered in English “Savior of the nations,
come,” it is derived from text and music by
Martin Luther based on the Latin plainsong
appointed for Advent, Veni redemptor gentium.
FREE
Bach wrote this cantata in his second year in
Leipzig for the final Sunday before Lent. Trans-
lated “Lord Jesus Christ, true man and God,”
the cantata is among the most sophisticated of
Bach’s works. Its performance this day is made
possible by the Philip Lange Memorial Fund.
FREE
Twin brothers Brad and Doug Balliett premiere
bassoon and double-bass concerto, Crypto-
phasia. Jeffrey Milarsky leads Beat Furrer’s
Ira-Arca (US premiere) alongside performanc-
es of Nina Young’s bassoon pocket concerto,
Nick Omiccioli’s push/pull, Jason Eckardt’s
Flux, and Sky Macklay’s Lake Dublin. Present-
ed by Lex54 Concerts.
Suggested donation: $25
$15 for seniors and students
Cantor Bálint Karosi and choreographer
Roberto Lara pair Baroque composers with
newly-conceived movement. The programs
include music by Lutheran church musicians
Johann Herman Schein, Dietrich Buxtehude,
Matthias Weckmann, Heinrich Schütz and
Franz Tunder. This series features a newly-
constructed Organo Soave, the work of the
Italian pipe organ builder Angelo Carbonetti.
free
The Spectrum Symphony performs Bálint
Karosi’s Triple Concerto for Guitar, Harp and
Cimbalom (U.S. Premiere) and Ernst von
Dohnanyi’s Concertino for Harp and Strings.
The Spectrum Symphony is conducted by
David A. Grunberg, featuring Melanie Genin,
harp.
Suggested donation: $25
$15 for seniors and studentS
Max Reger, who died at age 43 on this day
exactly 101 years ago, was among the most
prolific and influential German composers for
the organ. In comparison to his prominence in
organ repertoire, Reger’s choral and orches-
tral works are rarely heard. Acht geistliche
Gesänge, Op. 138 and Wachet auf, ruft uns die
Stimme, Op. 52/2 are presented during mass.
FREE
This annual remembrance of “the others,” as
author Henry James calls them in The Altar
of the Dead, features music on the theme of
death and life. In keeping with a long-standing
tradition, the program is announced in
Eastertide.
FREE
This program includes the world premiere of
Nina Young’s EarPlay, Fred Lerdahl’s Time
After Time, John Harbison’s Mirabai Songs,
and Matthew Ricketts’ Burrowed Time. The
ensemble is joined by violist Jocelin Pan, so-
prano Sharon Harms and harpist Emily Levin.
Presented by Lex54 Concerts.
Suggested donation: $25
$15 for seniors and students
Pentecost Sunday is brought to life by the
interplay of the “hissing” and “stinging” of the
Holy Spirit as set for voice, oboe and contin-
uo by Telemann, with new choreography for
Dance at Saint Peter’s by David Fernandez.
free
Easter
04.16.17 @11am
music in Liturgy
Easter Sunday’s festival Mass of the
Resurrection features a collaboration
between Dance at Saint Peter’s and Saint
Peter’s choir, professional vocalists, and
period orchestra. Featuring a newly-cho-
reographed rendering of Handel’s joyful
Easter cantata Let God Arise.
FREE
Good Friday
04.14.17 @ NOON—3pm
Music in Liturgy
Saint Peter’s choir and period orchestra
presents J.S. Bach’s Passion According to
Saint John much as he would have
presented it within a liturgy for Good Friday.
Cantor Bálint Karosi leads the performance
from the harpsichord. The assembly is invited
to participate in the singing of the chorales.
FREE
Cantor Bálint Karosi is an award-winning
Hungarian composer, concert organist, and
recording artist. Prior to his appointment at
Saint Peter’s he was Minister of Music at
First Lutheran Church, Boston. Co-founder of
Antico/Moderno, a period ensemble dedicat-
ed to new works, Cantor Karosi is an expert
in historic performance practice. He has
performed widely in Europe and the United
States. His recordings include J.S. Bach’s
Clavier-übung III with the period vocal ensem-
ble Canto Armonico. Forthcoming recording
projects include Bach’s Kunst der Fuge and
an album of his own compositions.
Bálint Karosi leads the choir most Sundays
at the 11:00 mass. He is also featured as a
composer, conductor, or performer on the
following dates. See listings for details.
10.14.16
11.04.16
3.10.17
4.19.17
Concertos for Organ
and Orchestra
11.04.16 @ 8pm
Concert
Hungarian organist Janos Palur performs two
concertos for organ and orchestra with Spec-
trum Symphony of New York. The program
pairs Poulenc’s masterful organ concerto with
a new work by Bálint Karosi.
Suggested donation: $25
$15 for seniors and students
Requiescat in Pace
11.06.16 @ 11AM
Music in Liturgy
Integrated into the liturgy for All Saints Sunday
are two emblematic works for choir and
orchestra. The medieval concept of “heavenly
music” lies behind Aaron Jay Kernis’ cele-
brated Musica Celestis. Plainsong chant is the
inspiration for the masterful Requiem of French
composer Maurice Duruflé. Made possible
in part by the Katherine and Harry Busch
Memorial Fund.
FREE
Christmas Eve Vespers is an experience unique to Saint Peter’s, with jazz and classical musi-
cians collaborating to present reflections on readings celebrating the mystery of the incarnation.
The Mary and Harry Backstrom Memorial Fund provides funding for new works by Cantor Bálint
Karosi and Director of Music for Jazz, Ike Sturm.
FREE
Christmas Eve Vespers
12.24.16 @ 5pm
MUSIC IN LITURGY
Christmas Eve ChristMass includes French Christmas carols and Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s
In nativitatem Domini canticum, H.314. Ballet dancers join Saint Peter’s choir, professional soloists,
and period orchestra to evoke the work’s dancing shepherds, animals and angelic voices.
FREE
Christmas Eve ChristMass
12.24.16 @ 11pm
MUSIC IN LITURGY
This liturgy features Süsser Trost, min Jesus Kömmt, BWV 151, one of Bach’s most treasured
Christmas cantatas which translates “Sweet comfort, my savior comes.” Though intended for
Saint John’s Day, the third day of Christmas, the cantata’s libretto in praise of the Word made
flesh is appropriate for Christmas day.
FREE
CHRISTMAS DAY CHRISTMASS
12.25.16 @ 11Am
MUSIC IN LITURGY
bach cantata:
Nun komm, der Heiden
Heiland
12.18.16 @ 11Am
music in liturgy
bach cantata:
Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’
Mensch und Gott
2.26.17 @ 11Am
music in liturgy

4. Godwin Louis Band
10.02.16 @ 5pm
JAZZ VESPERS
Chris Dingman
10.16.16 @ 5pm
JAZZ VESPERS
Sandy Stewart & Bill
Charlap
10.19.16 @ 1pm
Midday Jazz Midtown
Janet Planet, Gene
Bertoncini, Ike Sturm
02.05.17 @ 5pm
JAZZ VESPERS
Joel Frahm
02.12.17 @ 5pm
JAZZ VESPERS
Matt Wilson
03.05.17 @ 5pm
JAZZ VESPERS
Arturo O’Farrill
03.19.17 @ 5pm
JAZZ VESPERS
Fabian Almazan: Rhizome
04.30.17 @ 5pm
JAZZ VESPERS
Nadje Noordhuis
06.18.17 @ 5pm
JAZZ VESPERS
SONG LEADERS:
MELISSA STYLIANOU
CATHERINE RUSSELL
CHANDA RULE
Ike Sturm:
Director of Music for Jazz
Mass: Jazz Passion
04.09.17 @ 5pm
JAZZ MASS
Chris Dingman Habitat for
Humanity Build for Unity
01.28.17 @ 8pm
CONCERT
Rudy Royston
01.15.17 @ 5pm
JAZZ VESPERS
Jazz Connect Conference
01.05.17—01.06.17 ALL DAY
Gene Bertoncini, Ike Sturm,
Melissa Stylianou
10.12.16 @ 1pm
midday jazz midtown
JP Jofre
12.11.16 @ 5pm
Jazz VEspers
All Nite Soul festival
10.09.16 @ 7pm—1am
Saxophonist Godwin Louis creates music of
great power and spiritual beauty. A gradu-
ate of the Berklee School of Music and the
Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute, Mr. Louis was
a finalist in the 2013 Thelonious Monk Institute
Jazz Saxophone competition.
FREE
Chris Dingman was recognized as the Rising
Star Vibraphonist of 2012 in the Downbeat mag-
azine Critics Poll. A superbly lyrical composer
and improviser, Mr. Dingman’s five-part suite
The Subliminal and the Sublime was funded
with support from the Doris Duke Foundation.
FREE
Sandy Stewart, a former child star of radio
and TV and a popular singer with a distinctly
jazz touch, is joined by her son, the elegant
jazz pianist Bill Charlap, whose recent album
on Columbia Records is a series of duos with
Tony Bennett.
Suggested Donation: $10
This trio of musicians has been playing to-
gether for 20 years. Guitarist Gene Bertoncini
started out with Carmen McRae in the 60s. He
was the All Nite Soul honoree in 2014 and is
a vital contributor to Saint Peter’s musical life.
Bassist Ike Sturm says of Janet Planet, “she’s
legendary in the Midwest as a true working
singer, always evolving and reaching for new
ideas.”
FREE
One of the most recognizable voices on the
tenor saxophone, Joel Frahm performs with a
virtuosic strength and fluidity. Mr. Frahm has
seven albums as a leader, including a 2004
duo recording with his longtime collaborator
Brad Mehldau entitled Don’t Explain.
FREE
Drummer and bandleader Matt Wilson has
performed as a leader or sideman on over 250
albums, and has been a featured performer at
The White House and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
A creative musical and educational force in the
wider jazz community, he frequently lends his
uplifting spirit to Jazz Vespers and concerts at
Saint Peter’s.
FREE
Grammy® winning pianist and bandleader
Arturo O’Farrill is an indispensable contributor
to musical life at Saint Peter’s. He is the found-
er of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, a nonprofit
organization dedicated to the performance and
preservation of Afro Latin music. Mr. O’Farrill is
also a celebrated composer, with commissions
from Meet the Composer and Jazz at Lincoln
Center.
FREE
Havana native Fabian Almazan is one of the
most accomplished pianists of his generation.
He was voted #1 Rising Piano Star in the
Downbeat 2014 Critics Poll, and is a frequent
contributor to the musical life of Saint Peter’s.
Mr. Almazan has been recording and touring
with Terence Blanchard’s band since 2007.
Rhizome is his project with singer Camila
Meza and a string quartet.
FREE
Australian-born trumpeter and composer
Nadje Noordhuis possesses an emotive, lyrical
style. Her warm tone and focused composi-
tional approach create a sound that is uniquely
her own. Ms. Noordhuis performs regularly
with several big bands, including the Maria
Schneider Orchestra.
FREE
At Jazz Vespers, held every Sunday at 5PM,
you can quietly take in the atmosphere while
listening to great jazz. Or, if you choose to, you
can also sing with us! Saint Peter’s has three
very special artists that lead the congregation
in jazz singing. Melissa Stylianou tours inter-
nationally with the acclaimed “Duchess” vocal
trio and leads her own band monthly at NYC’s
renowned 55 Bar. Grammy® winner Catherine
Russell has worked with David Bowie and
Steely Dan, and her new album Harlem on
My Mind is now out on the Jazz Village label.
Chanda Rule is an ordained interfaith minister
and international performer. She received the
2015 Hudnut Award from Union Theological
Seminary at Columbia University for her ser-
mons combining music, poetry and story.
Melissa Stylianou performs
10.12.16 and 11.13.16
Catherine Russell performs
04.02.17
Chanda Rule is artist in residence
May 2017
Andy Tecson’s Jazz Passion receives its debut
in New York thanks to a grant from the ELCA.
Premiered in Chicago in 2010, this work fea-
tures a libretto by Pastor David Abrahamson. It
is performed by an ensemble made up of New
York and Chicago musicians.
FREE
Awaken your spirit of service with a concert
and call to action. Internationally celebrated
vibraphonist Chris Dingman and bassist Ike
Sturm present new chamber works to support
the vital interfaith mission of Habitat for Hu-
manity NYC.
Suggested donation: $25
$15 for seniors and students
A formidable drummer and longtime collab-
orator of choice for guitarist Bill Frisell, Rudy
Royston’s compositions brilliantly meld his var-
ied musical influences. Royston’s debut album
as a leader, 303, received critical acclaim from
Downbeat and the New York Times.
FREE
The 2017 Jazz Connect Conference, with a
theme of “The Family of Jazz,” will feature
a series of essential workshops, panels and
events held over the course of two days. The
conference is presented by JazzTimes and
Jazz Forward Coalition.
For registration and scheduling
visit: www.jazz-connect.com
Guitarist Gene Bertoncini, vocalist Melissa
Stylianou, and bassist Ike Sturm share a mu-
sical bond that transcends generations. Their
interplay manifests in a dance of improvised
melodies and arrangements of Great American
Songbook standards.
Suggested Donation: $10
Argentine composer and bandoneón player
JP Jofre captivates audiences with a powerful
form of contemporary tango. Mr. Jofre has lent
his musical voice to a global cast of artists,
and has been featured in the Great Performers
series at Lincoln Center.
FREE
The first All Nite Soul was held in 1970 to com-
memorate the fifth anniversary of Jazz Vespers
at Saint Peter’s. It is now the longest-running
jazz festival in New York City, featuring some
of the greatest musicians in the world every
October. This year, Saint Peter’s Church is
partnering with WE ACT for Environmental
Justice to call attention to environmental
issues impacting quality of life in Harlem.
5PM
Jazz Vespers with Ike Sturm + Evergreen
FREE
7PM
Billy Hart Group
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin
Jazz Orchestra
Kate McGarry & Keith Ganz
Rudy Royston’s 303
Lauren Sevian Quartet
Suggested Donation: $40
Photo: Anna Yatskevich
Chanda Rule
Melissa Stylianou Catherine Russell
An accomplished bassist and leading composer of sacred jazz works, Ike Sturm designs and cu-
rates innovative programs at Saint Peter’s Church. As Director of Music for Jazz, Sturm compos-
es music for weekly liturgies and has toured the U.S., Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Norway
with his band, Evergreen. His Jazz Mass was awarded 4 1/2 stars by Downbeat magazine and
was named one of the “Best CDs of the Year.” The same magazine described his 2015 Shelter of
Trees album as “undeniably beautiful.” Ike Sturm performs on the following dates:
Jazz Vespers before All Nite Soul: 10.9.16
Midday Jazz Midtown: 10.12.16
Jazz Vespers (with Evergreen): 11.6.16
Jazz Vespers (with Evergreen): 1.8.17
Concert (with Chris Dingman): 1.28.17
Jazz Vespers: 2.5.17
Easter Jazz Mass (with Evergreen): 4.16.17
Pentecost Jazz Mass (with Evergreen): 6.4.17
Arturo O’Farrill

5. David Fernandez
Maggie Segale
Calpulli
Mosaic Passover Art II:
Symbols of Judaism
09.25.16—12.27.16
THE Living Room Gallery
a plaza-level space,
open to the public,
designed for small
scale, intimate pieces.
for openings and other
gallery programming
throughout the season:
www.saintpeters.org
DANCE AT SAINT PETER’S
TYPICALLY PRESENTED
DURING SUNDAY 11AM
MASS, THESE PROGRAMS
FOCUS ON CLASSICAL
FORM AND TRADITIONAL
DANCES OF INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES.
DANCE IN JAZZ
THESE PROGRAMS PRES-
ENT IMPROVISATIONAL AS
WELL AS CONTEMPORARY
CHOREOGRAPHY WITHIN
THE CONTEXT OF SUNDAY
5PM JAZZ VESPERS.
The Narthex Gallery
a street-level space
open to the public,
showing large and
medium scale works.
for openings and other
gallery programming
throughout the season:
www.saintpeters.org
Sarah Sears:
WORKS
07.06.17—09.25.17
Barbara King:
Ribbon Meditations
09.22.16—11.07.16
Christopher Rico:
Via Dolorosa
(The Way of Sorrow)
03.16.17—04.28.17
Kimhan (Sukyung Kim):
Over the Rainbow
05.11.17—06.26.17
Leah Oates:
Transitory Space
07.06.17—08.21.17
Marina Preston: FLIGHT
11.17.16—01.09.17
Eva Marie Fitzsimmons:
Revival
01.19.17—03.06.17
Drama per Musica
10.14.16 @ 8pm
Second Sunday of Easter
04.23.17 @ 5PM
This exhibition, dedicated to remembering
Jewish traditions, is a rare opporunity to view
the work of accomplished contemporary
Victor Kalin: Jazz Greats
01.12.17—03.27.17
Victor Kalin (1919-1991) was an artist, pho-
tographer and musician best known for his
illustrations for magazines, books and record
albums. This show features a selection of
watercolors of jazz musicians.
Juliet Martin:
My Eyes are Down Here
04.06.17—06.27.17
This show seeks to present symmetric gender
power. Handwoven cloth depicts headless
female bodies. Embroidered eyes on breasts
and loins proudly look back at those who
would objectify them.
Reflecting on the interior lives of people
and animals, this installation presents work
inspired by the book of Ecclesiastes and the
Triple Crown races. Each piece makes use of
intaglio printmaking, which allows for deep
blacks and striking contrast.
Via Dolorosa (The Way of Sorrow) is a medita-
tion on the Stations of the Cross by the South
Carolinian artist Christopher Rico. Rather
than attempting likenesses of the Divine, the
paintings offer the viewer an open space for
contemplation.
For Kimhan (Sukyung Kim), the incidental
objects of daily life participate in a symphony of
form and color. This sensitivity of attention al-
lows Kimhan to transform and harmonize space
with the use of unexpected materials in her art.
Barbara King’s mixed media art occupies an
intersection of American culture, politics and
spirituality. Ribbon Meditations was created in
response to the “support our troops” ribbons
ubiquitous from the Iran hostage crisis through
the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and other applica-
tions since.
The Transitory Space series articulates the ef-
fects of time and a continual human imprint on
urban and natural environments, as captured
in the photographic image.
These mixed-media paintings show the
Rio-born artist working with the transformative
energies of archetypal shapes and symbols.
These works are a document of an existential
quest that has taken Preston across three
continents to New York City.
Eva Marie Fitzsimmons’s work broadly exam-
ines the effect of time on architecture, memory,
and painting. It also considers the reversal
of time—via revival or restoration—to make
things new again.
David Fernandez and Roberto Lara create cho-
reography for a newly commissioned cantata
by Italian composer Gianluca Verlingieri, and
two of J.S. Bach’s delightful secular cantatas.
The program showcases Saint Peter’s pro-
fessional vocalists and the celebrated period
instrumental enseble Antico/Moderno.
FREE
Baroque Music /
Modern Dance
Part 1: 10.30.16 @ 11Am
Part 2: 11.27.16 @ 11Am
Part 3: 12.11.16 @ 11Am
This series explores dance in sacred settings
by pairing 17th century church music with
contemporary choreography. The first program
is baroque, the second makes use of masks and
the final is neoclassical.
GIFTS OF LIFE
SUNDAYS OF EASTER
04.16.17—05.28.17 @ 11AM
New York-based choreographers and dancers
present seven programs on the theme of
“Gifts.” Each artist in this series explores the
relationship of movement to space, composi-
tion and form within Saint Peter’s modernist
Sanctuary.
Advent
Sundays @ 5pm
11.27.16—12.18.16
Dance in Jazz presents its third annual Advent
solo series. Each Jazz Vespers during Advent
features a different improvisational guest
dance artist working interactively with the
featured band.
Lent
Sundays @ 5PM
03.05.17—04.02.17
Movement and sound accompany spoken,
scripture-based poetry coveying Lent’s
promise of renewal and new life. A dramatic
candle-lighted cross, at the center of which is
a mosaic icon of the Heart of God, provides
focus to the solos and duets.
Hannah Barnard presents an original work for
four dancers to accompany Jackson Berkey’s
Cantate 2000. The Chamber Choir of the Pitts-
burgh School for the Choral Arts is joined by
Ike Sturm, bass, Zaneta Sykes, marimba, and
other instrumentalists.
PENTECOST SUNDAY
06.04.17 @ 5PM
Emily Petry, Gwendolyn Petry and Hannah
Barnard collaborate to create structured move-
ment improvisations. Each peace is performed
interactively with members of Evergreen, play-
ing compositions from Ike Sturm’s most recent
album Shelter of Trees.
Christmas
12.24.16 @ 11pm
In a work inspired by the Paris Opera’s chore-
ography for Nutcracker, dancing shepherds,
animals and angelic voices are evoked in a
performance of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s In
nativitatem Domini canticum, H.314.
Palm / Passion Sunday
04.09.17 @ 11am
At the beginning of Holy Week, Abril Anchondo
presents a solemn and joyous processional as
part of the Liturgy of the Palms. Choreogra-
pher Roberto Lara offers Via Crucis, a somber
work after Mikhail Fokine’s Dying Swan, set to
Saint-Saëns’s Le Cygne.
The Great Vigil of Easter
04.15.17 @ 9PM
A troupe of amateur dancers portray the new
life celebrated by the most ancient of Chris-
tian liturgies. Professional vocalists and the
church’s Creative Proclamations provide the
canvas for this unique and innovative Spanish/
English bi-lingual presentation of the appoint-
ed readings.
Cultural Embrace
Part 1: 01.08.17 @ 11AM
Part 2: 01.15.17 @ 11AM
Part 3: 01.22.17 @ 11AM
This series presents traditional dance from a
variety of cultures as a means of confronting
racism. The first program features Calpulli
Mexican Dance Company, the second features
Forces of Nature Dance Theatre and Redhawk
Dancers, and the final program Bharatanatyam
Dance.
Pentecost Sunday
06.04.17 @ 11am
Choreographer David Fernandez evokes the
onomatopoeic “hissing” and “stininging” of
Georg Philipp Telemann’s Zischet nur, stechet,
ihr feurigen Zungen! and the libreto’s double
spirits: one, the Holy Spirit and the other, a
second, evil spirit.
ART
DANCE
mosaic artists from around the globe. Present-
ed in conjuction with the Museum of Biblical
Art Dallas and National Institute for Mosaic Art.