2023 SEASON
MARQUETTE – with members of Marquette Choral Society
August 24, 7:30 pm ET
Messiah Lutheran Church, 305 W. Magnetic St., Marquette, MI 49855
MARQUETTE – with members of Marquette Choral Society
August 25, 7:30 pm ET
Messiah Lutheran Church, 305 W. Magnetic St., Marquette, MI 49855
HANCOCK – with members of MTU Concert Choir
August 26, 7:30 pm ET
Finnish American Heritage Center, 435 Quincy St., Hancock, MI 49930
CRYSTAL FALLS
August 27, 2:00 PM CT
Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp, 138 Fortune Lake Camp Rd, Crystal Falls, MI 49920
All concerts are “come as you are, pay what you can”, there are no ticket sales
This year’s Beethoven and Banjos residency will present HOLY MANNA. This program invites the audience into the practice of Sacred Harp (“shape note”) singing through listening and participation in this music’s tradition of communal singing, and through reflections on its history and the way it resonates in the contemporary world. The Sacred Harp is a collection of 100s of years of American hymnody (the tradition of hymn composition and performance). Its songs include among the oldest American compositions (dating from the mid 18th-century), through the 19th-century up to 1980s. In HOLY MANNA, we present reflections upon the different threads of music history that come together in The Sacred Harp’s music, and welcome you into its tradition of instrumental music and singing.
August 24, 7:30 pm ET
Messiah Lutheran Church, 305 W. Magnetic St., Marquette, MI 49855
MARQUETTE – with members of Marquette Choral Society
August 25, 7:30 pm ET
Messiah Lutheran Church, 305 W. Magnetic St., Marquette, MI 49855
HANCOCK – with members of MTU Concert Choir
August 26, 7:30 pm ET
Finnish American Heritage Center, 435 Quincy St., Hancock, MI 49930
CRYSTAL FALLS
August 27, 2:00 PM CT
Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp, 138 Fortune Lake Camp Rd, Crystal Falls, MI 49920
All concerts are “come as you are, pay what you can”, there are no ticket sales
This year’s Beethoven and Banjos residency will present HOLY MANNA. This program invites the audience into the practice of Sacred Harp (“shape note”) singing through listening and participation in this music’s tradition of communal singing, and through reflections on its history and the way it resonates in the contemporary world. The Sacred Harp is a collection of 100s of years of American hymnody (the tradition of hymn composition and performance). Its songs include among the oldest American compositions (dating from the mid 18th-century), through the 19th-century up to 1980s. In HOLY MANNA, we present reflections upon the different threads of music history that come together in The Sacred Harp’s music, and welcome you into its tradition of instrumental music and singing.
