A Peek Behind the Curtain: The Creation of the Garden Scene
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Thank you for joining The Way of the Cross: A Passion Pilgrimage Through Song! We invite you to explore the Folk Choir’s creation of the Garden Scene. This annotated guide will point you towards various assets that mark significant phases in this process.
- Garden Scene (Original) – 1/3/20
This is an excerpt from The Passion for the Innocents Libretto by Tristan Cooley
- Staud’s Garden Free Write – Summer 2020
These scans from student Anna Staud’s notebook, which were later transcribed digitally, were the product of lectio divina and collaborative timed-writing exercises.
- Original Garden Arrest Lyrics – Summer 2020
Many of these lyrics still remain in the Garden scene.
- Original Agony Lyrics – Summer 2020
This document chronicles the development of this song, with included revision history and commentary. These lyrics ended up being used for the final Palm Sunday and Garden scenes.
- Garden Song Demo (Original) – Summer 2020
JJ recorded the kernel of this song himself, which is still the basis of the melody today.
- Garden Scene Current – 2/23/22
After the May 2021 workshop and January 2022’s technical rehearsal week performance, we continued revising based on audience and performer feedback.
