Lenten Music Through the Ages

TOP 10 LEARNING MOMENTS

1. One of the coolest things about Gregorian Chant is that we don’t really know where it started. – J.J. Wright
2. The more complicated thing in history often gives way to the less complicated. – Jeffrey
3. Children used to hold an important role in sacred music within the church, and polyphonic harmonies were written with them in mind.
4. Lent was a time of “fasting” from polyphony and other festive music.
5. Polyphony means “many sounds” and refers to a specific repertoire of music between 1400 and 1600.
6. This date of 1600, the baroque period, is really a watershed moment in our music, both sacred and secular, because these changes are very vast and broad.
7. Musical melody and harmony have this incredible capacity to evoke feelings and to point to other ideas that may not be immediately accessible.
8. The Folk Choir’s Passion project is a 90-minute, performed piece of music that is sung, spoken, and acted, and focuses on Jesus’ passion.
9. Ultimately I wanted to show that [they] are two people we can relate to in our lives. Two people who could really only stand there as someone they loved took on immense suffering. – Uyen
10. Once I was able to get past making sure everything was perfect and just writing from the heart, things got a lot easier. – Maria