MAR
8
Join GIMC for an exploration of Spiritual Music
Join us for an evening of music and discussion with the acclaimed
Nashville Chamber Orchestra. On March 8, the NCO will perform a
diverse range of works that reflect the responses Nashvillians offer
(by way of a blog) to the questions “What is spiritual music?”
Musical Director Paul Gambill will select pieces for the program
from these suggestions; before the concert (7:30 pm), God in Music
City will host a panel discussion exploring the relationship between
music and spirit.
What is Music of the Spirit to you?
Add
your thoughts to the
Nashville
Chamber Orchestra Blog!
Make sure to reserve your seat now!
P.M. 8
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, One Symphony Place,
Nashville, TN
Pre-Concert Panel Discussion– 7:30 pm (Concert-
8:00 pm)
Moderator: Allison Pingree Panelists to include Paul Gambill,
composer Mark Scearce, and other musicians, composers, scholars and
community members.
Together we’ll reflect on issues that have
emerged in the blog discussions, and on how those virtual
conversations have translated into the musical choices for the
evening’s performance. We’ll continue exploration of questions such
as:
What music do you consider to be spiritual, and why?
What is the relationship between spiritual and religious
music?
Are there certain musical forms that lend
themselves more readily to spiritual
experiences or perspectives?
What aspects of our cultural, religious or other backgrounds and
experiences might
shape how we answer these questions?
What is the relationship between spiritual
music and “good” music (can music be
spiritual even if you don’t
think it’s “good”?)
Allison Pingree is co-director of the Music, Religion and the South
project (the sponsor of God in Music City), and has affiliated faculty
appointments at Vanderbilt in the Blair School of Music, Medical
Education, and American Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies. She
received her Ph.D. in English from Harvard (specializing in late 19th
and early 20th century American literature and culture), and taught
there in the departments of English, History and Literature, and
Expository Writing, and in the department of English at Brandeis
University. Since 1998 she has directed the Vanderbilt University
Center for Teaching [www.vanderbilt.edu/cft]
Her research interests include spirituality in higher education; gender
and pedagogy; interdisciplinary teaching, learning and collaboration;
and leadership and organizational change. Her passion as an educator
lies in exploring ways to integrate body, heart, mind and spirit to
promote deep learning. She has sung with the Vanderbilt Community Chorus
[http://www2.owen.vanderbilt.edu/vcc/default.htm]
at the Blair School of Music since 2002.
