EL SALTO A UNIQUE SETTING FOR The next El Salto is
on April 23, 2010 at 8pm, at the Directions: There is no admission, but donations to support this innovative program will be gratefully accepted. For more information, call Ethical Culture Leader Anne Klaeysen at 212-874-5210 ext. 118 |
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El Salto ("the leap") is a new performance format for contemporary classical music, presented in an atmosphere of focused intellectual and spiritual inquiry. Alongside performances of new music, El Salto features short readings from literature, journalism, philosophy, and other sources, a short talk, and a new easy (and optional) kind of congregational singing. Though El Salto explores sacred subjects, figures, and images from various traditions, it is not a religious service; it is a musical and intellectual experiment designed to promote new music and to provide a forum for broad exploration of relevant spiritual questions. First conceived by Robinson McClellan and presented at Yale's Institute of Sacred music in 2005 in collaboration with Mellissa Hughes and Matthew Haugen, this unique project makes its New York City debut on April 23 at 8pm — now with Erin Jeanette as co-director — with the New York Society for Ethical Culture and Anne Klaeysen, Leader. The theme for April 23 at the Society for Ethical Culture is: Longing: The Fate of Desire in a Culture of Ambivalent Appetites Music by: Featured performers: Readings: Read Robin McClellan's See/Hear El Salto 1 - 12/13/05
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