Jazz Vespers Service
Name:
Jazz Vespers Service
Date:
March 26, 2017
Time:
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
Event Description:
John Rapson, piano Ryan Smith, reeds Chris Dimond, guitar Blake Shaw, bass Justin LeDuc, drums The Iowa Wesleyan Chamber Singers, in consort with a jazz quintet led by University of Iowa Professor John Rapson.
They will lead a Lenten Vespers service on Sunday March 26th at 7pm in the Iowa Wesleyan Chapel. Professor Rapson arranged ancient chants, some over a six hundred years old, to be sung in English with new harmonic contexts. He was inspired by the popular collaborations between the Hilliard Consort and jazz saxophonist Jan Gabarek, most notably in the album “Officium.”
The sixty minute service follows the basic structure of an evening office hour in the Eastern Orthodox, Catholic or Anglican traditions. Instrumental meditations, readings and special music from the choir will intersperse the service music sung by all those willing to participate. This will be a special laboratory for Digital Media Students.
They will lead a Lenten Vespers service on Sunday March 26th at 7pm in the Iowa Wesleyan Chapel. Professor Rapson arranged ancient chants, some over a six hundred years old, to be sung in English with new harmonic contexts. He was inspired by the popular collaborations between the Hilliard Consort and jazz saxophonist Jan Gabarek, most notably in the album “Officium.”
The sixty minute service follows the basic structure of an evening office hour in the Eastern Orthodox, Catholic or Anglican traditions. Instrumental meditations, readings and special music from the choir will intersperse the service music sung by all those willing to participate. This will be a special laboratory for Digital Media Students.
