The Yale Institute of Sacred Music will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The school engages musicians, artists and students from around the world in the study and practice of religious ...

(RNS) — We may notice it more at Christmastime or at the movies, but sacred choral music has the power to move all of us, religious or secular, just about any time. (RNS) — If you’re wondering what ...

For years, Arvo Pärt has been one of the most performed contemporary classical composers in the world. Calle Hesslefors/ullstein bild via Getty Images Pärt emerged from a period of personal artistic ...

Music is an important part of many religious ceremonies by lifting spirits and often being the prayer itself. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports for TODAY on how Rome's Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music ...

Sir James MacMillan, the foremost modern British composer and a forthright Catholic, says ‘music is the perfect art form to bring people together to see a better world.’ The music of Sir James ...

The apostolates that have taken up this task of sanctifying culture through art and music reveal that music is not an accompaniment to mission. It is mission. Mary Catherine Levri, associate professor ...

Each work is deeply personal, reflecting the composer’s views on faith, doubt, and Christianity itself. Both are compelling explorations of the significance of the Christian tradition in the modern ...

BREMEN, Ga. — “The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds, and it is getting an update. Sung in four-part ...

Onemightthink a drag version of a baroque oratorio with lyrics taken entirely from the King James Bible would be something out of a fever dream. But Creatine Price (the drag persona of opera singer ...

The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, who turns 90 on Sept. 11, 2025, is one of the most frequently performed contemporary classical composers in the world. Beyond the concert stage and cathedral choir, ...

As the house opens and guests begin to trickle in on Dec. 1, drag queen Creatine Price, who by day works as the opera singer Jordan Weatherston Pitts, poses for a portrait backstage at the Red Eye NY ...