They are an unlikely set of musical stars. They live in a rural farming community on the Great Plains. They don't give concerts or use instrumental accompaniment. And they sing in a language that hasn ...

In the basement of Memorial Church, a single mesmerizing voice floated up from 30 participants in a recreational chanting group. Thomas F. Kelly, Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music, began to lead the ...

Buckland Abbey recreates music telling of medieval life in extraordinary discovery Almost five centuries ago a community of monks in the West Country of England gathered to sing, imploring their God ...

For the first time in nearly five centuries, Buckland Abbey in Devon will resonate once more with the sacred sounds of monastic music, thanks to research into a rare 15th-century manuscript and a ...

Trillium Salon Series co-creator Katy Henriksen's concept for the small, intimate performances -- often held in unexpected venues -- was to make classical music more accessible to audiences who might ...

A centuries-old monastic manuscript is making a historic return to Buckland Abbey this summer, offering visitors the rare chance to step back into the musical and spiritual life of a Tudor monastery.

The discovery of rare music inside a medieval book has brought the sound of monks back to an abbey for the first time in 500 years. A performance of the “plaintive” music will be held in August at ...

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