Love is the Way: An Evening with Theodicy Jazz Collective

We welcome back the musicians of the nation's leading sacred jazz ensemble Theodicy Jazz Collective for a sacred concert of exciting collaborations, including the West Coast premiere of Love is the Way: A Freedom Suite.

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About the piece: Love is the Way: A Freedom Suite, composed by William Cleary and dedicated to Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, is a three-part  exploration of justice, hope, and love. The suite begins with Roots, a celebration of African American Spirituals and freedom songs like Balm in Gilead and This Little Light of Mine. The Hope That Inspires honors civil rights leaders such as Desmond Tutu and Martin Luther King Jr., and Our Path Forward-Love is the Way calls for unselfish love as the guiding principle for humanity's  future. The piece was commissioned by the Hendricks Chapel Choir and  supported by a Jazz Road creative residency grant from South Arts,  funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Doris Duke  Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation. 

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About the ensemble:  Theodicy Jazz Collective is the nation’s foremost liturgically-based jazz ensemble, having led services and workshops at venues such as Washington National Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, and Oxford and Yale universities. The Theodicy Jazz Collective was formed at Oberlin Conservatory in 2006 and grew during residency at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music from 2008 to 2012. The band creates and leads services for a multitude of churches. The ensemble incorporates sounds from the traditions of jazz and gospel music and rhythms from Latin America and Africa. Theodicy describes their music as “a constant prayer, sometimes a shout of joy, sometimes a call to action, sometimes a cry for hope.”