WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Building Radical Shaker Community Through Song
"For what came we together to do
but to sing the love of Mother to you?”
Led by Dr. Carol Medlicott, Scholar of the Shakers
Like many forms of Christian faith, Shakerism holds several simple spiritual truths at the forefront, while it also draws richness and strength from deeper theological nuance. The Shakers’ vast song tradition helps to elaborate their complex theology. At the same time, the song tradition reinforces the Shakers' communal identity and their novel conception of social order. Join Dr. Carol Medlicott, who has been studying Shakers and Shaker music for over twenty years, to explore how these socially radical separatists that worshipped through dance have used song to create and sustain community for 250 years.
The packet of materials that will be discussed during the forum can be downloaded here.
A song sheet that will be distributed during the event can be found here.
This forum is presented in conjunction with the Saint Mark's Music Series concert Shaker Harmonies: Celebrating 250 Years of the Shakers in America, featuring the Tudor Choir and the Women's Compline Choir of Saint Mark's Cathedral, on Sunday, November 10, 3 p.m.
Dr. Carol Medlicott has been researching early Shaker history for over twenty years. She is Emeritus Professor of geography at Northern Kentucky University and lives in Sequim, Washington. Her many publications explore early Shaker music and hymnody and the western Shaker communities. Among her major accomplishments are the first scholarly biography of Issachar Bates, an annotated edition of Richard McNemar’s 1832 western hymnal, and a thematic examination of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Carol has long been captivated by the power of Shaker song to unite spiritual seekers across space and time.
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Susan Romanenghi
Do we need to make reservations for concert?
Saint Mark's Cathedral
Yes. Tickets are $20-25 and available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shaker-harmonies-celebrating-250-years-of-the-shakers-in-america-tickets-910912733507?aff=oddtdtcreator