#157: Taizé Music Series (Part 1 of 3) (with David Anderson) - a podcast by National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM)
from 2021-06-07T10:00
If you are listening and work in pastoral music, you most likely have encountered Taizé music in your ministry. At the very least, I’m sure that most of you have sung “Jesus, Remember Me” at some point. Taizé is known for its simple, beautiful refrains sung over an extended period of time, with its focus on allowing the messages to sink deeply into our consciousness and spirit.
Taizé music has always been a part of my ministry. I remember ministering at a Taizé service when I was a teenager and, truthfully, I was so focused on the technical aspects of the music that I didn’t immerse myself in the spirituality of the moment and the people around me. But I looked up and saw this warm glow of light and holy presence in the space that I now recognize as that which I see at a Taizé service.
Taizé is a beautiful source of music, prayer, unity and community that it seems so right to explore the depth behind our human experience with it, as fellow pastoral musicians.
And so this month Ministry Monday offers a 3-part series about Taizé music. We begin the series with reflections by David Anderson, Editor-at-Large for GIA Publications and Director of Music and Liturgy at Ascension Catholic Church in Oak Park, Illinois.
David has visited Taizé, France, several times, and has led monthly Taizé services for years in his parish. He reflects about the depth and beauty of Taizé and how you can implement its music and spirituality in your parish.
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