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The initial impetus came from theologian Harvey Cox, whose preaching had inspired her to write her first oratorio, The City is Burning. He was talking about the shaking up of the Spirit, and how the spirit of God is often portrayed as this peaceful, quiet thing, [but] when the Spirit really shakes us hey, we need to do something, she said. I feel this idea very strongly in terms of earth justice and taking care of our planet.
Scarcely had she completed and performed that work when Cox suggested that she read
Laudato Si . I was just blown away. It was so beautiful, said Chase, who teaches at the Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory in Boston.
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At NEC, a concert to pay tribute to Coretta Scott King, and to many, many others
By Bill Beuttler Globe correspondent,Updated February 18, 2021, 4:01 p.m.
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Naledi Masilo leads the singing of Lift Every Voice and Sing at the 2020 Coretta Scott King tribute concert at New England Conservatory. Masilo will also perform at this year s virtual event.New England Conservatory
When New England Conservatoryâs Black Student Union honors alumna Coretta Scott King with a concert Feb. 25, theyâll also be remembering âall the people we lost this year,â says Zoe Cagan, a classical flutist and chair of the BSU.