Reconciled: A Gospel Symphony

Reconciled: A Gospel Symphony

On Palm Sunday afternoon, Seattle Pacific University’s acclaimed Gospel Choir and Wind Symphony join forces for a free, soul-stirring worship event called Reconciled: A Gospel Symphony:

Date and time: March 16, 4 p.m.
Location: Rolling Hills Community Church, 3550 SW Borland Rd., Tualatin

Modeling biblical reconciliation through music, Reconciled: A Gospel Symphony combines two very different ensembles — gospel choir and wind symphony — while fusing musical styles from around the world. Reconciled is the result of a vision shared by two award-winning composer-conductors as different as the ensembles they direct: Gospel Choir Director Stephen Michael Newby, and Wind Symphony Director Gerry Jon Marsh.

“It was amazing how our collaboration turn the ordinary into the extraordinary,” Marsh says. “It quickly became evident that the Holy Spirit was present in our working together to produce Reconciled.” The result of this unlikely partnership is an entirely new musical genre Newby and Marsh are calling “a gospel symphony.”

“I sat with tears in my eyes, awed by the group’s sound, its ministry, and ability to communicate each musical nuance,“ wrote Jim Rice, president of the Northwest Division of the National Association for Music Education, after last year’s Reconciled concert in Portland, Oregon.

Reconciled features original music by Marsh — a member of the Washington Music Educators Association Hall of Fame — that was commissioned in 2007 by SPU’s Center for Worship.

Admission is free; all ages are welcome.
For more information, visit www.spu.edu/reconciled.