Saturday October 26, 2013 at 7pm
Trinity Church, 141 Spring Street, Newport, RI
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Founded in 1976 at Wellesley College, Norumbega Harmony practices the tradition of the itinerant singing school. This school gave birth to Sacred Harp singing four part shape note scores in full voice as members successively lead tunes from the center of the hollow square. The group’s repertoire consists of music from the colonial and Revolutionary era of New England as well as music from the Sacred Harp and American folk-hymn traditions.
The group is lead by singing master Dr. Stephen Marini, Professor of Religion at Wellesley College. “Norumbega Harmony is a community of singers of international reputation that has performed more than one hundred concerts around New England,” Dr. Marini explains. “We have also released three recordings and published a collection of early New England psalmody researched and produced entirely by our members.”
The concert is free and sponsored by the Spectacle of Toleration, donations are welcome.