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Faith in a City: Showcasing Local Religious Music
Sunday, October 6, 2019 @ 7:30 pm
$5The Somerville Museum presents its first Faith in a City concert showcasing a selection of local religious music. The concert will feature original jazz by Mina Cho, contemporary music director of Somerville Community Baptist Church, featuring church member and drummer George Lernis, bassist Manos Stratis and the Gugak Jazz Society; musicians of Gurdwara Sikh Sangat Boston performing Sikh devotional music known as kirtan; and Wylsner Bastien, lead pianist at Sion Seventh Day Adventist Church, presenting jazz interpretations of traditional gospel songs and hymns.
Tickets are $5 and may be purchased through Eventbrite. Admission is free for Somerville Museum members.
The concert is the first event in a series of concerts, exhibits, talks and panels exploring religion in Somerville. The focus of the project is how religion is meaningful to people from across the city. The Faith in a City exhibit will be on display at the Somerville Museum from November 17 through January 26.