Holy Trinity celebration Sunday
Jack Hittinger
Issue date: 4/10/08 Section: News
On Sunday, members of the Hillsdale community will perform Mozart's "Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitas" at Holy Trinity Anglican Parish in Hillsdale, Mich.
"We're able to bring lots of college and community folks from different religious backgrounds to do the orchestra and choral parts," said Father Duane Beauchamp, Holy Trinity pastor. "A lot of folks that everybody recognizes."
Participants will include associate professor of music Melissa Knecht, adjunct instructors of voice Karl Schmidt and Eden Simmons, as well as other students and faculty to round out the choir and orchestra.
Beauchamp said attendees shouldn't feel intimidated or confused by attending another church to hear the mass, so he is making it an oratory mass - one in which only the priest and the altar servers receive communion.
"Often times sacred music gets put into the context of 'just a concert,'" he said. "This way, people who attend can understand its original context and why it was performed the way it was. They can enjoy it without having to make any big theological decisions."
The service begins at 3 p.m. on Sunday with a reception following.
"We're able to bring lots of college and community folks from different religious backgrounds to do the orchestra and choral parts," said Father Duane Beauchamp, Holy Trinity pastor. "A lot of folks that everybody recognizes."
Participants will include associate professor of music Melissa Knecht, adjunct instructors of voice Karl Schmidt and Eden Simmons, as well as other students and faculty to round out the choir and orchestra.
Beauchamp said attendees shouldn't feel intimidated or confused by attending another church to hear the mass, so he is making it an oratory mass - one in which only the priest and the altar servers receive communion.
"Often times sacred music gets put into the context of 'just a concert,'" he said. "This way, people who attend can understand its original context and why it was performed the way it was. They can enjoy it without having to make any big theological decisions."
The service begins at 3 p.m. on Sunday with a reception following.
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