Beauty
Awakens: Performed September 7th, 8th & 9th, 2007
The poet Dante wrote, "Beauty
awakens the soul to act." In this a
cappella concert, modeled on music from
the Sistine Chapel, the glorious sounds of the famed
Palestrina "Pope Marcellus Mass," along with several serene
motets of Orlando di Lasso, were complemented with
recitations of Dante's Divine
Comedy in an experience that is sure
to stir the soul to both contemplation and action.
"Beauty Awakens" raised awareness of the wonderful work of
the Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA), an organization
working tirelessly to bring community-based HIV prevention
and care to parts of Africa.