The Psalms Project: In the Shadow of Your Wings

HeartEdge featured the Psalms project 'In the Shadow of Your Wings' run by Deus Ex Musica on several occasions. The project has now resulted in a brand new book of Psalm settings for female voice, In the Shadow of Your Wings, which is a must have for the church singer. Curated by the Executive Director of Deus Ex Musica, Dr. Delvyn Case, this anthology will offer you contemporary settings in a variety of styles.

Composers include:

• Richard J. Clark
• Mary Montgomery Koppel
• Bil Mooney-McCoy
• Shawn E. Okpebholo
• Fiona Evison
• Josh Rodriguez
• Emily Hiemstra
• Delvyn Case
• Sungji Hong

Songs can be heard at: In the Shadow of Your Wings

The Psalms Project also features soon in two upcoming UK events. First, The Beautiful World of Holiness: Explorations of Creation and Nature Through New Sacred Music on Sunday, 26 June 2022, 3 pm at All Saints Church, Tooting, London. This unique interactive event uses live musical performances as a springboard for discussion about Creation and our varying responses to what composer June Boyce-Tilman calls “the beautiful world of holiness.” Featuring the UK premieres of solo psalm settings by June Boyce-Tilman MBE, Alexandra T. Bryant, and Delvyn Case. Performed by Robert Rice, baritone, and Delvyn Case, piano.

This event is part of the All Saints ARTS Festival, itself part of the Wandsworth Arts Fringe, which is designed to embrace a variety of styles and performers with a range of experience together. It will include many concerts embracing a variety of styles – including a recital on Baroque instruments with Pawel Siwczak, an organ recital with Benjamin Costello, a jazz concert with Senior Street Jazz Sextet and a community concert with schools, soloists and other groups. It is a community event encouraging the embracing of diversity at every level. It has an eco-theme with poems and musical pieces designed to reflect our care for the environment. The events will be taking place in All Saints Church, Brudenell Road, Tooting, SW17 8DQ.

The second event is The Psalms Project: Dialogues with Contemporary Sacred Music on Sunday 3 July, 19:30 – 21:00, at Institute of Contemporary Performance, 39 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JN. A unique event organized by UK-based composer Ng Yu Hng, combining world-premiere performances of new sacred music with interfaith discussion. Featuring new works for unaccompanied violin inspired by the psalms.

Through a combination of live performances and informal discussions, this event invites listeners to consider the ways these new compositions respond to the Biblical texts that inspired them. What insight into these ancient poems do these works provide for us today? How do they help us experience the psalms in new ways? Can they teach us anything about the spiritual dimension of Scripture? What do they tell us about contemporary sacred music’s ability to contribute to dialogues about faith in our secular society?

Written by an international collection of composers representing the Christian and Jewish traditions: Sungji Hong (South Korea), Delvyn Case (US), Ng Yu Hng (Singapore), Joelle Wallach (US), Kirsten Strom (New Zealand). The new works will be performed by violinist Joseph Edwards, at the Institute of Contemporary Performance in Central London (39 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JN). This event is kindly hosted by the pianist Leona Crasi, director of the Institute of Contemporary Performance, and to be filmed and recorded by Bernardo Simões.

Moderated by musician, scholar, and teacher Delvyn Case, this event is open to anyone. No religious background or musical experience is necessary. Attendees may participate in the discussion or simply enjoy the music and the conversation.

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In the Shadow of Your Wings - Psalm 148