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The Department of Music presents a fully-staged performance of J.S. Bach’s masterpiece, The Passion According to Matthew.  Blending amazing music, probing words sung in English, and a modern staging allows for a fresh and deeply spiritual encounter with this well-known story. Produced jointly by  Charles Reid, Stephen Zork and Claudio Gonzales, this PASSION is directed by our Coordinator of Vocal studies, Charles Reid, conducted by our Director of Choral Activities, Stephen Zork, and features an all student cast of soloists, the University Singers, and the Andrews University Symphony Orchestra. 
Director, Charles Reid, remarks, “Out of the past twenty years of my international singing career, one of the genuine highlights was singing in the chorus in a Brooklyn Academy of Music production, led by acclaimed director, Jonathan Miller, of this very work. I simply cannot forget the profound impact it had on the audience and the performers. Peter Sellars, and others have also explored this approach, and it has always been a spark in the back of my mind that I hoped I could revisit someday. This is the day. I hope you will join us for this spectacular journey and come expecting to be impacted in an entirely new way.”

The Department of Music presents a fully-staged performance of J.S. Bach’s masterpiece, The Passion According to Matthew.  Blending amazing music, probing words sung in English, and a modern staging allows for a fresh and deeply spiritual encounter with this well-known story. Produced jointly by  Charles Reid, Stephen Zork and Claudio Gonzales, this PASSION is directed by our Coordinator of Vocal studies, Charles Reid, conducted by our Director of Choral Activities, Stephen Zork, and features an all student cast of soloists, the University Singers, and the Andrews University Symphony Orchestra. 
Director, Charles Reid, remarks, “Out of the past twenty years of my international singing career, one of the genuine highlights was singing in the chorus in a Brooklyn Academy of Music production, led by acclaimed director, Jonathan Miller, of this very work. I simply cannot forget the profound impact it had on the audience and the performers. Peter Sellars, and others have also explored this approach, and it has always been a spark in the back of my mind that I hoped I could revisit someday. This is the day. I hope you will join us for this spectacular journey and come expecting to be impacted in an entirely new way.”

The Fountainview Academy orchestra and choir will perform a variety of uplifting and inspiring compositions, from old familiar hymns like, “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” to soul stirring arrangements of “In the Heart of Jesus” and “Be still, my Soul.” Their goal is to leave each member of the audience with a desire to better know the Saviour. This goal has been the aim of Fountainview’s many music tours and video productions since its inception. A freewill offering will be collected to sponsor future projects.

Admission is free.