Pride Concert
June 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us for a concert celebrating Pride Month, featuring a new work by Eric Thomas and Buck McDaniel.
Inspired by Benjamin Britten’s eponymous work setting texts of Edith Sitwell, The Heart of the Matter is neither concert nor play, but a meditation on LGBTQIA+ Pride past, present, and future. The work pairs original texts narrated by Queer theological scholar Dr. Eric Thomas and music composed by Buck McDaniel in varying combinations of solo organ, offstage horn (Van Parker), and tenor (Matthew Jones). Along with scholar Dr. Carla Roland-Guzmán, Thomas and McDaniel previously collaborated on a 4-week festival of Queer experimental liturgies at The General Theological Seminary in New York City. McDaniel’s other projects have included performances with Sam Smith on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, Oliver Hermanus’s film The History of Sound, and the nationally syndicated radio program The Moth.
St. Margaret’s Faith in Action Committee is sponsoring the relocation of an LBGTQ+ refugee through Welcome Corps and Rainbow Railroad. While there is no admission charge for this concert, a free will offering will be collected to offset costs related to the committee’s endeavor.