Cancelleddue to COVID 2019 Jazz Vespers at St. James, Newport Beach

Cancelleddue to COVID 2019 Jazz Vespers at St. James, Newport Beach

Sunday, June 30, 2019 from 05:00 PM to 06:15 PM

Greeting our friends and neighbors through liturgy, prayer and jazz.

Vespers, one of the two main hours of the Church's Daily Office, has roots extending into the evening prayers of ancient Israel. Lucernarium (literally: Lamp lighting time) was another name for these periods of devotion which began at the rising of the evening star with a blessing prayer. The Book of Common Prayer preserves the evolution of these early forms of worship and prayer in a way that is faithful to our heritage and open to creating new traditions.

Jazz Vespers emerges as a synthesis of traditions, a blending of an age old liturgy with the unique musical language we call jazz. With a freshness that is open to God's Spirit, this musical tradition sounds the hopes, dreams, joys, frustrations and pain that expresses human experience, while exploring a musical vocabulary that transcends the limits of the written or spoken word.

Jazz Vespers at St. James, Newport Beach

Location

St. James Church 3209 Via Lido Newport Beach, CA 92663