the gift of open space music from chris

[Chris Corrigan]

Oh my.  Thank you.

Chris

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CHRIS CORRIGAN
Bowen Island, BC, Canada
http://www.chriscorrigan.com
chris at chriscorrigan.com

(604) 947-9236






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Birgitt Williams
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Penny,
thank you for sharing this with us. Chris is gifting Bowen Island and
the
world.

Blessings,
Birgitt

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Penny
Scott
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 2:04 PM
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Subject: the gift of open space music from chris


Check out what our friend Chris Corrigan is gifting Bowen Island with on
Sunday nights.. an excerpt from Kathryn Thomson's letter in our local
paper,
The Undercurrent, this week.


On Sunday I experienced something extraordinary - a choir of angels was
singing in the United church. This choir must be Bowen Island's best
kept
secret but this intimate music is too inspirational to be kept a secret
for
long.


The music is contemplative, consisting of plainsong (Gregorian chants)
and
hymns. The vocal harmony is beautiful - each voice responding to the
others
with great sensitivity, even delicacy. The simple service combines
candlelight, silence and scripture with these simple chants to help
build
awareness of Spirit in our selves and in community. Alison Nixon
explains
"The chants are meant to be sung for at least seven minutes and ideally
for
15 to 20 minutes. It takes at least that long for the chant to penetrate
the
heart."


William Allen, Cantor of St. Barnabas Anglican Church explains Gregorian
chant this way: "the vision of creation expressed in by this music is
one in
which the life of humanity is ever more surely becoming the divine life.
It'
s sound is unified, loving and merciful, pointing to healing and
wholeness."


As I listened to this music, I experienced a deep sense of the sacred
and a
mood of stillness and reverence. T.S. Eliot contemplated this experience
in
Four Quartets: "To apprehend the point of intersection of the timeless
with
time, is an occupation for the saint.for most of us there is only the
unattended moment, the moment in and out of time, the distraction fit,
lost
in a shaft of sunlight.or the waterfall, or music heard so deeply that
it is
not heard at all, but you are the music while the music lasts".


thanks chris.

penny scott

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