You can't sing it for them : continuity, change, and a church musician / the Institute of Sacred Music, Yale University presents ; a film by Margot Fassler, Jacqueline Richard ; directed by Jacqueline Richard, Margot Fassler ; produced by Margot Fassler, Jacqueline Richard.
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publisher:
Yale Institute of Sacred Music,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Interviewees, Jonathan Q. Berryman and 6 others. Live footage recorded at Messiah Baptist Church (Bridgeport), Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School (New Haven), Cody's Diner (New Haven), Bruce Museum (Greenwich), Yale Divinity School (New Haven) in Connecticut. DVD extras: Interview with Dr. Mellonee V. Burnim, ethnomusicologist and leading authority on African American sacred music; Downloadable study guide with discussion questions, suggested readings, audio databases, and a linkography; Downloadable biographies of archival audio and visuals in the film.
Summary:
Video follows Jonathan Q. Berryman, a "wisecracking, professionally trained Director of Music over the course of a year as he works tirelessly to revitalize his church's deteriorating choral program so that the entire breadth of African American sacred music can be sung. Because Messiah Baptist Church of Bridgeport, Connecticut is replete with animated and opinionated congregants and a new, charismatic minister, the film provides an entertaining but honest portrait of the life of a contemporary church musicians, while exploring the timeless topics of sacred repertoire, music education, religious calling, and personal and situational change"--Back cover. Includes interview and performance footage
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