Free online class on Bach’s Music and Theology

EDMONTON – Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) is gearing up for its Winter 2014 Quest Course: “A Man for our Times: Bach’s Music and Theology for a New Millennium.” The course, which is free to attend and will be live-streamed online, will be taught by Rev. Lorne Manweiler.

“So often, J.S. Bach is held up as a paragon of the high Baroque and of an even higher church music,” the course description reads. “It may be surprising to many that Bach dealt with the same grass-roots challenges the modern church worker and church musician faces: chronic lack of resources, doctrinal inconsistency, cultural pressures, few capable parish musicians, and often antagonistic working relationships.”

“The four sessions will examine Bach’s philosophy and theology of church music practice historically, musically, practically, and theologically, and translate those principles into the new millennium. The course caters to the non-musician and musician, theologian and layperson alike.”

Rev. Lorne Manweiler is pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church (Edmonton), instructor of organ and resident organist at Concordia University College of Alberta, and accompanist for the Concordia Community Choir. A winner of organ performance and improvisation competitions, he has performed in concert with Canadian orchestras and choral ensembles and as a solo performer in  major churches and concert halls in North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom.

The course will take place Tuesday evenings February 4, 11, 18, and 25 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Edmonton students may take part on campus at Concordia Lutheran Seminary. Online students can access the video-conference feed here: concordia.adobeconnect.com/quest. (For information on computer requirements, click here).

There is no registration fee, though donations are welcome. To register for the free classes, contact Rhonda Buck at development@concordiasem.ab.ca or call (780) 474-1468, ext. 225.

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