Music of the Spirit
A piano concert of spirituals played by Dan DeWalt
A benefit concert for the Beloved Community Church
Town Crier Drive, Brattleboro Vermont
(just off Putney Road, across from NECCA Circus Arts)
Friday December 8, 7:30 PM
free will donation, no one will be turned away
Info: 802.348.7701

I play piano for the Methodist and Baptist churches, who have affiliated to become The Beloved Community Church. They are a giving and open minded group of lovely people.
Virtually all of the preludes and postludes I play at the services come from the Afro-American spiritual tradition. I am very conscious of the fact that I am a white person, and I have live a privileged life without significant adversity. However, this music, born of oppression and fortitude, moves me unlike any other. We live in a world that is still full of oppression, inequality, prejudice and violence. This music remains a powerful response to these evils and is a force for inspiration and a call to action.
Every note that I play at this concert will be a silent prayer of determination and inspiration to make us all work to change this endless ever-deadening course that is slowly but surely destroying us and our planet.