Mayor previews In One A-Chord: Lexington Sacred Music Festival
“Sacred Music Festival is sure to lift you up,” Mayor Linda Gorton said today. “This celebration is a wonderful opportunity to come together, celebrate great talent, and showcase the music and spirit that makes our city so special.”
In One A-Chord: Sacred Music Festival, presented by CHI Saint Joseph Health, is a weeklong celebration of the music that fills Lexington’s churches, chapels, sanctuaries, synagogues, concert halls, and places of peace. The festival includes 25 sacred music experiences that are open to all and scheduled at religious and non-religious locations alike with time to hear each offering daily.
“Music has the power to unite, to inspire, and to move us,” said Everett McCorvey, executive producer of In One A-Chord. “This sacred music festival, the first of its kind in Lexington, creates the opportunity to celebrate the local musicians, singers, arrangers and performers who make up our city's rich and vibrant sacred musical landscape.” McCorvey serves as a member of the Mayor’s 250Lex Commission.
Sacred music bridges the gap between the earth and the spiritual, elevates the human spirit, has the power to heal, and the ability to bring listeners together in community to celebrate not only our commonality but the beauty in what makes us unique and different, McCorvey said.
First Presbyterian Church is hosting several events throughout the week.
First Presbyterian Church Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Franklyn C. Pottorff said, “As the oldest church in continuous existence in our city with a rich heritage of music, First Presbyterian Church is honored to serve as a host site for the Sacred Music Festival and we look forward to welcoming people not only to our sacred spaces, but to sacred spaces across Lexington.”
250Lex Co-Chair Dr. Eunice Beatty said, “With hundreds of houses of worship throughout Lexington today, music is a central point of most, if not all worship services. 250Lex presenting ‘In One A-Chord: A Sacred Music Festival’ is a fitting tribute and special salute to Lexington’s faith and religious communities.”
All performances are free or at low cost. For more information and complete schedule, visit www.250Lex.com