FAITH PARTNERS
The Faith Partners program forms unique partnerships between churches, synagogues and other faith communities to create meaningful new sacred music and enrich the spiritual life of congregations. Faith Partners congregations collaborate in selecting and working with a composer over the course of an eighteen-month residency to create new sacred music that eloquently expresses their faith, offering them a way to bind themselves as a community and helping them to reach out to the surrounding neighborhood.

The launch of the Faith Partners program in New York set two precedents. First, it attracted a record number of composer applicants. Then, when it came time to make a final decision, the music directors of the consortium could not bring themselves to choose between the top two finalists. So they opted to select both. As a result, the three congregations will have the opportunity to become closely acquainted with the personalities and composition styles of two talented and very different composers.

2002–2003 Consortium Members:
St. Bartholomew's (Episcopal); William Trafka, Music Director
St. Ignatius-Loyola (Roman Catholic), Kent Tritle, Music Director
Temple Emanu-El (Jewish), Hunter Tillman, Senior Organist

2002–2003 Composers:
Charles Griffin & Gerald Cohen

COMMUNITY PARTNERS PROGRAM

COMPOSER COMMISSIONING PROGRAM

MCKNIGHT VISITING COMPOSERS

SALON MEETINGS