For two decades, Siegwart “Zig” Reichwald, Westmont’s Adams professor of music and worship, engrossed himself in the sacred music of German composer and performer Felix Mendelssohn. But when he came ...

Belfast TradFest unites young people who are often segregated. Its founders explain why traditional music belongs to all Belfast is in many ways still a deeply divided city, but last week young people ...

Thomas A. Dorsey is regarded as the father of gospel music. From his piano, he wrote songs such as “Precious Lord Take My Hand,” a popular hymn in the black baptist church. But a recent article in the ...

Pope Francis has encouraged the Church to make sure that liturgical music fulfills its purpose. As he told participants in an international conference on sacred music March 4, church music should ...

Is there any difference between Catholic and Protestant music? If that question seems too bold, consider I’m asking only about the music. The words of any hymn or song take us somewhere special, but ...