51�Թ�

He accomplished this through the establishment of shape note singing schools, which carried out his musical vision.

The result was that the original hymn style became the purview of the shape note singing schools, mostly in the South, where they flourished for many years.

Tunes in the shape note tradition, simple Shaker melodies and the New England “primitive” style will take the audience on a journey discovering holiday fare from the variety of traditions that combine to create America’s musical heritage.

In 2017, she took over a disused Lancashire mill for a performance that combined traditional English shape note singing and Sufi chanting.

“That leads me very far afield, ranging from old-time traditional music, folk music, bluegrass, country, shape note singing, gospel music, the black tradition in church music, to the most astringent, acrid, dodecaphonic modern classical music that I regularly inflict on my poor unsuspecting audience, much to their chagrin.”