UPCOMING EVENTS
Update coming soon!
Please visit the Anonymous 4 website for information
ONGOING EVENTS
| St
Mary the Virgin Choir 145 West 46th Street New York City Ruth is a member of St Mary the Virgin choir a small professional choir that provides music for the 11:00 am service from October through June. To find out about service music during the choral
season at St Mary’s: |
| Sound Healing Classes at the Elizabeth Seton Women's Center (www.teswc.org) 133 W 70th Street New York, NY 10023 March 11, April 15, May 13 and June 10 Call 212-579-3657 |
EVENTS FROM 2004-2008
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 11:00 am St Mary the Virgin 145 West 46th Street, New York City Ruth is the Cantor for the 11 am liturgy. She and organist Robert McCormick improvise the Latin Propers for the service and one of Ruth’s compositions with improvised organ accompaniment is sung during communion. |
| Sunday, July 29, 2007 11:00 am St Mary the Virgin 145 West 46th Street, New York City Ruth is the Cantor for the 11 am liturgy. She and organist Robert McCormick improvise the mass setting and Latin Propers for the service and one of Ruth’s compositions with improvised organ accompaniment is sung during communion. |
| Thursday, August 2, 2007 7:00 pm Night Songs at St. John’s 83 Christopher St. New York City, NY Service of cross cultural chants and meditation for peace with Ruth Cunningham and Ana Hernandez Cost: Free! Contact: FrLyndon@aol.com or call the church 212-242-5737 |
| Thursday, August 9, 2007 7:00 pm Night Songs at St. John’s 83 Christopher St., New York City, NY See August 2 for info |
| Wednesday,
August 15, 2007 6:00 pm? St Mary the Virgin 145 West 46th Street, New York City THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Missa ‘Assumpta est Maria’ – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) Assumpta est Maria – Palestrina Ruth is a member of the St Mary’s choir |
| Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:00 pm Night Songs at St. John’s 83 Christopher St., New York City, NY See August 2 for info |
| Monday, August 20, 2007 6:00 pm Edinburgh International Festival Edinburgh, Scotland Greyfriars Kirk Ruth rejoins Anonymous 4 Early European Chant and Polyphony 1100-1300 |
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:00 pm Anonymous 4 Edinburgh International Festival Edinburgh, Scotland Greyfriars Kirk A Medieval Ladymass |
| Sunday, August 26, 2007 11:00 am St Mary the Virgin 145 West 46th Street, New York City Ruth is the Cantor for the 11 am liturgy She and organist Robert McCormick improvise the mass setting and Latin Propers for the service and one of Ruth’s compositions with improvised organ accompaniment is sung during communion. |
| Sunday, September 2, 2007 11:00 am St Mary the Virgin 145 West 46th Street, New York City Ruth is the Cantor for the 11 am liturgy She and organist Robert McCormick improvise the mass setting and Latin Propers for the service and one of Ruth’s compositions with improvised organ accompaniment is sung during communion. |
| Friday, September 21, 2007 Pittsburg, Kansas Anonymous 4 |
| Sunday, September 23, 2007 Amarillo, Texas Anonymous 4 |
| Saturday, October 27, 2007 Halifax, Nova Scotia Anonymous 4 |
| Sunday, October 28, 2007 Halifax, Nova Scotia Anonymous 4 |
Saturday, November 3,
2007 |
| Sunday, November 4,
2007 Walton Arts Centerr Fayetteville, AK Anonymous 4 |
| Tuesday, November 6,
2007 One World Theaterr Austin, TX Anonymous 4 |
| Thursday November 8,
2007 Van Wert, OH Anonymous 4 |
| Friday, November 9,
2007 Hamilton, OH Anonymous 4 |
| Tuesday, November
11, 2007 Collegeville, MN Anonymous 4 |
Saturday, November 17,
2007 http://www.millertheatre.com/Events/EventDetails.aspx?nid=1164 |
Wednesday, November
28, 2007 |
Friday, December 14,
2007 |
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February 16, 2008 |
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More updates coming soon. Please check back!
| Saturday, June 2-3, 2007 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Open Your Mind, Open Your Heart Sponsored by First Congregation of Cambridge and Messiah, Newton |
| May 26, 2007 Open Your Mind, Open Your Heart Contact: Melinda Gardiner |
Chants,
Prayers and Improvisations Episcopal church of the Good Shepherd 240 East 31st
Street New York, NY $20 donation at the door |
| May 5-6, 2007 Sacred Art of Chant Workshop with Ana Hernandez Saturday May 5: Workshop: 9:00 AM -
2:00 PM (cost TBA) St. Paul's Church |
April 23, 2007 8:00 PM Robert McCormick & Ruth Cunningham in concert St Mary the Virgin
145 West 46th Street
New York, New York 10036
Tickets: $20.00/$15.00 (students) |
| April 4, 2007 Tenebrae: Gregorian Chant with musical improvisations by Ana Hernandez and Ruth Cunningham and a nine-voice Men's Choir Now in it's 5th year. Church of Sts. Andrew
and Matthew |
March 30-31, 2007
8:00 PM
American Opera Projects First Chance presents scenes from Ft. Greene, Brooklyn
Ruth will be one of three singers in The Walled-Up Wife
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Friday, March 23
7:00 pm
An Unorthodox Easter
A Dramatic Reading and
Liturgy
based on Elizabeth
Cunningham’s novel
The Passion of Mary
Magdalen
Text by Elizabeth Cunningham Original music by Ruth Cunningham and Elizabeth Cunningham
and percussionist David Budd
The Church of St Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014
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March 16th, 2007
7:30 PM
Nico Muhly
Vox Vocal Ensemble
Zankel Hall Ruth is in the Vox Vocal Ensemble for this concert
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| March
10 8:00 pm Chants,
Prayers and Improvisations
The Unitarian Church in Westport 10
Lyons Plains Rd, Westport, CT
(203)
227-7205
$10
donation at the door
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| Sundays: March 4,11, 18, 25, April 1, 2007 6:00 PM Night Prayers at St. John’s 83 Christopher St. New York City, NY An
evening of chants, meditation, chilled out beats, and urban rhythms for peace with Ruth
Cunningham and Ana Hernandez |
February 3, 2007
Workshop at
the Unitarian Church in Westport, CT
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January 25, 2007 8:00 PM The Joyful Mysteries The
Music of Ignaz Franz von Biber (1664-1704) Church of St Luke in the Fields Ruth will
be joining the choir of St Luke's for this concert
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| January 20, 2007 7:30 PM
Chants,
Prayers and Improvisations
The Church of
Christ the King
Stone Ridge,
NY
For more information about the program, visit the Light & Shadow page. |
| November 30, 2006 8:00 PM “Light & Shadow” –
NEW YORK PREMIERE! Ruth’s new solo program. For more information, visit the Light & Shadow page, or contact Ruth Tickets at the door: $20.00 |
Dec 30, 2005 - Jan 1, 2006 Celebration of Freedom: |
| Saturday, November 19, 2005, at 8:00
PM Sunday, November 20, 2005, at 3:00 PM Early Music NY Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street
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November 13, 2005 Choral Arts Society Scarborough
Presbyterian Church Ruth will be a soloist along with Jacquie Horner and others |
| November 5, 2005 An all day Sound as Prayer Workshop with Ruth Cunningham at The Church of the Redeemer. Please come. This will be a great day. Place: 2341 Winterfield Rd. Midlothian, VA Time: 9AM-3PM Cost: $20.00 Contact Susan at 804-379-8899 |
| November 3, 2005 An evening workshop at StoneWater Sanctuary with Ruth Cunningham! This is a rare Hudson Valley appearance for us. Come along and bring your intuition. Place: 2055 Albany Post Rd. (Rt. 9A), Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520 Time: 7-9 PM Cost: $20.00 Contact: 914-739-3629 or register@stonewatersanctuary.com |
| September 18, 2005 Improvisational Mass with Robert McCormick at St Mary the Virgin |
| June 10-14, 2005 Teaching for Change A conference sponsored by the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion with participants from Christian, Jewish, Goddess, agnostic, and Native traditions gathering to reflect on feminist teaching and pedagogy. Ruth and Ana (HARC) are the conference musicians. The Sunday night gathering at Harvard is open to the public (8-10 PM) Contact kwok.puilan@verizon.net for info. |
| June 10-15, 2005 Early Harp Symposium Ruth will be presenting a workshop on improvisation using modes Contact: schilke@juno.com |
| April 18th, 2005 Sound Healing/Voice Play class Elizabeth Seton Women's center Call: 212-579-3657 to register |
| April 10, 2005 Healing Intensive: Journey into the Heart With Network chiropractor Dr Cliff Inkles Ruth is a guest presenter |
| March
23, 2005 Tenebrae Service with Ana Hernandez (HARC) and 6 men's voices Sts. Andrew and Matthew Episcopal Church, Wilmington, DE |
| March
14, 2005 Sound Healing/Voice Play class Elizabeth Seton Women's center Call: 212-579-3657 to register |
| March
12, 2005 Sound as Prayer Workshop (a not-so-quiet day) with Ana Hernandez (HARC) Christ the King Episcopal Church, Stone Ridge, NY |
February 25, 2005 |
| February
24, 2005 Episcopal Urban Caucus Conference Eucharist With Ana Hernandez (HARC) Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral, Newark, NJ |
| December
1, 2004 Concert of Advent Music with the choir of St Agnes Church Andrew Mills, conductor 143 East 43rd St New York City |
| November
13, 2004 Sound as Prayer Workshop with HARC Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University Contact: Suzanne Guthrie, chaplain AmaGuthrie@cs.com |
October 7-9 |
| September
30 to October 3, 2004 Music for Healing and Transition Conference 2004 “Building Bridges: Medicine, Music & Healing” Massanetta Springs Conference Center, Harrisonburg, Virginia Click for more information Ruth will be a presenter at this conference. |
| September
22, 2004 6:00 - 9:00 pm Ruth will be providing music for the Fall Equinox Public Labyrinth Walk First Presbyterian Church, New Canaan, CT Sponsored by The Labyrinth Project of Connecticut |
EVENTS FROM THE PAST FEW YEARS
Improvisational Mass settings at St Mary the Virgin For several Sundays during
the summer Ruth collaborated with organist Robert McCormick creating improvisational
settings of the Mass and Latin Propers as well as several anthems with tunes that Ruth
wrote with Robert improvising accompaniments on the organ. On August 1st they did two
Propers and an arrangement of Heart Prayer a poem by Ruth’s sister Elizabeth. On
August 22, September 12, and 26th Ruth did improvisational settings of the mass as well as
Propers. “As far as
improvising goes it doesn’t get much better than this for me. |
| Performances and recording with
frame drummer Layne Redmond: “Invoking the Muse” released on the Sounds True label |
| Performances and recording with
the New York Ensemble for Early
Music: “Music of Medieval Love” released by the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Improvisational performance using
sacred texts and the poetry of Elizabeth Cunningham on the Igni Vox concert series in Tivoli, NY |
| Choral Arts Society concert
version of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas Ruth sang the part of Belinda Timothy Vernon, Conductor |
| Performance with Ana Hernández in Ann Arbor MI on the All Rivers at Once concert series. |
| Presentation for Early Music
America on Music and Healing at the 2003 Boston Early Music Festival |
| Workshop on improvisation using
the modes for the 2003 Historical Harp Conference in Boston |
| Sound Healing workshops for the
Staff at St. Vincent’s Hospital
in New York City as part of the “Body/Mind/Spirit” Program |
| Teaching cross-cultural Music and
Healing Workshops in Philadelphia, PA |
| With Diana Stork,
played for two consecutive years for the Women’s DreamQuest at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, CA |
| Several appearances during
services at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City as part of the Visiting Artists Series |
| Volunteered on a regular basis
over a six-month time period at St. Paul’s Chapel, a rest and recovery site in lower Manhattan for Ground Zero workers |
| Featured guest in a one-hour
special entitled, “Holiday of Healing” on the nationally syndicated NPR radio show, “Harmonia.” Ruth was interviewed by host Angela Mariani |
| Several appearances during services at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City as part of the Visiting Artists Series |
| Soloist in Richard Einhorn’s “Voices of Light” at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC “Soprano Ruth
Cunningham, formerly of Anonymous 4, produced the most soothing vocal sounds.” |
| Soprano Soloist in premier in
1998 and performance and recording in 2001 of Voice of the Tenth Muse, by Patricia VanNess in Boston with Coro Allegro “Soloist
Ruth Cunningham, once part of the acclaimed medieval ensemble Anonymous 4, applied her
crystalline voice to this soaring, evocative performance. Her voice was radiant, like a
precious stone in a stark, bold setting.” |
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