The Deer’s Cry: A Meditative Journey

Specializing in atmospheric concert design, Joe Miller welcomes you to a program built on meditation and kindness. Surrounded by candlelight and set within the intimacy of a chapel wrapped in shades of dusk, the ensemble's stunning voices weave together with meditative texts and poems read by former Cincinnati Poet Laureate Yalie Saweda Kamara to guide you through a truly contemplative experience.

“In the glorious acoustics of the beautiful candlelit Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel, Vocal Arts Ensemble blends the atmospheric music of Arvo Pärt with two iconic composers of early music, Josquin des Prez and Heinrich Schütz,” remarks Music Director Joe Miller. “Pärt’s The Deer’s Cry and The Woman with the Alabaster Box are juxtaposed with the exquisite Josquin Missa Pange Lingua and movements of Schütz’s iconic St. Matthew Passion.”