Musical Meditation
Title: Mary’s Song
Instrument: Native American Flute
Musician: Jenn Steege
Musician’s Statement
This musical offering begins as a lullaby…. and moves into a lament. Mary’s initial soft crooning tones are followed by a musical interpretation of the anguish and questioning of her heart. Her agonized acceptance is reached and then resolved within the song’s final notes. The music of the Native American flute is rooted in an uncommon scale for Western music. This indigenous instrument encourages channeling the energy of the player away from technique and toward creative free expression. Mary’s Song is played on a Western Red Cedar F#m flute made by Ed Hrebec of Spirit of the Woods Flutes.
Listen
Play the video below to listen to Mary’s Song followed by a conversation with Jenn Steege:
Click here to learn more about our Lent 2016 offering, the Artist’s Way of the Cross.
