Fifteen members of the Renaissance Street Singers performed a free two-hour concert on a recent Sunday afternoon under a bridge in Central Park. The Renaissance Street Singers have been performing sacred music, for free, in public spaces for forty years. Though some of the performers are practicing Christians or Jews, the majority are atheists or agnostics.
The group was founded by John Hetland 1n 1973. Though his appreciation for the music was grounded in his upbringing as the son of a Lutheran minister in Wisconsin, he held on to his love for the music despite his departure from religion. After moving to New York in 1960, he eventually placed an ad in the Village Voice seeking out fellow singers who shared his appreciation for sacred music.
The Renaissance Street Singers rehearse every week and perform twice a month, usually on Sunday afternoons.
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