Scala Foundation | Christian Artists Redeem the Abyss @ScalaFoundation | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
In this video clip, world-renowned Scottish conductor and composer Sir James MacMillan and Margarita Mooney Clayton, an Associate Professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and the Founder and Executive Director of the Scala Foundation, discuss how it is that Christian arts are called to follow Christ into the abyss and redeem it, bringing something beautiful out of the embers of suffering.
The full conversation can be seen here:
youtu.be/Gexj7JEVeS8
MacMillan spent two weeks in Princeton in June 2024 as part of a program hosted by the Catholic Sacred Music Project to provide master-apprentice training to young composers, conductors, and choristers. Scala co-sponsored the summer program. Two other conversations with MacMillan can be seen here:
youtu.be/l3dD8MT7eo8?feature=shared
and here: youtu.be/kX1F5bzYZZw
Music from the event can be seen on this playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZHnw30gpFcVenqvTUoK-HIvMw535_II
Learn More about The Scala Foundation
Scala was founded in 2016 by Margarita Mooney Clayton, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, who is the author of numerous books and popular articles, and an inspiring public speaker on topics such as education, culture, virtues and faith. Her husband, David Clayton, is an Artist-in-Residence for Scala and the Provost of Pontifex University, where he founded the Master of Sacred Arts Program. He is an internationally renowned iconographer and writer for various online publications about topics like the mathematics of beauty, liturgical art, and cultural renewal.
The Scala Foundation’s vision is to restore meaning and purpose to American culture by focusing on the intersection of art, liturgy and education Scala engages in deep work with students at Princeton and Oxford to bring together artists, students, teachers, and scholars. Scala also produces publications (books, blogs, articles, interviews), and hosts public events like conferences, webinars and campus lectures open to the public.
More Resources Can be Found on Scala’s Social Media and Websites
Scala Foundation: scalafoundation.org
David Clayton's blog and books: thewayofbeauty.org
Margarita Mooney Clayton's YouTube Channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCvvCBWH0LMe2i1-VLMaNEVQ
How to Support Scala
Find out how to donate to Scala here: scalafoundation.org/donate
The Fellowship of the Annunciation is a group of recurring donors to Scala that helps us in all our activities, notably by supporting apprenticeships for liturgical artists:
givebutter.com/fellowshipoftheannunciation
In this video clip, world-renowned Scottish conductor and composer Sir James MacMillan and Margarita Mooney Clayton, an Associate Professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and the Founder and Executive Director of the Scala Foundation, discuss how it is that Christian arts are called to follow Christ into the abyss and redeem it, bringing something beautiful out of the embers of suffering.
The full conversation can be seen here:
youtu.be/Gexj7JEVeS8
MacMillan spent two weeks in Princeton in June 2024 as part of a program hosted by the Catholic Sacred Music Project to provide master-apprentice training to young composers, conductors, and choristers. Scala co-sponsored the summer program. Two other conversations with MacMillan can be seen here:
youtu.be/l3dD8MT7eo8?feature=shared
and here: youtu.be/kX1F5bzYZZw
Music from the event can be seen on this playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZHnw30gpFcVenqvTUoK-HIvMw535_II
Learn More about The Scala Foundation
Scala was founded in 2016 by Margarita Mooney Clayton, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, who is the author of numerous books and popular articles, and an inspiring public speaker on topics such as education, culture, virtues and faith. Her husband, David Clayton, is an Artist-in-Residence for Scala and the Provost of Pontifex University, where he founded the Master of Sacred Arts Program. He is an internationally renowned iconographer and writer for various online publications about topics like the mathematics of beauty, liturgical art, and cultural renewal.
The Scala Foundation’s vision is to restore meaning and purpose to American culture by focusing on the intersection of art, liturgy and education Scala engages in deep work with students at Princeton and Oxford to bring together artists, students, teachers, and scholars. Scala also produces publications (books, blogs, articles, interviews), and hosts public events like conferences, webinars and campus lectures open to the public.
More Resources Can be Found on Scala’s Social Media and Websites
Scala Foundation: scalafoundation.org
David Clayton's blog and books: thewayofbeauty.org
Margarita Mooney Clayton's YouTube Channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCvvCBWH0LMe2i1-VLMaNEVQ
How to Support Scala
Find out how to donate to Scala here: scalafoundation.org/donate
The Fellowship of the Annunciation is a group of recurring donors to Scala that helps us in all our activities, notably by supporting apprenticeships for liturgical artists:
givebutter.com/fellowshipoftheannunciation
