interfaith
Deus Ex Musica is an ecumenical project that promotes the used of a sacred music as a resource for learning, spiritual growth, and discipleship.
INTERFAITH PROJECTS
Deus Ex Musica believes that sacred music has the unique ability to bring together people from a wide variety of faith traditions. By presenting new sacred works in secular and interactive contexts, we harness the power of music to serve as a springboard for interfaith learning and dialogue.
Recent collaborators include the International Council of Christians and Jews, the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme, and the Oxford Interfaith Forum.
Scroll down to learn more about our interfaith projects, or click one of the buttons below for more information about who we are, the projects we develop, and how to collaborate with us.
NEWS
We are thrilled to announce that we have been named a Partner of the Oxford Interfaith Forum, a global interfaith learning community.
In collaboration with the Woolf Institute at the University of Cambridge, Deus Ex Musica is developing an exciting interactive musical event featuring music by Jewish, Muslim, and Christian composers. This event will occur in July 2025. Stay tuned for more information!
Our album of new violin works by Jewish and Christian composers was featured on an episode of “Sounds from the Spires” on SirusXM Radio. Listen here!
The Strad, the world’s most prominent magazine for professions string players, recently published a feature article about our event “The Psalms Project: Dialogues with Contemporary Sacred Music.”
THE PSALMS
Since 2019, Deus Ex Musica has premiered over 40 brand-new concert works inspired by the psalms: These pieces have been presented in interactive events designed to promote discussion, learning, and dialogue at universities, conferences, churches, and secular performance spaces.
Featuring new psalm-inspired works for solo viola. Click here to learn more and to watch the videos.
New studio recording of 10 new solo violin works by Jewish and Christian composers. Learn more here.
Featuring new psalm-settings by 9 composers from around the world. Watch the videos here.
LIVE INTERACTIVE EVENTS
Using music from our album SEARCH ME, O GOD, Deus Ex Musica presents live, interactive events that use new psalm-inspired compositions as a springboard for interfaith dialogue and learning. Scroll down for our recent events.
June 18, 2023 Boston
International Council of Christians and Jews Annual Conference, Simmons University, Boston
An Interfaith Exploration of the Psalms
Featuring psalm-inspired compositions for solo violin by Judith Lang Zaimont and Delvyn Case from the DEM Records’ release “SEARCH ME, O GOD.” Performed by Yonah Zur. Click here for more information.
May 14, 2023
Essex, UK
St. Mary’s Runwell, Essex
Awake, My Soul!
Presented as part of the One Beautiful Word Arts Festival, this unique event combines performances of new sacred music with interfaith discussion. Featuring new psalm-inspired works for unaccompanied violin, written for Deus Ex Musica by an international collection of composers representing a variety of Christian and Jewish traditions. Performed by Emma-Marie Kabanova. Hosted by DEM founder Delvyn Case. Free and open to all. Click here for more information.
Feb. 6, 2023,
Oxford, UK
St. Giles’s Church
Awake, My Soul!
Co-sponsored by the Oxford Interfaith Forum, this unique event combines performances of new sacred music with interfaith discussion. Featuring new psalm-inspired works for unaccompanied violin, written for Deus Ex Musica by an international collection of composers representing a variety of Christian and Jewish traditions. Performed by Emma-Marie Kabanova. Hosted by DEM founder Delvyn Case. Featuring commentary by John Barton, Emeritus Oriel & Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford, Free and open to all. Click here for more information.
Feb. 8, 2023, Cambridge, UK
Fitzwilliam College Chapel
Awake, My Soul!
Co-sponsored by the Cambridge Interf-faith Programme, this unique event combines performances of new sacred music with interfaith discussion. Featuring new psalm-inspired works for unaccompanied violin, written for Deus Ex Musica by an international collection of composers representing a variety of Christian and Jewish traditions. Performed by Emma-Marie Kabanova. Hosted by DEM founder Delvyn Case. Featuring commentary by Giles Waller, Cambridge Faculty of Divinity, and other scholars and clergy from the Cambridge community. Free and open to all. Click here for more information.
Sept. 1, 2022, Cambridge, UK
Presented by the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology
Search Me, O God: Musical Explorations of the Psalms
A unique event combining world-premiere performances of new sacred music with interfaith discussion. Featuring new works for unaccompanied violin inspired by the psalms. Written by an international collection of composers representing the Christian and Jewish traditions. Performed by Emma-Marie Kabanova. In-person and online. For more information and to. register, click here.
Sept. 2, 2022, Essex, UK
St. Andrew’s Church
The Psalms Project
A unique event combining world-premiere performances of new sacred music with interfaith discussion. Featuring new works for unaccompanied violin inspired by the psalms. Written by an international collection of composers representing the Christian and Jewish traditions. Performed by Emma-Marie Kabanova. In-person and online. For more information and to. register, click here.
July 3, 2022, London
Institute of Contemporary Performance
The Psalms Project: Dialogues with Contemporary Sacred Music
A unique event combining world-premiere performances of new sacred music with interfaith discussion. Featuring new works for unaccompanied violin inspired by the psalms. Written by an international collection of composers representing the Christian and Jewish traditions. Performed by Joseph Edwards. More information here.