In this intimate vocal workshop and lecture focused on singing the psalms, singer, conductor, composer, and educator Dr. Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek will lead participants through music taken from Psalters in the exhibition Sing a New Song: The Psalms in Medieval Art and Life. Participants will sing a small selection of these psalms, focusing on meaning and communication and contextualizing their role in everyday life and worship. No formal singing experience or knowledge of the psalms required to participate.

This workshop takes place in Gilder Lehrman Hall on the Ground Floor and is intended for ages 18+. Attendees are encouraged to visit the exhibition Sing a New Song: The Psalms in Medieval Art and Life during their museum visit.

Dr. Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, mezzo-soprano, was a member of the world renowned vocal quartet Anonymous 4 from 2000-2016. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of ModernMedieval, an organization created to promote performance and education in early and new music. It includes ModernMedieval Voices, a female vocal ensemble which fosters collaborative projects featuring early music in conjunction with music from later periods and newly commissioned works. She is a member of the Performance Faculty at Princeton University where she teaches voice and is director of Early Music Princeton Singers and co-director of the Consort Minor in Music program. She is also on the voice faculty at NYU. She gives seminars on vocal pedagogy to student composers including at Juilliard, MSM, and Montclair University. She has given residencies and masterclasses at Universities all over the US, including SUNYOswego, University of Athens Georgia, Mannes School of Music NYC and Georgetown University DC. She also has been a Visiting Artist at Duke University NC, The Catholic University of America D.C. and Binghamton University New York, collaborating with student composers to develop and perform new pieces for the voice. She also gives lectures on vocal heath, vocal pedagogy and Extended Vocal Techniques, and gives both solo masterclasses and ensemble technique workshops with groups ranging from trios to choirs with 100+ members. She holds degrees from Queens University Belfast, Teacher’s College Columbia University and has a D.M.A. from The Juilliard School.