ACL 2024 ~ Music for Stained Glass

In our very first year (2012), ACL ran a year-end list called Music for Synagogues and Cathedrals.  Since then, the boundaries of spiritual music have greatly expanded.  From haunted organ to repurposed hymn, spoken meditation to abraded choir, these artists have experimented

Andrzej Pietrewicz ~ #8

Andrzej Pietrewicz continues to challenge common assumptions of how sacred music can sound.  All too often, devotional albums are so safe that they dilute the creativity of the Creator.  This Toronto composer knows that awe comes from the unexpected, and that