The Passion Music Lyric Video
Creative Director & Editor
In their latest album, The Passion, The University of Notre Dame Folk Choir, an all-student cast delivers a two act musical dramatic ritualization of the events of Holy Thursday and Good Friday through song and spoken word.
These lyric videos amplify the collaborative process between students in the Folk Choir and professional artists. The Passion combines Scripture with original poetry, which is all set to newly composed music. As the disciples gather in the Upper Room to retell their story of Christ’s passion, they are joined by Memory, who guides them towards answering one character’s question, “Can grace abound in grounds turned fallow?” The answer, rendered beautifully by the students of the Folk Choir, is a resounding “Yes.”
Since its founding forty years ago, the Notre Dame Folk Choir has been committed to creating new music for liturgical worship and finding common ground between sacred and secular music.
The 50-person ensemble serves the Notre Dame community, including the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, as one of its principal liturgical choirs and has toured across four continents and released eight studio albums. Led by Grammy® Award winner Dr. J.J. Wright and joined by guitarist Franky Rousseau and bassist Ike Sturm, The Passion was produced by Joe Henry and recorded at the Jerusalem Music Center after a weeklong pilgrimage to the Holy Land in May 2022.
Additional lyric editing by: Ted Nagy
Lyric Video + Projection production research and storyboard team: Emmalyn Barry, Ava Decroix, Maria Everett, Hannah Tonsor, Cassie Van Etten, Gabriel King, Marie Latham, Logan Schott, Anna Staud, Kevin Cardenas, Ted Nagy