MDiv Student Daniel Carman featured in Daily Free Press
The following is an excerpt from The Daily Free Press article “The International Choral and Arts Festival unites Boston community in observance of gun violence” originally published on February 20, 2023 by Brenda Gonzalez, featuring current Master of Divinity student Daniel Carman (‘23) and Director of the Seminary Singers and alumnus Rev. Chad Kidd (‘05). Click here to read the full article. A full recording of the event is found below.
“It’s the trend of violence in Boston …. We wanted to find a way through the arts [to] speak to that,” said Dan Carman, the communications director and CFO of Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries (CMM).
Boston University’s Marsh Chapel held the International Choral and Arts Festival on Feb. 14, sponsored by CMM, for a healing night of powerful voices. CMM is an educational research organization that aims to unite people of various faiths.
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Rev. Chad Kidd, director of BU’s School of Theology Seminary Singers, believes “music can change.”
“We’re focusing on love,” Kidd said. “We’re trying to eradicate gun violence in our community, and also thinking about peace and justice.”