Musica Divina with Merynda Adams, A Day of Prayer

Draw closer to God through the music of the harp…

Come and experience Centering Prayer with musical interludes, leading you into deeper prayer and reflection. Merynda Adams will play short selections on the harp including hymns, sacred and classical repertoire. After each piece, there will be an opportunity for silent prayer and contemplation. 

“Give thanks to the Lord on the harp…” Psalm 33


Merynda Adams is the Harpist in Residence at The Cathedral Basilica of the
Sacred Heart, Newark, NJ and an Adjunct Instructor of Music at Drew University. She has been described by the Newark Star-Ledger as “having played the harp with color and great facility,” and a NY Times review stated: “Those four Irish tunes, delicately accompanied...by harpist Merynda Adams, were the highlight of the night.” Performances have taken her to London, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Canada, Puerto Rico and throughout the United States appearing in Carnegie Hall, Avery Fischer Hall, Off-Broadway in “The Fantasticks,” St. Patrick’s Cathedral, NYC, the Celtic Woman tour and for Andrea Bocelli and 
Beverly Sills. She has performed with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, New York Grand Opera, Lyrica Chamber Music, Northeastern Philharmonic,
 NJ Festival Orchestra and Lake Placid Sinfonietta. Ms. Adams is a 1994 winner of the Artists International Competition and the Goldblatt Award. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Harp Performance from the Manhattan School of Music and has studied at the Hilversums Conservatorium in the Netherlands. She has also
accompanied renowned soprano, Aprile Millo in recitals in New York, Delaware, Toronto and London. 
Founder of Chamber Music for Charity, Ms. Adams is thrilled to be able to 
combine her love of chamber music with the desire to help others acquire basic needs of food and housing. Chamber Music for Charity, in its sixth season has raised over $12,000 for local charities. In addition to performing, she established the online teaching forum, “The Beauty of the Harp,” and has given workshops for The Atlanta Harp Center, Frost School of Music (University of Miami); Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK; and Cap-Ferret Music Festival, France.