We take viewers to New Haven and New York to hear students and instructors speak artistically and spiritually about the power of experiencing sacred music. Many students who devote themselves to studying religious music and theology at the more-than-40-year-old Yale Institute of Sacred Music feel it deepens their spiritual lives and connects them to a tradition they hope to pass along and make relevant for contemporary audiences. Says institute director Martin Jean: \u201cWe exist to integrate theological education and musical education with artistic education.\u201d Institute students study music, art history, the Bible, Christian theology, literature, poetry, architecture, and liturgy\u2014all at the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"