Topeka Kansas Photographer

The Great Spaces Music & Art Series sponsored by Grace Episcopal Cathedral Topeka Kansas has been bringing cultural events to Topeka for several years now. On Monday Jan. 31st they hosted the St. Olaf Choir. Despite a heavy snowfall that day the event was extremely well attended. Two of the members of the St. Olaf choir are also members of Grace Cathedral and are attending St. Olaf College in Minnesota.

The next event in the series will be held this Friday evening when the Washburn Percussion Collective (Everything but drums) will perform at 7pm. Tickets are $10/each and at this time are still available. Contact Steve Burk at Grace Episcopal Cathedral Topeka (785) 235-3457 for more information.

A landmark in Central Topeka is Grace Episcopal Cathedral. Located about four blocks directly west of the Kansas Capital, Grace prides itself as being a “House of Prayer for All People”. The church is used for many community activities during the year. Everything from nursing school graduations to silent movies.

One of, if not the most, moving of all the services each year is the Easter Vigil. You walk into a almost totally dark church with everyone very somber and quiet. The service then builds to a joyous event. In this video about 1:30 into the video the choir sings “Jesus Christ Has Risen Today”. The hymn has evolved over the years beginning with the Latin words in the 13th century.