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By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer,\u00a0The Georgia Bulletin<\/em><\/h5>\n

DECATUR\u2014When Tony Alonso imagines the choirs and believers in the pews singing his music, it isn\u2019t polished musicians hitting every note he envisions, but the imperfect, faith-filled women and men who sing to share God\u2019s gift of their voices, no matter the talent.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy heart is with untrained folks singing together,\u201d said the author of hundreds of original pieces of hymnal music across denominations throughout the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cScripture is filled with biblical commands to sing. And those commands don\u2019t come with any caveats. I see my work fulfilling that mandate,\u201d Alonso said.<\/p>\n

The Emory University assistant professor directs the Catholic Studies program at the Candler School of Theology. As a composer, he has more than 20 collections of music to his name. His newest work honors his Cuban roots and has been nominated for a Latin Grammy in the Best Christian Album category. The award winners will be revealed Nov. 19.<\/p>\n

He spoke about the nomination sitting in a park outside of his Decatur townhouse and in emails.<\/p>\n

The nominated album \u201cCaminemos con Jes\u00fas\/Let Us Walk with Jesus\u201d overflows with Cuban flair. His songs echo Pope Francis\u2019 calls for a faith where encountering others and accompanying them on life\u2019s journey with its joys and problems is \u201cthe primary form of Christian life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The faith \u201cdoesn\u2019t imply hierarchy, but co-working in the vineyard of the Lord,\u201d said Alonso, who is also a theologian. The album\u2019s themes mirror St. Luke\u2019s Gospel story of the journey to Emmaus, where believers are \u201csharing the sorrows and the heartbreaks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

What is it about Cuban music that lends itself to the themes of Pope Francis? Alonso said one genre of music isn\u2019t better than others, but it is about \u201cbeing open to the diverse ways in which people reach toward God in song.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the style of \u201cson Cubano\u201d in liturgical music has been underexplored.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to simply offer another way to praise God in song alongside many others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For his latest project, his Cuban heritage drew him to a Miami studio.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am convinced that God loves variety,\u201d said Alonso. \u201cThis album is a different way of expressing prayer than others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many expressions of church\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

His grandfather and grandmother emigrated from the Cuban Revolution to the United States when his father was 6. The family settled in Miami for a time, but later moved to Minnesota, where his grandfather taught Spanish at a small Catholic college. Alonso\u2019s father attended high school and met his future wife. Alonso joked they were likely the only Hispanics in the town at the time, certainly the only Cubans.<\/p>\n

Alonso\u2019s childhood was spent between the North Star State and Florida, where he was born. He has a younger sister. His father worked his way up from an entry-level position at a food company to become an executive.<\/p>\n

The family\u2019s faith life was shaped by his Cuban heritage and his Minnesota-born mother\u2019s \u201cMidwestern sensibility.\u201d For instance, Christmas with his mother\u2019s family was about organ and brass at midnight Mass, while in Florida, the holiday meant guitars at Mass, small choirs of women singing, roasted pig and black beans, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s one of the great blessings I had these two very different experiences of what it meant to be Catholic,\u201d said Alonso. \u201cI feel like I have a generous heart when it comes to the many expressions of Catholicism.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cCaridad,\u201d one of the 11 tracks cataloged in Dr. Antonio Alonso\u2019s songbook and on his compact disc, Caminemos Con Jes\u00fas (Let Us Walk With Jesus), was arranged by him as a tribute to Our Lady of Charity, the patroness of Cuba. The song was originally written by and Gloria and Emilio Estefan and Alberto and Ricardo Gait\u00e1n. Photo By Michael Alexander<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The young Alonso began as a church musician. He sang in his fourth-grade choir, and as a high schooler he led a parish choir. He studied music at Chicago\u2019s Northwestern University, serving in bilingual parishes in the city. After graduation, he moved to California to work at Loyola Marymount University, a Catholic college, to lead the music at the school chapel and earned a master\u2019s in liturgical theology, which is the study of Christian worship. He attended Emory University for his doctorate, drawn to study in an ecumenical environment.<\/p>\n

Living in a townhouse a couple miles from campus, a grand piano fills his living room, and his walls are covered in devotional art depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe and other images of the Virgin Mary. On Sundays, before the arrival of the pandemic, he worshipped at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Atlanta, helping on the piano when necessary, or at the parish closest to his home, St. Thomas More Church, Decatur.<\/p>\n

At the Candler School of Theology, Alonso, 40, examines \u201cthe intersection of theology and culture, with a particular focus on worship and ritual practices,\u201d says his Emory biography.<\/p>\n

The Catholic Studies program at the university is unique. Atlanta is the largest Catholic community without a Catholic university to educate ministry leaders, and the program aims to serve the faithful, he said. There are roughly 1.2 million Catholics in the 69 counties of the archdiocese, with close to half Hispanic. He said the value of studying faith at Emory is working alongside other Christians, which prepares graduates for parish ministry collaboration with Methodists, Baptists and other churches in serving people.<\/p>\n

Music in church\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Music and singing are \u201cdeeply central\u201d parts of worship, whether trained professionals or a weekend choir with no training. Communities \u201cexpress the deepest emotions\u201d in faith as the assembly sings together, he said.<\/p>\n

However, church choirs have been silent after a rehearsal in Washington state early in the pandemic became a virus hotspot. More than 30 confirmed cases of COVID-19 erupted after a practice. Two choir members died.<\/p>\n

Alonso said he shares a \u201cdeep lamentation\u201d about the absence of parish singing, but it is important for health reasons.<\/p>\n

As for Latino church music, Hispanics generally embrace folk music played on instruments like guitars and it comes \u201cfrom the heart for the people.\u201d It is \u201cunapologetically participatory,\u201d he said. Many of the beloved songs for Spanish-speaking Catholics come from Mexico or Spain.<\/p>\n

His goal for the album was not to \u201cadd God to Spanish music and stir.\u201d Alonso said he aimed to recapture the sounds of the Cuban music he heard years ago when his grandfather \u201cassigned Cuban albums as if it was homework.\u201d<\/p>\n

His work on the album followed the death of his Cuban grandmother and a trip to the island with his father where they worshipped at the Havana cathedral and visited the father\u2019s boyhood home.<\/p>\n

Christian album to make people move<\/h3>\n

\u201cCaminemos con Jes\u00fas\u201d features 11 songs, with nine original pieces. They mix Spanish and English lyrics in a style called \u201cson Cubano,\u201d a mixture of Spanish sounds and African rhythms, rooted in the island\u2019s countryside. It is the foundation of salsa.<\/p>\n

The music has a traditional feel, along with a natural dialogue between the choir and the cantor, making it accessible to any music ministry on a Sunday morning, he said.<\/p>\n

The album was recorded in Miami, a short car ride from his own childhood home. The recording sessions in June and October 2019 with Cuban musicians were \u201cabsolutely magical,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

It shares a title with \u201cCaminemos con Jes\u00fas,\u201d a key book forming Hispanic theology in the United States. The 25-year-old book looked at the Hispanic Catholic culture here, through the lens of immigration and serving the least among the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of the joy of this project was imagining new ways of expressing ancient texts,\u201d said Alonso. \u201cI believe God speaks through son and salsa as much as anything else. I hope this makes people want to move.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reprinted with permission of The Georgia Bulletin.<\/em><\/p>\n

Featured image: PHOTO BY MICHAEL ALEXANDER. <\/small>Antonio Alonso, Ph.D., sits at the piano in his Decatur home.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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