https://www.quakerranter.org/at-95-ned-rorem-is-done-composing-but-hes-not-done-living/ A Weekly Newsletter and Blog from Martin Kelley Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:06:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.quakerranter.org/at-95-ned-rorem-is-done-composing-but-hes-not-done-living/#comment-948026 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:06:35 +0000 https://www.quakerranter.org/at-95-ned-rorem-is-done-composing-but-hes-not-done-living/#comment-948026 You asked for comments on Ned Rorem’s Quaker identity. I hope this is the place to do that. His parents, Rufus and Gladys Rorem, were members of 15th Street Meeting in Manhattan and regularly attended there in the 1980s (when I first became part of the community). I seem to recall Ned coming with them a few times. I don’t remember any specific vocal ministry from either of them, nor, I confess, do I remember speaking with them at social hour. But 15th Street had between 80 and 100 worshipers on Sundays at that time, and I tend to be shy.

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