The Trees Community

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The Trees Community, also known simply as The Trees, and originally as "The Symphony of Souls", were an Episcopal Church-affiliated Christian community and a music group from New York, NY, United States. They were at first a disparate set of unlikely acquaintances that bonded in a common brokenness and resultant "search for Truth". From this simple beginning in a loft in Manhattan in 1970, the group evolved into a community with a formal, religious order. Based at the The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York City, they worked closely with James Parks Morton who was Dean of the cathedral at the time they were artists in residence there. Canon Edward Nason West, upon whom novelist Madeleine L'Engle based the fictional character Canon Tallis, was their spiritual advisor. The group purchased a bus and traveled extensively throughout the US and Canada giving music concerts. They visited and performed at a wide variety of Christian communities, from the Hutterites at the Community Farm of the Brethren in Bright, Ontario, to the Church of the Redeemer in Houston, Texas, to the Trappist monks of Gethsemani Monastery in Trappist, Kentucky. Musically, the collective were known for their highly spiritual, ethereal vocals, with musical backing by a wide range of instruments from all over the world, such as sitar, tamboura, koto, Venezuelan harp, and bells. Almost all their music is original. They only released one album in their seven-year lifespan - 1975's The Christ

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The Christ Tree

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A Portrait Of Jesus Christ In Music

The Christ Tree (Box Set)

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The Passion

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At The Abbey of Gethseman

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The Christ Tree (Disc 1)

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Christ Tree

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at the abbey gethsemani (part two) the passion

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The Christ Tree (Disc 1: The Christ Tree)

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Broadcast Radio Mix 5

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at hte abbey gethsemani (part one)

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The Christ Tree [2006 Reissue]

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