Lutheran musician leads string ministry to soothe souls numb to gun violence

Black String Triage Ensemble, lead by Dayvin Hallmon, is “an all-volunteer ensemble composed of Black and Latinx string musicians who … deliver healing music shortly after a fatal shooting,” writes Erin Strybis in the January/February issue of Living Lutheran.

“[They] show up alongside traditional first responders but tend to the community’s unaddressed spiritual wounds. [They] perform music by Black and Latinx composers, curated by Hallmon to speak to the five stages of grief, plus a sixth stage—faith.”

As Molly Dreza, the group’s pastor, says, “Their music is not a postlude to the events of suffering but a song sung in the midst of it, bringing hope at the very moment it is most needed.” Read more about this incredible ministry here.