J. J. Wright and Father Isaiah Marie Hofmann Release New Music Album ‘Mysteries & Medicines’

| 09/3/2024

By: Fernanda Pierorazio

Conductor, pianist, composer, and producer J. J. Wright, who currently serves as the Director of the University of Notre Dame Folk Choir, talks to The Good Newsroom about his experience of recording the album Mysteries & Medicines with Father Isaiah Marie Hofmann of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFR).

Wright, whose work has appeared on Grammy Award-winning and Billboard No. 1 classic albums, produced, played keyboards, and contributed back-up vocals on Brother Isaiah’s album.

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