Talk:Ned Rorem

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[edit] Quaker ?

What evidence is there that Ned Rorem is a Quaker, please? BTW, a person who lives in a Quaker settlement or attends a Quaker School or College, or whose family have been Quakers for generations is not ncessarily a Quaker --- Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 09:26, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

I see on the Official website there is a chronology listing: "A Quaker Reader, Rorem's first major work for organ, is premiered by Leonard Raver at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center; is awarded honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by Northwestern University".

Is there any other evidence, please? There's a quote at ASCAP: October - November - December 1998 " I'm a Quaker, by the way, philosophically, though not religiously." This does not qualify him to be be called "a Quaker", which involves membership of a Quaker Meeting and worshiping with other Quakers regularly. Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 13:46, 15 February 2008 (UTC)