Musical Musings 12-21
Come, Sing a Song with…the Multigen Choir this Sunday! Attention singers of all ages and experience levels (including those with no experience at all) – you’re invited to sing with … Continue reading Musical Musings 12-21
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Come, Sing a Song with…the Multigen Choir this Sunday! Attention singers of all ages and experience levels (including those with no experience at all) – you’re invited to sing with … Continue reading Musical Musings 12-21
I won’t say too much about Inanna’s descent this week, because I want to make sure you have all the details you need about my upcoming sabbatical. Most of this … Continue reading Bonus Track: Sabbatical Thresholds
Pre-service music starts at 10:10 this Sunday Be sure to arrive early this Sunday, December 14th for very special pre-service music from our Chancel Choir and guest musicians. See you … Continue reading Musical Musings 12-14
Music Notes – Sunday, December 7th: This Sunday’s musicians are The Chancel Choir, Aaron Burkle, UUCC Pianist Karin Tooley, and UUCC Music Director Mike Carney Centering Music: Adagio … Continue reading Musical Musings 12-07
A necklace is a curious symbol. It could represent connection. It also could symbolize one’s voice being bound up. Restrained. At the third gate, Inanna gives up her double strand … Continue reading Bonus Track: Voices and How We Use Them
At the second gate on her journey to the Underworld to reconnect with her sister Ereshkigal, Inanna is forced to surrender her staff. Some would call it a measuring rod. … Continue reading Bonus Track: Measuring Up
Music Notes – Sunday, November 30th: This Sunday’s musician is UUCC Pianist Karin Tooley Centering Music: The Butterfly Lovers (Gang and Zhanhao, transcribed by Karin Tooley) Based … Continue reading Musical Musings 11-30: Music of contemplative beauty with Karin Tooley
To pass through the first gate Inanna encounters in her descent to the underworld, she must give up her crown. There are lots of mythologies around descent and ascent. The … Continue reading Bonus Track: Being Seen
Music Notes – Sunday, Nov. 23rd: This Sunday’s musicians are The Chancel Choir and UUCC Music Director Mike Carney Centering Music: Adagio molto (II) from The Four Seasons: … Continue reading Musical Musings 11-23: Music of gratitude and truth with Mike and our Chancel Choir
I’ve mentioned a few times that my plans for sabbatical are influenced by the Mesopotamian story of Inanna, one of the oldest recorded bits of human mythology. Maybe there is … Continue reading Bonus Track: The Characters in Our Stories