[Choir] Pickup Choir at UU Church of Washington VT

[Steve Finner]

Hi All:

Lindsay and I will be coordinating the music for the services at the 
summer congregation in Washington starting with this Sunday. Although 
she will not be playing for all the services, I will be conducting a 
"pick up " choir and would welcome any of you who would like to 
participate, whenever you might be interested.  The plan is to have 
those interesting in singing on any particular Sunday to gather at the 
church at 915, do no more than three minutes of simple warmups and then 
rehearse two responses, one an opening such as a chalice lighting or 
introit or call to worship and the other a close such as a benediction 
or chalice extinguishing.   On some Sundays we will also sing a simple 
anthem that can be learned in 15 minutes or less.The music will come 
from collections that most are not familiar with such as the UU 
Musicians Network's "Choir Responses", the UUA Children and Youth 
songbook which has some pieces appropriate for small adult  choirs and 
some other similar collections, as well as some selections in Singing 
The Journey and Singing The Living Tradition.   For those who request 
it, I can also send .pdf scores of the selections for a Sunday a few 
days before.  However, I wish to emphasize that the music I am 
programming most if not all of you will have no trouble learning it 
right before the service.

If you have any questions, call me, or email me privately unless you 
think others would also be interested in which case, reply here.

If you want to let me know, again privately, that you will showing up 
this Sunday, that would be appreciated but is not at all necessary.  I 
look forward to seeing whomever does show up.


-- 
Stephen L. Finner, Ph.D. "Steve" steve at finner.info 19 Warren Street Barre VT 05641
  Phone: 802-479-5571 Cell phone: 802-598-4317
skype: sfinner

  Assistant Director, Northfield (VT) Community Chorus

  Minister of Music Emeritus, St. Johnsbury VT Universalist Unitarian Congregation

  "Love your neighbor: no exceptions"

  "A worship service is only as good as the music " Rev. Steve Edington at the farewell celebration for Catherine Orr who died six weeks later April 30, 2015

  “Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” Gautama Buddha

  My theology and rules of living: " God is love. We all are saved. Do good. Have fun." (c-2009 S.L. Finner) "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience" Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

  "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" Martin Luther King, Jr.
  
"If it sounds good, it is good" Edward "Duke" Ellington"

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard no horse sing" Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong
  
"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you" Satchel Paige

"When I hear the word, I know God is dead. When I hear the song, I know God lives. So if you would make of me a believer, sing to me." (c-2003 S.L. Finner)


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