[Choir] "Give Us Hope"

[Stephen Finner]

Not me. I don't know the first thing about working with children and making
a children's choir. That's what many people go to school to learn.

Stephen L. Finner, Ph.D
27 Highland Avenue
Barre, Vermont 05641

802-598-4317 (cell)
802-461-2528 (home-wifi)

Music Director, UU Congregation of Washington Vermont (a summer
congregation)

Minister of Music Emeritus, St. Johnsbury VT UU Congregation
(he, him, his)

"May you know the joy of living sometimes comes with pain lived through "
Steve Finner 2008
"Nothing stays the same after we find the God within" Sr. Joan Chittister
O.S.B.
And just in case you were wondering, "Faith without works is dead.". James
2:26

On Tue, Feb 15, 2022, 11:05 PM Mary Alice Bisbee <maryalicebisbee at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes, maybe Stephen could take that on!  Or Verdis?
> Mary Alice
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 9:44 AM Frances Krushenick via Choir <
> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>
>> I think it would be great to have children singing with us for Give Us
>> Hope.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 1:19 AM Stephen Finner via Choir <
>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Many uu congregations have a children's choir. The director is usually a
>>> different person than the director of music.
>>> To establish a program requires a significant amount of parental
>>> involvement.
>>>
>>> Stephen L. Finner, Ph.D
>>> 27 Highland Avenue
>>> Barre, Vermont 05641
>>>
>>> 802-598-4317 (cell)
>>> 802-461-2528 (home-wifi)
>>>
>>> Minister of Music Emeritus, St. Johnsbury VT UU Congregation
>>> (he, him, his)
>>>
>>> "May you know the joy of living sometimes comes with pain lived through "
>>> Steve Finner 2008
>>> "Nothing stays the same after we find the God within" Sr. Joan
>>> Chittister O.S.B.
>>> And just in case you were wondering, "Faith without works is dead.".
>>> James 2:26
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2022, 10:00 PM Maryann Ludlow via Choir <
>>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> That sounds wonderful! I remember reading the info about the song,
>>>> which is somewhere there in the music, I think on top of where it starts,
>>>> and I got the impression that it was supposed to actually be sung by
>>>> children. Maybe I’m wrong about only children and young people singing it,
>>>> but definitely they should be there!
>>>>
>>>> Apropos the subject of kids singing:
>>>> Donia and I ran into Beth (whose last name I forget; Merrill, maybe?)
>>>> and her young daughter, whose name I’m drawing a blank on right now (can
>>>> you tell I’m not good with names? Don’t ever be offended if I don’t know
>>>> yours! ☺️), over the summer before Donia started the job, and Beth was
>>>> talking about how important she thought it was to get kids involved in
>>>> singing. This sounds like a great start!
>>>>
>>>> Maryann
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 14, 2022, at 8:22 PM, Sue Stukey via Choir <
>>>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 
>>>> Great idea, Lindsay!
>>>> I bet the Warner/Beaudry kids would love to participate.
>>>> I'll keep thinking
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Sue
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 4:27 PM Lindsay Wade via Choir <
>>>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everybody,  I talked with Donia after rehearsal two weeks ago about
>>>>> "Give Us Hope."  I suggested that it would be great if we had some kids
>>>>> singing along with us as it expressly says on page 6 "We are the future,
>>>>> help us believe." She loved the idea.  Also talked with Liz Benjamin and
>>>>> she'll give me a list of children she thinks might be interested.  Also,
>>>>> Verdis definitely is on board to have children singing that song with us.
>>>>> Liz suggested children come to one rehearsal (probably on a saturday) ,
>>>>> learn the chorus along with the clapping and then we record at that
>>>>> rehearsal.  Two rehearsals is asking too much.  What do you think?  And, if
>>>>> you have thoughts and possible suggestions on kids who might be interested,
>>>>> please let me know along with contact information on the children.  Not
>>>>> sure which sunday this piece is scheduled for, but, it's not on the
>>>>> February schedule.
>>>>> Thanks for reading and look forward to your comments and suggestions!
>>>>>  Lindsay
>>>>> February 14, 2022
>>>>> Unitarian Church of Montpelier
>>>>> Choir email list
>>>>> unsubscribe at www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org
>>>>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C3752eceaa8d84a05d9ef08d9f021b1bc%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637804849789412308%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=%2FS38CR8wiuJW02x7qBSIhWF1BN0E1%2BGv%2BCTF%2FtPDyXM%3D&reserved=0>
>>>>>
>>>> Unitarian Church of Montpelier
>>>> Choir email list
>>>> unsubscribe at www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org
>>>>
>>>> Unitarian Church of Montpelier
>>>> Choir email list
>>>> unsubscribe at www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org
>>>>
>>> Unitarian Church of Montpelier
>>> Choir email list
>>> unsubscribe at www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org
>>>
>> Unitarian Church of Montpelier
>> Choir email list
>> unsubscribe at www.unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org/pipermail/choir_unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org/attachments/20220216/bca5b1dd/attachment.htm>