[Choir] Fwd: Gratitude!

[Lani Seifert]

Hey Donia,
I enjoyed the workshop, but anything I say would be damning with faint
praise.

I’d be interested to hear other (or similar) opinions from the choir.
I did not have any expectations, so wasn’t disappointed. However, I’m not
sure I got much out of it either.  I certainly do enjoy David’s singing,
though.

Lani

On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 2:51 PM Donia Prince via Choir <
choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

> David Ruffin sent this message for all of you.  He would welcome any
> thoughts or feedback you have about the workshop he led a couple weeks
> ago.  You can email him directly.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Dave Ruffin <daveruffin at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Nov 14, 2023, 2:45 PM
> Subject: Gratitude!
> To: Donia Prince <ucm.music21 at gmail.com>
>
>
> Dear UCM choir,
>
> Thank you again for having me to UCM to work with you last weekend. I
> really enjoyed our time together and was so grateful for your willingness
> to go on the journey of exploration I invited you to join me in (despite
> its peculiarity and/or vulnerability at times).
>
> I hope you'll keep connecting with your bodies and voices in different
> ways that keep that conversation fresh and alive, ever and always, both as
> you warm up and sing together, and in your individual lives.
>
> I hope you'll use the warming up time to warm up the connection between
> yourself and your voice and body as well as each other.
>
> I hope you'll keep exploring what is possible in expression and connection
> when  you take the music into your heart and don't have to be in your head
> to remember words or notes as muc (or at all!).
>
> I hope you'll keep playing with the idea of *supporting* one another,
> your community, Donnia, and the music itself, as you sing together.
>
> I hope you keep letting love lead the way in your work together, and
> experience all the love in all the music you sing, big enough to, at least,
> help fill in the gaps between the world we dream of and the one we live in
> day by day. A much needed gift.
>
> And I hope you'll have me back to sing with you again! : )
>
> Please use my email to write to me with any specific feedback that might
> help me support others (or you) better in the future. As I told you, I'm
> early in the journey of sharing my voice work with groups, but I plan to do
> it a lot, so this was a great opportunity for me. I welcome knowing more
> about your experience and perspective (though no pressure).
>
> With care and appreciation,
> David
>
> PS - The word on the street was Bridge Over Trouble Water *connected*
> with people!
>
>
>
> --
> *David Ruffin*
> he/him
>
> *www.davidruffinvoice.com <http://www.davidruffinvoice.com>*
> "The voice is the muscle of the soul"
> ~ Alfred Wolfsohn
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