NEWSLETTERS

May I See Beauty Too

MAY I SEE BEAUTY TOO

19thSeason IMCC Community Choir Concert – December, 2017

Call and Response:
We may know call and response best as a form of some African American songs. In our choir it is a way for all singers, experienced and new, to learn new music. We repeat the pitches and the words of our director. Call and response is the base of our singing together but also our relationships with one another. We listen to one another’s original songs, ideas about the meanings of the songs we sing together, and plans for our performances and the future of our choir, and we respond.

The writing component of our choir is part of this practice of call and response. John Schondelmeyer, assisted by Mary Trachsel, has provided us writing prompts this fall. Inside and outside singers have answered those prompts and shared their responses. This newsletter provides just a few excerpts from that call and response that enriches our communal choir experience. We hope you can feel the rhythm of our community conversation in these bits and pieces of our writing life together.
Consider how the interaction of insiders and outsiders sheds a new light on the prospect of people returning to communities. Continue reading “May I See Beauty Too”

Upcoming Concerts

The December 13, 2017 guest list is full. If you are on the list, an email with details about it should come to your inbox in early December.

Our next concert will be Saturday, May 5, 2018. Watch the choir website for a place to sign up to attend.

Newsletter: May, 2015

EVOLVING LIVES

14thSeason IMCC Community Choir Concert – May 19 & 21, 2015 A Summary of Writing Responses

Bridge over Troubled Water
“When you’re weary, feelin’ small, when tears are in your eyes- I will dry them all;
I’m on your side Oh, when times get rough and friends just can’t be found,
Like a bridge over troubled water – I will lay me down.”
“Bridge” conjures up the flooding of a stream with violent turbulence. A bridge provides safe passage to beyond.
What strikes me is how firm and stable people being bridges have to be. You can’t be a bridge if you are being tossed in the currents too, so its a person who can rise above the chaos and stay firm. Those people are not always plentiful, but they are treasures to find, and it is awesome to be able to be that for others. Continue reading “Newsletter: May, 2015”