Category: Our Music: Musings
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Our Music: The Hero's Journey
by Susanne Maziarz, Music Director at Neighbourhood I will never forget the first time I listened to Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life) by Richard Strauss. It was during my composition undergrad at McGill and I was sitting in my basement apartment lost in the orchestral soundscape created by the Chicago Symphony under Fritz Reiner. What…
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Our Music – At The Forefront with Justice Seekers
Music is instrumental to justice. Since music speaks to the soul, it has a way of touching and connecting people deeply. A songwriter can create a piece of art that strengthens and encourages the feelings of justice in an individual. Songs can cross barriers and connect people in shared feeling of justice and truth. Music has…
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When Compassion is The Last Song
When we are sad and hurting, sometimes we turn to music for solace and understanding. Music is our friend, composers and songwriters have been where we are. That someone is willing to turn their feelings into music to be shared with others is an act of compassion The members of the Comfort Choir practice compassion…