“In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.” –Robert Schumann After the successful launch of our Hymn Sings, I realized that we now have three monthly music programs taking place on weekday evenings. As wonderful as it may be to contemplate turning the UU...
Author: Markus Hauck (Markus Hauck)
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On That Note… – May 2015
“I suppose there are people to whom music doesn’t matter, but I’ve never met them.” –Salman Rushdie This past February, we hosted our second annual Interfaith Choir Festival. On a cold and snowy Saturday afternoon, the adult choir of Christ Church (the church right across the street from UUCM) came to hear us sing, perform...
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On That Note… – March 2015
After our first Interfaith Choir Festival in October 2013, I was approached by Amanda Harberg, a professional composer and friend of our Composer-in-Residence, Tom Parente. She had an idea for organizing a series of chamber music concerts with top-level performers, and she felt that UU Montclair was the perfect place for it. Amanda had a...
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On That Note… – September 2014
From time immemorial – or, to be more exact, since 1983 – the Unitarian Universalist Musicians Network (UUMN) has hosted a summer conference. This annual meeting is attended by conductors, instrumentalists, choir members, ministers, composers, and others who are passionate about developing the musical life of UU congregations.* The four-and-a-half day gathering follows a format similar to the annual General Assembly...
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On That Note… – Summer 2014
Several years before the beginning of my illustrious career as a UU musician, I had a job in a small health food store. I started as a part-time clerk and over the course of several years gradually assumed more authority. As general manager, I still had many of the same tasks as before (restocking organic...
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On That Note… – June 2014
As I am writing this, the internet connection at the U has just recently come back after we were offline for several hours. I had a brief chat about it with our RE Coordinator, Judith Stein-Farrall, who told me that our IT consultant was called in and simply reset the routers. Judith and I both...