Music Director Ebee Bromley Monthly Blog
Sing Out Love ( https://www.singoutlove.org/) is our new hymnal resource from the Unitarian Universalist Association. As we explore embracing what isn’t yet but what could be let’s take some time with the text of this month’s hymn. What verse or chorus connects with you today? We are rooted in fertile ground (fertile ground) And our … Continue reading Embracing Possibility: Hymn of the Month Highlight
When we focus our efforts on the act of resistance – music can sustain and fuel us like not much else can. What of these songs gives you fire for these times? Visit: https://uuberks.org/resist yours in the practice, Director of music, Ebee Bromley
From the practice room … When learning a piece of music, there are a whole slew of ways we can go about practicing. Some ways of learning or practicing help a piece of information click sooner than others. While other ways accidentally teach us the wrong way before we get to the right one. A … Continue reading Gratitude – Break it Open
So the other day, my husband saw the following joke in his work break room. Each week there’s a punny one shared on the whiteboard and he just had to share this one with me: Person A – How much to hire a church singing group? Person B – You mean a choir? Person A … Continue reading It’s a matter of Time: How We Build Belonging
Imagination is sparked by questions. Imagination and Inspiration travel together and help spur each other on. So this month I bring you some background information on the inspiration of one of our hymns #1003 Where Do We Come From. Here’s the note from our UUA’s Song Information Page: The lyrics of this song come from … Continue reading Hymn Feature: Where Do We Come From?
There’s a thought I’ve seen a few times on the internet lately – The Parable of the Choir. The Parable of the Choir goes like this: A choir can sing a beautiful note impossibly long because singers can individually drop out to breathe as necessary and the note goes on. Social justice activism should … Continue reading Parable of The Choir
The practice of story. That’s our theme for the month of January. Good stories have a beginning, middle and an end. Great stories don’t get old when you repeat them. As I return to you from parental leave and we begin this month of practicing stories – I’m thinking of the lullabies that have been … Continue reading In The Beginning …
The pursuit of learning an instrument takes countless hours outside of what anyone hears from the stage. It’s hours in the practice room by oneself. It’s exploring how different parts of the music fit together. It’s considering how we will let that music breathe through our technique. It’s asking what is resonant, what is dissonant, … Continue reading Under Construction
Pluralism and the ways it’s shown up in our congregational music over time.
Have you ever been transformed by a piece of music? Maybe that’s to lofty a question. Have you ever felt or thought one thing before a song came on the radio or before a rehearsal and then felt completely different when that musical moment was finished? I still have seared into my bones how experiencing … Continue reading Let Yourself Be Transformed!
