God is love. Period.
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“God says ‘I have a dream and I need each of you to become members of my dream team for advancing this nation towards the realization of the beloved community.'” -Rev. Dr. James Forbes
Alumnus Jared Bernstein (BM ’78, Classical Double Bass) is featured on this week’s episode of The New York Times’s podcast, “The Argument”.
As a member of Joe Biden’s Council of Economic Advisors, Bernstein talks about the economy and his ideas. Around the 46 minute mark, he mentions his time at Manhattan School of Music
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MSM alumnus Adolphus Hailstork (BM ’65, MM ’66, HonDMA ’19) will have his composition, “Fanfare on Amazing Grace”, played by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band during pre-ceremony festivities at today’s inauguration 🇺🇸
LISTEN to the rehearsal here! https://bit.ly/3o3SlQ6
The historic performance will mark the second time that a contemporary African American composer’s music has
RT @UniteThePoor: The Biden-Harris inaugural committee announce @RevDrBarber will deliver the homily at the official inaugural prayer service this Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. #PoorPeoplesCampaign https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/01/19/biden-harris-william-barber-national-cathedral-prayer-service-thursday/
Fascinating read — a report from Psychology Today about how Senator Gabby Gifford used music to help regain her speech after a bullet penetrated her brain.
“Neuroscientists have long observed that many individuals with aphasia (meaning those who cannot speak) are remarkably able to sing songs even though they could not form those same words
“Dr. King understood that the dream that he was articulating, preaching about, spreading across the world was not really, in the first instance, his dream. It was the dream of God.” -Rev. Dr. James Forbes
RT @hollycappuccino: Your bitterness must be released before your blessings can be revealed. So cry out if you have to. But remember that God still has a dream. You can be part of His dream team. Let your faith navigate your way. You can do it. https://trcnyc.org/give via @RiversideNYC #Give
Congratulations Senator Raphael Warnock
Share your well-wishes & prayers with Senator Raphael Warnock
Union Theological Seminary will collect prayers and well wishes for Senator Raphael Warnock and have them compiled and bound in a book that we will present to him later this Spring.
If you would like to participate, share your note to Senator Raphael Warnock below.
We will accept
“A new study looks at differences between the brains of Japanese classical musicians, Western classical musicians and non-musicians. Researchers investigated specific kinds of neural behavior in participants as they were exposed to unfamiliar rhythms and nonrhythmic patterns. Trained musicians showed greater powers of rhythmic prediction compared to non-musicians, with more subtle differences between those
Last minute sermon or Bible study prep? Rev. Jim Keat, our Digital Minister, has just what you need: https://youtu.be/Us0SWJ7TXyc
Thanks to BroadwayWorld for sharing the trailer for LE COMTE NOIR, which begins streaming tonight, January 16 at 7:30 PM EST!
Watch it here: msmnyc.edu/livestream/le-comte-noir
The new musical by writing team Burwell & Sasser about Alexandre Dumas and the real Count of Monte Cristo will stream starting January 16. The musical follows famed real-life novelist
“Prototype, known for presenting visceral, chamber-scale new works, unveils an almost entirely streamed pandemic edition.”
A review of the online experience of the festival by Zachery Woolfe of the The New York Times
Prototype, known for presenting visceral, chamber-scale new works, unveils an almost entirely streamed pandemic edition.
We lament. We protest. We grieve. We vote.
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