Tag: music

• Multi-Purpose Melodies

  When I was in eighth grade, our English teacher gave us the assignment to celebrate National Library Week by writing a poem about books. In general, I was a good student, and I liked to write. But I didn’t (and still don’t) like to write poetry. I complained to my mom about the stupid assignment,…

  Marian

  September 4, 2018

  Music, Reflections

  8th grade, Be Still My Soul, eighth grade, English teacher, hymn, Jesus loves me, music, National Library Week, poem, poetry, This Is My Song, When Memory Fades, writing a hymn, writing a poem, writing assignment, writing poetry

• Dementia, Music, and Talking with God

  Last Thursday Mim and I took a day-trip to Lake Geneva for Rainbow Hospice Care’s 14th annual “End-of Life Conference.” The theme this year was “A Focus on Dementia.” The whole conference was excellent! This is what continuing education is like for people in our business – assisted living. The morning keynote speaker was Teepa…

  Marian

  March 20, 2018

  Assisted Living, Book Recommendations, Goals, Music, Reflections

  Creating Moments of Joy, dementia, end-of-life care, end-of-life conference, favorite hymns, Jolene Brackey, music, Music and Memory, prototype, Psalm-based hymns, Rainbow Hospice, Talking with God through Music, Teepa Snow, whoever sings prays twice

• Playing with My Circle of Pianos

  I can’t remember a time in my life when I haven’t had a piano as one of my best friends. I was born into a household that had a big old upright piano living in it. Big Red. I remember trying to read its name scrolled in Old English typeface – Bush & Gerts, Chicago…

  Marian

  November 8, 2017

  Celebrations, Music, Reflections

  All Saints Day, baby grand, Baldwin, Big Red, Clavinova, digital piano, gospel music, gospel song, grand, grand piano, Lyon & Healy, matchmaker, music, piano, piano friend, piano tuner, Pink Elephants, Psalms, Sohmer, spirituals, Steinway, upright

• Living inside a Broadway Musical

  Last weekend was like living inside a Broadway musical – like “The Sound of Music.” Life wasn’t an opera – our conversations were spoken, not sung – but the whole weekend seemed to flow from one musical moment to the next. It’s almost like we were taking the message of the Psalms – to sing…

  Marian

  December 9, 2014

  Celebrations, Christmas, God’s Love, Music, Reflections

  Advent candles, Away in a manger, Beverly Taylor, Broadway musical, Christmas Carol Sing, Christmas Carol Sing-along, Christmas Carols, Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, God’s love, Hallelujah Chorus, Hutchison, hymn sing, I thank you Lord for each new day, Joy to the World, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, Light One Candle to Watch for Messiah, Madison Symphony Choir, Madison Symphony Chorus, Madison Symphony Christmas concert, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Youth Choirs, Messiah Lutheran Church, Monona Senior Choir, Mt. Zion Gospel Choir, music, O Come All Ye Faithful, Overture Center organ, Overture Hall, reflections, Sam Hutchison, Silent Night, sing praises, Sing to the Lord, sing with the angels, sing-along, spirituality, The First Nowell, The Sound of Music, Winter Underwear, Winter Wonderland