Author: Markus Hauck (Markus Hauck)

From Markus Grae-Hauck, Music Director Have you been wishing to join the Holiday Choir (because it would be really fun to sing with such a large group and orchestra)… but you just couldn’t make all the rehearsals in the crazy month of December? Here is another opportunity for you: on Easter Sunday, April 21st, we...

“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” —Victor Hugo If you are one of the people who read the fine print in our hymnals, you are probably familiar with the name of the Rev. Jason Shelton. He is the composer of hymns like “Morning Has Come,”...

From Markus Grae-Hauck, Music Director You may have heard the rumors, and they are true: our Assistant Music Director, Stearns Matthews, has accepted an offer from the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship (MUUF) to serve as their Interim Music Director, starting April 2, 2018.  He will still be around UU Montclair for such occasions as the Installation...

From Markus Grae-Hauck, Music Director A woman was not sure that the turn signals in the rear of her car were working. So she asked her six-year-old son to stand behind the vehicle and watch the tail lights. Here is what he reported: “Yes, it’s working!… Wait, no, it’s not… yes, it is!… no, it’s...

From Markus Grae-Hauck, Music Director Did you miss it? I almost did. If you attended the Sunday morning service on September 24th, you were there when Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael (Senior Co-Minister), Sue Raufer (Board President), and Jennie Wengrovius (Chair of the Music Committee) took a few minutes to acknowledge the fact that I completed the UUA’s Music Leadership...

From Markus Grae-Hauck, Music Director At a recent staff meeting, Rev. Anya asked us how we have been coping with the stress of transition – first through the interim period, then with two new senior ministers and another new staff member (in a position that had not previously existed in our congregation). We acknowledged that...