From Markus Grae-Hauck, Music Director The Return of the Holiday Choir If you have attended our candlelight service on Christmas Eve, you know that we always assemble a big choir for the occasion. We’re going to do it again – only this time you don’t have to wait a whole year. For Easter Sunday (April...
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On That Note – February 2019
From Markus Grae-Hauck, Music Director Oh, freedom, oh, freedom… Oh, freedom over me…And before I’d be a slave…I’d be buried in my grave And go home to my God…And be free… These are the words from the first verse of “Oh, Freedom” (#156 in the grey hymnal). We sang this as the closing hymn on...
On That Note – January 2019
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...
On That Note – Summer 2018
“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,”...
On That Note – April 2018
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...
On That Note – January 2018
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...