Sunday, May 7, 2023
Creativity and Making a Difference
Speaker: Carmen Maret, one of the two musicians who make up the Folias Duo, is also our teacher this morning. In addition to composing music that integrates tango, jazz, world music, and improvisation, playing the flute and performing with Folias Duo, Carmen also teaches through the Folias Music School and is on faculty at Aquinas College and Grand Rapids Community College, where she is an instructor in flute, music history, music business, and music technology.
Musicians: The Folias Duo, comprised of flutist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron, has been captivating audiences with their unique sound for two decades. including several times for us at C3, and we love them! Their latest album Heartdance was just released last Friday and they will be sharing some of the music with us today.
Music: Folias Duo
Gathering Host: Chrys Moelter-Gray
Music: Folias Duo
Meditation: Margaret Willey
Moment of Silence
Reading/Teaching: Carmen Maret
Down Time’s quaint stream
Without an oar,
We are enforced to sail,
Our Port—a secret—
Our Perchance—a gale.
What Skipper would
Incur the risk,
What Buccaneer would ride,
Without a surety from the wind
Or schedule of the tide?
—Emily Dickinson, Down Time’s quaint stream (1656)
Music: Folias Duo
Gathering Host: Chrys Moelter-Gray
Music: Folias Duo
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