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You are here: Home / Sermons / 2021 Sermons / February 28 – “Tightening the Weave of Community: Holding on to each other during these troubled times.”

February 28 – “Tightening the Weave of Community: Holding on to each other during these troubled times.”

February 22, 2021 by Fawn Smith

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About Melanie DeMore: Melanie is a Grammy nominated singer/composer, choral conductor, music director and vocal activist who believes in the power of voices raised together. In her presentations, DeMore beautifully brings her participants together through her music and commentary. DeMore facilitates vocal and stick pounding workshops for professional choirs, community groups as well as directing numerous choral organizations in the Bay Area. She is a featured presenter of SpeakOut! -The Institute for Social and Cultural Change – and was a founding member of the Grammy nominated ensemble Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir. She became Music Director for Obeah Opera by Nicole Brooks as part of the Luminato Festival in 2019. She is a charter member of Kate Munger’s Threshold Choirs and conducts song circles with an emphasis on the voice as a vessel for healing. In here own words: “A song can hold you up when there seems to be no ground beneath you.” Led by Melanie DeMore!

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