Sheet Music - Bonny Kate

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Bonny Kate is a short piano piece set in the key of G major and is designed for the late elementary student.
It is set in 2/4 time and involves some hand position moving for the right hand.

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Imperfect Harmony - Reading Together - Ye Shall Have a Song

"The authors of the study 'Effects of Group Singing and Performance for Marginalized and Middle-Class Singers' bluntly but reassuringly stated that 'group singing and performance can produce satisfying and therapeutic sensations even when the sound produced by the vocal instrument is of mediocre quality.'" (page 259, Kindle Edition)

"'I believe that all the arts, and especially music, are necessary to a full life,' Ralph Vaughan Williams said. 'Music will show you what to do with your life.'" (page 261, Kindle Edition)

"While he concentrated on getting our voices just right, we sang that section over and over, reveling in the warm glow of our voices, and the magic current of potential that comes to life whenever people are drawn together by the astonishing and irresistible power of a song." (page 264, Kindle Edition)

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Imperfect Harmony - Reading Together - O Magnum Mysterium

"Part of the reason for that, Lauridsen— a former singer himself—believes, is that he made sure every voice part got something great to do." (page 224, Kindle Edition)

"But Lauridsen has great affection for all the voice parts, and altos in particular, it appears. 'Altos! The great overlooked voice. Not in my music!' he happily proclaimed over the phone." (page 225, Kindle Edition)

"In interviews , Lauridsen frequently recalls how his love of music began with the sound of his mother’s singing." (page 225, Kindle Edition)

"In the end, Lauridsen didn’t manage to convey the breadth of Mary’s significance and suffering in one line, or even one note. It’s in every note." (page 226, Kindle Edition)

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Imperfect Harmony - Reading Together - The Last Invocation

“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Music steeped in sorrow can sometimes be the very thing to help us get past seemingly unbearable grief." (page 208, Kindle Edition)

"Music critic Henry Krehbiel wrote, 'To sing in a choir is the quickest, surest, and best way to become intimate with music, to get close to the seat of its emotional life, where its heart-throbs can be felt and heard . . . to hold communion with its gentle saints and glorious heroes.'" (page 208, Kindle Edition)

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