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Join Our Virtual Dinner Party | Phase 1 of 3: Introductions

By: Naomi Bird July 11, 2020 Monthly Themes, Recordings, Saturday SongNotesdinner party, gathering, hospitality, music, musical theater, musical theatre, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Tenor recordings, virtual partyLeave a Comment

Our goal this month is to present our three songs in a way that reflects three distinct phases of a dinner party: Introductions, Group entertainment, Deeper personal connection

A Prayer for Rest for the Weary

By: Naomi Bird July 7, 2020July 8, 2020 Arts in Our Community, Bird FamilyArt, faith, health, mental health, music, wearinessLeave a Comment

This morning I’ve been blessed by listening through a sung responsive reading shared with me by Katie and Jacob Eckeberger of the music duo My Anchor Holds.

On Being Afraid |Nathan shares an original song and talks about it

By: Naomi Bird June 27, 2020 Collaboration, Events, Recordings, Song Notesanxiety, appreciation, church music, church musicians, faith, fear, music, original song, peace, sacred music, Songwriter, voiceLeave a Comment

Here’s a song that Nathan wrote last year regarding the desire to do what’s right, even if it’s scary.

Remembering The Source of Our Gifts | a reflection through a hymn

Throughout all the verses of “Come, Thou Fount,” the text draws arrows from the gifts to the Giver, from the gifted to the Gifter, continuously tying us to our source and purpose.

Maybe instead of sadness, it’s fatigue from growing. | “The Water is Wide”

Maybe it isn’t all that sad. It’s just tired, and reminiscing about the unexpectedness of the journey.

Coping with Recent Minneapolis Events |Down in the River to Pray (with song link)

I’m glad to peer into a world that, though far away in time, clarifies the pains currently felt so very close to home.

Smell Your Way to Deep Care

By: Naomi Bird May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 Practicing, Saturday SongNotesAmerican art song, Art, care, compassion, flowers, music, space, vulnerabilityLeave a Comment

“Stopping to smell the roses” is making the choice to open up yourself to value and receive the beauty around you.

Sometimes you just have to count through it | {song:”You Raise Me Up”}

By: Naomi Bird April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 Recordings, Saturday SongNotesArt, hope, imperfection, music, Patience, quarantine, waitingLeave a Comment

Our world is collectively in mourning for a confusing and ambiguously cancelled life. Down and weary are words I’m hearing a lot.

Join Our Virtual Dinner Party | Phase 1 of 3: Introductions

By: Naomi Bird July 11, 2020

Monthly Themes, Recordings, Saturday SongNotesdinner party, gathering, hospitality, music, musical theater, musical theatre, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Tenor recordings, virtual partyLeave a Comment

Our goal this month is to present our three songs in a way that reflects three distinct phases of a dinner party: Introductions, Group entertainment, Deeper personal connection

A Prayer for Rest for the Weary

By: Naomi Bird July 7, 2020July 8, 2020

Arts in Our Community, Bird FamilyArt, faith, health, mental health, music, wearinessLeave a Comment

This morning I’ve been blessed by listening through a sung responsive reading shared with me by Katie and Jacob Eckeberger of the music duo My Anchor Holds.

Friends First

By: Naomi Bird July 6, 2020July 8, 2020

Bird Family, Collaboration, Uncategorizedbirthday, Collaboration, family, friendship, relationships, romanceLeave a Comment

Those 4.5 months of age difference between us were important and kind of ridiculously non-negotiable for me back then. And they helped us to just be friends.