Category: From Our Music Director

April 25, 2024

Hello UUCS,

The wonderful Paul Grove will be performing for us this week on guitar. Come listen to his beautiful classical playing. I first met Paul years back, and we even played a jazz gig together. This week he will be gracing us with the pieces … read more.

February 8, 2024

Hello UUCS congregation and friends,

Here’s what you can look forward to musically in February.

Todd Milne will be playing guitar and bamboo flute as a soloist and with some duet collaboration with Madeline McNeill.

The UUCS Choir will perform during the second service. Gordon Diddens will be … read more.

Embodied Cognition and Breath Mapping Workshop

Following the second service on February 4, 2024, you can join our Music Director Madeline McNeill in an Embodied Cognition and Breath Mapping workshop in the Chapel from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Suggested donation is $20.

This workshop will integrate breath and voice practices to investigate … read more.

January 4, 2024

Hello UUCS congregation and friends,

Happy New Year! Thank you all who attended and participated in the Cosmic Advent Service. It was a beautiful evening.

The choir will be performing for the second service at 11:00 a.m. Come and support the lovely choir! We have some beautiful … read more.

June 29, 2023

Verne Windham, a musician I admire, was known at KPBX as a “creative messy.” I understand that his desk was almost always piled high with papers and he was the only one who could find anything on it! I, too, have those questionable habits and … read more.

Summer Music Anyone?!

This coming month I will be looking for congregational members to help out with the summer music program. So I would be glad to talk to any of you with musical skills that may want to “get out there” to share your talents during June, … read more.

April 20, 2023

Our Pianist, Maura Kegley, actually accompanies for two choirs in Spokane — our Mixed Choir here at church and the Spectrum Singers, an LGBTQ choir that is also getting back on its feet after COVID-19.

Spectrum is having their big spring … read more.

April 13, 2023

The Mixed Choir is winding down and summer music is on the horizon.

Since many of you love the Choir and watch to see which Sundays they are singing, I thought I’d let you know what their schedule is through the rest of this spring. The … read more.

April 6, 2023

This coming Sunday, April 9, is Easter and our music for the day will be split between the holiday and the sermon topic. Music through the Offertory will celebrate the day with spring and Easter songs, including one that some of you might remember. Chickery … read more.

March 23, 2023

Don’t miss our next guest speaker, Jermaine Williams, this coming Sunday, March 26! This will be a chance for all of us to see and hear a man who transformed himself in prison and came out to help other former inmates find their best selves—a … read more.