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Saturday, June 15th - 7:00 to 9:00 PM

VOCAL PERFORMANCE LEVEL 2 

FINAL SHOWCASE!! 

This is always a tremendously fun evening!  Come and check out the final performances of Judi and my Vocal Performance Workshop Students.  This is a Level 2 class - so there will not only be solo numbers, but duos trios, quartets ... an insane amount of vocal fun.  Michelle, Maryam, Gary, Rachel, Chris, Cindy, Ann, Sheryl, Liz, Tammie and Joy have been working hard for 5 weeks and look forward to seeing you there.

SOME NEW AND FANTASTICALLY FUN EVENTS COMING SOON TO THE PIANO LOUNGE IN JULY !!!

CHECK BACK IN A FEW DAYS FOR MORE INFORMATION ...

Join me for a tremendously uplifting experience at Unity Minneapolis where I have been the Music Director for the past nine years. Weekly Sunday morning services are at 9:30 and 11:30.  If you can't attend in person - watch the live stream of the 9:30 service.  (Tune in at 9:25 so you don't miss the Prelude!)

Frequent musical guests are The Unity Choir, Judi Vinar, Rachel Holder Hennig, Patty Peterson, Debbie Duncan, Dane Stauffer, and many many other Twin Cities' artists.

June 16th

Musical guests are 

The Unity Quartet (Mary Burns-Klinger, Sheryl Lange, David Reid & Gregg Peterson) with The Unity Band

June 23rd

Musical guests are 

Katie Gearty with the Unity Band

June 30th

Patty Peterson 

with The Unity Band 

July 7th

Jimmy Steffen & Holly Circle 

with The Unity Band

July 14th

Rachel Holder Hennig

with The Unity Band

July 21st

Jacy Smith

with The Unity Band

As I approached selecting a theme and music for this September’s Music Series, I kept thinking about our current environment and how this year’s focus could possibly provide some inspiration and new avenues of hope for these challenging times.

When I am feeling small and sometimes at a loss for how I could ever contribute positive energy and a morsel of change into a chaotic environment, I am often brought back to a quiet, reflective place where I recall people in history whose first steps started out small. The authentic and truthful execution of their beliefs and work propelled them into a position where they caused not only ripples, but seismic shifts in society, science, music, civil rights, environmental concerns, and global attitudes.

The September Music Series this year will focus on “Women and The Divine – in Music
and History (Women, Music, and Spiritual Social Action).” From Dorothy Fields to Joni Mitchell to Carole King to India.Arie, the past century has been filled with female songwriters who quietly kept following their passion and over time broke down barriers and emerged as some of the biggest musical voices in the industry. These artists walked alongside their societal companions – women such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Katherine Johnson, Rachel Carson and Maya Angelou – who raised our consciousness to bring about great achievements in humanity from The United Nations and The Civil Rights Act to helping put a man on the moon.

I hope that you are not only inspired by the music, but also find hope and inspiration in the stories of these phenomenal women who found themselves in a place and time where they were called to do that which Spirit kept breathing into their souls, filling them with the confidence, bravery, and commitment that caused them to be unable to do anything but take that first step.

Let’s take it together.

–Lori Dokken