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Gage Purdy
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🎵 Music Director | Choral Conductor | Clinician
🌟 Creating connection through music and community
🎶 Director: Occidental Community Choir, California Redwood Chorale, Manzanita Harmony, & UUCSR
🎤 Advocate for radical love, justice, & creative expression
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Musical Minute (NVAC Newsletter)
The Secret Behind Silent Music – John Cage’s 4'33"

Did you know there’s a famous piece of music where the performer doesn’t play a single note and that piece was composed universally for any instrument?

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2024 November Newsletter
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Here's a clip from 2009, when President Obama spoke about the Continental Airlines crash -- the LAST time we had an airline crash with fatalities in America.

He didn't blame Bush.
He didn't blame Reagan.

He just consoled America.
A REAL Commander in Chief.
January 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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🚨BREAKING: Quakers tell Trump admin. to pause ICE enforcement on all houses of worship across the country in advance of weekend services. Proud of the work @democracyforward.bsky.social is doing in this case and others to stand up for democracy!

Follow @democracydocket.com for more.
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January 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Music, Community, & Change

In uncertain times, music remains a powerful force for unity and serves as bastion of hope and joy. As a conductor, I see firsthand how voices raised together can heal, inspire and mobilize. Music carries the heartbeat of change. (1/2)
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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A breathtakingly beautiful concert! The spoken word text by Regie Gibson was very powerful, and the musical performances were enthralling. A knock-out!
January 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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While taking a stroll, former U.S. President Barack Obama happened to hear the enchanting voices of a Danish girls’ choir practicing with their balcony doors open. Captivated, he kindly stopped and asked if they could continue singing, taking a moment to enjoy the beautiful harmony
January 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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When your choir director is a goose

#birds
January 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Musical Minute (NVAC Newsletter)
The Mystery of the “Devil’s Interval”

The topic of January’s musical minute serves as the backbone of blues, jazz, and even Broadway! Explore the interval spooky and sublime: the Tritone. #DiabolusInMusica #MusicalMinute

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Jump into January: 2025 Events & Updates
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January 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Musical Minute (NVAC Newsletter)
The Coltrane Changes

This month we travel through musical dimensions on the harmonic rocket ride that reshaped jazz! #ColtraneChanges #MusicalMinute

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December 2024 News
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January 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Performing this weekend in Sonoma County, the California Redwood Chorale, with guest choir Manzanita Harmony!
November 20, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Flashback post.
November 19, 2024 at 2:29 PM
My UU choir preparing for Christmas Eve:
November 19, 2024 at 4:58 AM
What’s sparking your creativity today? Share a photo, a song, or a thought that’s inspiring you, and let’s build a thread of ideas together! 🌟✨ #CreativeConnections
November 19, 2024 at 4:45 AM
Please join the Occidental Community Choir this winter for a heartwarming concert series centered on the theme of Radical Love. Through music, we explore the powerful concept of love for all, including ourselves—love that is freely given, non-transactional, and unwavering.
November 19, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Musical Minute (NVAC Newsletter)
The Secret Behind Silent Music – John Cage’s 4'33"

Did you know there’s a famous piece of music where the performer doesn’t play a single note and that piece was composed universally for any instrument?

Read more: mailchi.mp/a0ccbc88076b...
2024 November Newsletter
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November 19, 2024 at 4:37 AM