UU Savannah Children,
ages 6-10,
are invited to join the Music Director
in the sanctuary at 12:45 pm following RE
for a half-hour of singing, learning, and musical fun
in preparation to sing anthems in Sunday services |
Childrens Choir Rehearsals
Sunday, March 14 and Sunday, March 21
12:45 - 1:15 pm |
April 18 Concert - 7:00pm
UU Music Director
Kelly Blackmarr has connected with many talented musicians
in Savannah over the last 20 years. Come celebrate these
long-term friendships with her as she shares the stage with
beloved community theater frequents, SCAD performers, and UU
Savannah’s gifted musicians!
$15 Adults
$10 Seniors and Children ages 11-15
Free for Children 7 – 10
Childcare available and encouraged for children ages 6
and under. |
Concert Rehearsal
Schedule
Work-through Rehearsal
Wednesday, April 14 |
6 - 10 pm |
Dress Rehearsal
Friday, April 16 (CHANGED FROM SATURDAY) |
6-10 pm |
Warmup
Sunday, April 18 |
6:00 pm |
Performance
Sunday, April 18 |
7:00 pm |
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There are few churches of our growing-but-still-diminutive
size that have a music program as consistently good, not to mention
varied.
The number of people in the choir is growing into the 20s --
it is an enthusiastic and highly bonded group that serves the
church not only with musical gifts but also as a wonderful example
of people enjoying each other and getting along beautifully together.
We have soloists and instrumental musicians who give their all
for us, and really enjoy it. The choir is meeting new challenges
as Kelly gives us music that is more complicated and fun -- with
great results. Members are growing and it shows.
Kelly Blackmarr is a treasure -- a person of beauty and remarkable
talent. She is a committed Unitarian Universalist and really
walks her Journey as mother, director, friend and maybe most
important, musician. Her musicality informs every aspect of her
life.
Kelly, with the church's music committee and talented members
and friends, has crafted a dynamic program of special music
events during the year.
"Savannah Sings the Season" -- just before Christmastime
a year ago -- was a remarkable coming-together of talented
people from many faith traditions, and a great way to kick off
the holiday season.
Last spring's "Classical Bash" showcased the
church's in-house talent and friends with music from madrigals
to Mozart, art songs to sonatas. And our "Fifty for
Fifty" fall concert rocked the house with selections from
50 years of pop and rock music, celebrating our church's
50th anniversary.
Our Christmas Eve service is a unique
blending of the traditional Christmas story with beloved holiday
music and UU's ability to create a welcoming space for those
of any faith who want to celebrate
the renewal and hope of the Christmas message.
The Martin Luther King Requiem has been
a crucial opportunity for our church to extend itself into
the Community of Color, and we are so grateful for that. For
several years in a row this event has produced an amazingly
rich and rousing program.
Look for more music events coming this spring and fall... |
Kelly Blackmarr
Director of Music |
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Kelly
Blackmarr has been Music Director for the Unitarian
Universalist Church of Savannah for 15 years. She is
also organist and vocalist for Congregation Mickve Israel and
Wesley Oak United Methodist Church.
Kelly's career has
encompassed vocalist, pianist, and choral conducting for the
public schools, SCAD’s School for Performing Arts and
various community theater organizations. She received
the Robert Shaw Choral Conducting Award from Florida State
University, where she graduated summa cum laude with a
Bachelor of Music Education in 1987. Kelly's primary instruments
are piano and voice. Additional instruments are
flute, penny whistle, and guitar.
Kelly is also accomplished
as an actress, both in drama and musical theater. Over
the past decade-and-a-half, she has played lead roles in community
theater productions, such as Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), My
Fair Lady (Eliza), and Into the Woods (The Baker's
Wife). She has also directed the music for several productions
at SCAD (West Side Story, A Chorus Line ), one of
which traveled to the Fringe Festival in Scotland in 2000 (Reefer
Madness), and she took her award-winning chamber singers
(The SCAD Performance Ensemble) to Carnegie Hall in 2005 and
2006 to perform major Choral Works (Mozart Requiem &
Poulenc Gloria).
Some of Kelly's compositions have
been featured in SCAD's theater performances at the Kennedy
Center, as well (Journeys II). Along with her
degree in music/choral conducting, Kelly also holds a master's
degree in social work and has practiced as a psychiatric counselor
for the Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. |
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Adult Choir Rehearses Each Wednesday (unless
otherwise announced) in the Sanctuary - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm.
Children's Choir Rehearses on Wednesdays (subject to announcement) in the Sanctuary
at 5:00 pm.
Warmups are at 10:40 - 10:55 am on Sundays in the Fellowship Hall. |
Listen to some music from our church
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Kids get in on the act with Allelujah, Amen! joined
by the adult
choir. LISTEN |
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We believe
we are among the most inclusive spiritual or religious organizations
around. We celebrate all of the traditions, and we strive to
include the music of as many of these as possible. At Christmastime,
we indulge ourselves in some sentimental Christmas music. Kelly
sang O Holy Night last Christmas Eve, backed up by members of
the UU Choir. LISTEN |
Bill and Calvin -- instrumental
of Blue on Blue LISTEN |
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