Thoughts on the CWA by Leanne Soucek
Moderated by Boulder’s beloved Rebecca Folsom, the songwriters’ panel in UMC 235 wasn’t so much a “panel,” as it was a jazz quartet, with melody, solos, improvisation, interpretations and queries on heart-themes…simply beautiful. The tenderness of the communication between David Wilcox, Lillian Boutte, Tanya Ellsworth Boutte, Rebecca Folsom, a young rapper and the audience served as a model to me: this is what I, we, can do…the illustrious panel welcomed a one-minute open to healing performed acapella by the brave audience member. I left feeling strengthened, nourished, hopeful, ready to try again to love…
Quoting Leonard Bernstein after the shocking news of JFK’s assassination: “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.”
by: Leanne Soucek and Students at the #CWA2015
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