music as therapy

From a galaxy  not so far away comes AstroDad, who stops by Mainstreet to share his sonic fabrics of intergalactic magic, and snippets of interstellar stardust that he stitches together to create a quasar quilt of sound, color, and extraterrestrial textures.  And in The Mainstreet Podcast's first true scoop, AstroDad reveals for the first time how he came up wit the name joe Glorioso.  

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Check out Joe's graphic design work here: 
https://www.jglorioso.com/

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• Phyllis Hopper, a member of the musical collective Sacred & Secular, shares how she came to play the cello and the instrument's positive influence on her life. Other topics include her faith journey and her projects outside of Sacred & Secular.
• Host/Sacred & Secular member Shawn Roney shares an excerpt from a collaborative work in progress between Ms. Hopper and himself, inspired by poet Emily Dickinson. He also discusses plans for the music, pending a decision by Harvard University Press regarding whether the work is under the copyright claim of HUP or in the public domain.

Notes:

• Check out Phyllis Hopper's arrangement work at https://phroglis.wixsite.com/mysite.
• For more information about Emily Dickinson, visit https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/. An excellent essay on Dickinson's relationship with faith is posted here: https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/emily-dickinson/biography/special-topics/emily-dickinson-and-the-church/.
• To listen to the Andre Previn-Barbara Bonney rendition of Aaron Copland's adaptation of "I felt a funeral in my brain," the poem mentioned in this episode, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLAJyMUvNrg.
• Writer and scholar Rebecca Balcarcel offers a fascinating analysis of "I felt a funeral in my brain," including an alternate way of interpreting the work. Her analysis, posted on YouTube, is in two parts. For part I, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9ISE11zqic. For part two, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6B6nCnpc0U.

Today we have a return guest that we haven't checked in on for a while...Kaitlyn Robarge. We spend some time talking about mental health and music. It was an enjoyable time making and I hope you enjoy it. Kaitlyn has a birthday on Friday the 24th, so make sure you reach out to her.  

Kaitlyn's Instagram k.robarge 

The music on the podcast is from John Nugent. He is a Chicagoland area musician who has been a real blessing to Tabor Church.