Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Pete Seeger Songfest

Pete Seeger Songfest - Jim Scott Remembers Pete in Song

7:00 PM, Sunday November 6

First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St. in Worcester

At 7:00 PM Sunday November 6, in the sanctuary of the First Unitarian Church, folk singer Jim Scott will hold a Pete Seeger Songfest as a benefit concert for the Center for Nonviolent Solutions.  Suggested donation for the concert is $20 for adults and $10 for students.

The Center for Nonviolent Solutions is a non-profit organization that provides education and resources to help people in the Worcester area to understand nonviolence and peacemaking as a way of life and to reject the use of violence in resolving conflict.  The center teaches middle school and high school students how to resolve conflicts peacefully through mutual respect, empathy cultivation, active listening and peer mediation.  The center also provides training in peacebuilding skills to teachers and youth workers, and provides instruction in the history of successful nonviolent movements in the modern world.

Join us on November 6 to celebrate Pete Seeger by singing many of his well-loved songs such as If I Had a Hammer, Turn, Turn, Turn, Where Have All the Flowers Gone and many others.  Led by composer/guitarist Jim Scott, who knew Pete well and collaborated on many projects with the folk legend, we'll raise our voices for the causes Pete championed and remember the great contributions to peace and to our American heritage Pete made in his 94 years of life. 

Jim Scott brings a warmth, and authenticity that turns any size audience into an intimate gathering. His lyrical melodies, well-crafted words, guitar mastery and humorous surprises moved Pete Seeger to call him “Some kind of a magician.”  Known to many as guitarist with the Paul Winter Consort and co-composer of their celebrated "Missa Gaia / Earth Mass," Jim is a prolific composer in his own right.  

He has also become a student of the movement for peace and justice in song, compiling and arranging the "Earth and Spirit Songbook," a collection of over 110 songs of earth and peace by many contemporary composers, including Pete Seeger.  

A life-long Unitarian Universalist, Jim has visited more than 700 UU churches over three decades of travels.  His much loved "Gather the Spirit" and other songs are in the UU hymnbooks.  He was one of the creators of the Green Sanctuary program for churches to become more sustainable.  


For more information see:  www.JimScottMusic.com, call 508-755-0995, or email Jim@JimScottMusic.com