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Bountiful Light Music
Interactive Concerts and Workshops
Norma Brooks performs and teaches her music in concerts and workshops for congregations, community centers, and individuals who want to encourage musical participation by congregants. Workshops may involve members of the Bountiful Light Choir or may be offered in collaboration with Professor Everett Fox, Professor Max Ticktin, Dr. Esther Ticktin, Hazzan Dr. Ramón Tasat, Cantor Natasha J. Hirschhorn, Rachel Braun, and Norman Shore.

"O Come, Let Us Sing": A Singing Workshop
If you love to sing, this workshop is the one to choose. Norma sings and teaches her original compositions for Jewish liturgy. While you catch your breath between songs, she shares the historical background and the music and linguistic process behind the songs. You’ll come away with melodies to use in services and to share with others. The workshop is suitable for individuals and small or large groups of any religious denomination; knowledge of Hebrew is not necessary.

"…With a Ten-Stringed Harp, with Voice and Lyre Together": An Interactive Concert
This full concert program features Norma and Cantors Ramón Tasat and Natasha J. Hirschhorn singing Norma's compositions with choral and instrumental accompaniment. But don’t leave your own singing voice home. The audience is invited to participate as a congregation during this highly interactive concert. The program is also available in a more intimate format (as small as three musicians).

"Sing a New Song": Composing New Jewish Liturgical Music
When Norma composes a melody, she carefully considers the text, its place in the liturgy, and the person or occasion around which she is composing. In this workshop, she explains her composing process, stressing how she selects a text and works with it until a melody emerges.

"They Gave Forth Melodies, Songs, and Praises…": One Text, Many Melodies
What mood and cultural context are conveyed by different melodies for the same prayer? How do different melodies influence our understanding of a prayer? This workshop explores these questions by comparing different composers’ settings of the same texts.

"…In the Assembled Congregation of the Upright": Artist in Residence
This hands-on program is for congregations that encourage and enjoy singing in their services. In it, Norma attends your service as a participant/leader, incorporating the teaching of her melodies into the service, and encouraging the entire congregation to join in singing them.

Please contact publicist@bountifullightmusic.com or Bountiful Light Music at 301-907-3336 for further information on concert, lecture or program bookings.