Jim Scott presents “The Year to Save the Earth”
Date/Time
Date(s) - 20 Sep 2024
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Location
Southwest Unitarian Universalist Church
6320 Royalton Rd.
North Royalton, OH 44133
SWUU welcomes Jim Scott to our church for a multi-media presentation called “The Year to Save the Earth.” Mixing powerful songs and beautiful projected images, “The Year to Save the Earth” takes us from grieving to celebration and from protest to positive vision for the planet – and some fun. Jim Scott’s lyrical melodies and outspoken poetry celebrate what’s beautiful, amazing, and fragile about our Earth. Facing the urgency of the environmental crisis, this musical and visual experience challenges us to feel, to learn and to act. After an intermission with cookies, he will also share some of his original songs, which you may have heard before.
Composer and poet and life-long UU, Jim Scott has visited more than 700 UU churches over 4 decades. His songs are in our hymnbooks (Gather the Spirit and several others). Formerly a member of the Paul Winter Consort, Jim was co-composer of their celebrated “Missa Gaia/Earth Mass” and sang their anthem song “Common Ground.” A co-creator of the “Green Sanctuary” program, Jim also compiled and arranged the “Earth and Spirit Songbook,” an anthology of 110 songs of Earth and peace.
Jim recently received an NEA grant to create and produce his multimedia concert “The Year to Save the Earth.” He has toured the world, recorded nine albums of original music, and published a long line of choral works.
Suggested donation of $20 for this concert, which will start at 7:30 PM.