Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra

Global Rings is a carillon collection of 42 new pieces based on issues, stories, and folk tunes from around the world.

Gratitude begets

peace  love  compassion  love  peace

begets Gratitude.

On our seventh snow-ice-cold day this year, with schools cancelled and travel advisories to stay home,

road workers are out clearing ice and snow to make life a little safer for the people around them.

Every day and every night…

“Well-being is a skill.

Well-being is fundamentally no different than learning to play the cello.

If one practices the skills of well-being, one will get better at it.”

--Dr. Richard Davidson, neuroscientist who teaches about the ‘resilient mindset.’

The Dalai…

"Gratitude makes sense of our past,

  brings peace for today, and

 creates a vision for tomorrow."

          -Melody Beattie

Sending peace--peace on earth.

"Happiness cannot be traveled to,

owned, earned, worn or consumed.

Happiness is the spiritual experience of living

every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."

              -Denis Waitley

      Happy holidays, everyone!

Yesterday, I had a three-hour organ practice session in a beautiful large church. A woman from the church's altar guild was working serenely and diligently while I practiced. I could see her pruning and replacing flowers, one by one, over…

Last night, I played a carillon concert entitled Voices Uplifted. My goal in the program was to lift up voices of marginalized populations through carillon music. The works I composed are: "Our Time: Me Too;" "Enough is Enough, Never Again…

Filled with gratitude for my friend, colleague, and former student, Vidas Pinkevicius. Check out his wonderful podcast and wealth of resources! Here's the podcast he recently posted of our interview about Bach and the Art of Improvisation, Vol. 2.

http://www.organduo.lt/podcast/sop-podcast-120-pamela-ruiter-feenstra-on-bach-and-the-art-of-improvisation

Dear Friends,

With joy, I give you three gifts from my recently released Bach and the Art of Improvisation, Vol. II (BAI 2). The first two are here today, and the next will arrive tomorrow.

Listen to two soulful performances…

Dear Subscribers,

You are the first to know that Bach and the Art of Improvisation, Vol. Two is available now! See http://www.pamelaruiterfeenstra.com/bach__the_art_of_improvisation_2/

I am grateful for your interest and look forward to hearing from you!

Peace,

Pamela

Dear Friends,

I hope you'll check out the new Muse series! Through these four volumes, and with your own advocacy, let's work to keep music in the schools, develop strategies for world peace, nurture our souls, find our voices, and…