On April 12, 2015 at 10:00 AM Roser Church will celebrate Music Sunday! The program will incorporate all areas of the music program

Roser Community Church Celebrates Music Sunday

On April 12, 2015 at 10:00 AM Roser Church will celebrate Music Sunday! The program will incorporate all areas of the music program.  The Joyful Noise Children’s Choir will sing Over My Head I Hear Music In The Air…The Roser Chancel Choir will sing the anthem by Hal Hopson entitled We Sing The Mighty Power Of God, which is based on Kingsfold, an English folk tune.

We welcome special guest violinist, Alicia Doudna.

     Violinist Alicia Doudna has performed and taught throughout the US and abroad.  She has performed with Itzhak Perlman, Paul Katz, Ronald Copes and members of the Cavani Quartet.  As a chamber musician she has appeared at various festivals including Yellow Barn, Kneisel Hall, The Great Lakes Chamber Music with various chamber orchestras and ensembles, including A Far Cry, The East Chamber Orchestra, The Suedama Ensemble, Radius Ensemble, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and The Detroit Symphony Orchestra.  As a member of the Phoenix Quartet, she performed and taught as an artist-in-residence at the University of Michigan.

     Ms. Doudna was previously the director of the Peninsula Strings Program in Blue Hill, Maine and also served as a Fellow and teaching assistant to Merry Peckham at the Perlman Music Program in New York.  She has taught at The Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp – Family Suzuki Institute, been on the faculty of the Sphinx Preparatory Program in Detroit, MI and has given guest artist master classes at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Chamber Music Connection in Columbus, Ohio.  Her principal teachers included Lucy Chapman, David Updegraff, Mimi Zweig and Suzuki Method pioneer, John Kendall.  She holds a BM from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a MM from The New England Conservatory.

     Alicia is currently living and working in Ann Arbor, Michigan where she performs and teaches solo and chamber music.  She continues to be inspired by her love of music and the people who enrich her life.

     Alicia suffered from a traumatic brain injury following a car accident in 2011. She feels that, ultimately, her musical experience was the key to her recovery along with the support of many amazing relatives and friends. “I’ve said this a million times: I really think music’s wiring in my brain helped save my life. I think music wires the brain differently. It’s an excellent way of sharing emotions. Sadness, happiness, and reality.”

Rev. Dr. Bob O’Keef will begin a new Sermon Series entitled: QUESTIONS GOD ASKS. The questions is, “Where Are You?” Come and find out why God would ask this question! Future sermons will explore questions like “Where is Your Brother?”, “What Do You Have In Your Hand?”, “Who Will Go for Us?”, “Do You Want to Be Well?”,  “Who Do You Say that I Am?”,  “What Is Your Name” , “What Do You Want Me to do for You?” and “Why Are You So Afraid?”

Roser Church is located near the Anna Maria City Pier at 512 Pine Avenue. Bring the family and enjoy the day on beautiful Anna Maria Island. Children and Youth Church School is available during the 10:00 AM Service as well as a nursery for infants and toddlers. For more information call the church office at 941-778-0414, email [email protected], go to www.roserchurch.com or find us on Facebook at www.facebook/roserchurch.