SUNDAY 04.12.26 : DARCI GAMERL OF BEL CANTO

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Topic: Reclamation

BIO: Darci Gamerl is an oboist, English hornist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist whose work centers on the use of music and film to create meaningful, shared experiences. As co-founder of Bel Canto Duo, she collaborates with cellist and looping artist David Downing to develop immersive performances and films that integrate live music, original composition, and visual storytelling. Her work is grounded in NeuroArts, applying principles of entrainment to reduce stress and support positive physical and mental health outcomes. These ideas shape both her compositional language and her approach to film direction, resulting in projects that are intentionally structured to engage audiences on both an artistic and physiological level.
Gamerl’s recent projects include Taking Flight: The 8th Wonder of the World, a feature-length documentary and live film score exploring Sandhill crane migration and environmental change, developed in collaboration with the Crane Trust and researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Additional work includes Four Cather Tableaux, commissioned by the National Willa Cather Center and later expanded into an immersive film experience with support from Joslyn Art Museum.
A frequent collaborator across disciplines, Gamerl has worked with scientists, filmmakers, and arts organizations to create projects that extend beyond the concert stage. Bel Canto Duo’s work has been presented in museums, performance venues, and community spaces, with the flexibility to perform both in traditional settings and fully off-grid environments. As a soloist, Gamerl premiered James Lee III’s Courageous Lights for English horn after organizing a national commissioning consortium, with performances alongside orchestras including the Augusta Symphony, Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra, and the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra.
She is a recipient of the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award for Outstanding New Artist and has been recognized as a finalist for The American Prize in both performance and composition. Gamerl has also held residencies and collaborations with organizations including the Crane Trust, Kiewit Luminarium, and the National Willa Cather Center, with upcoming residencies in Iceland, at Tallgrass, and at Chesterwood.

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Easter Potluck!

Please join us for our special Belated Easter Sunday Potluck lunch!  Ham will be provided, so bring things that remind you of Easter! 

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We consider it our communion.
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All are WELCOME!

U P C O M I N G S P E A K E R S

APRIL 19TH: DAWN EVE

  • TBA

APRIL 26TH: AARON TANK AND FRIEND

  • TBA

MAY 3RD: DON DEWITT

  • Show Yourself Some Grace: Part Deux- Did He Practice What He Preached?

MAY 10TH: KATHLEEN ABEL

  • Change the Internal to Change the External: Becoming an Adept At Stability (no matter what)

A N N O U N C E M E N T S

March-April Food Drive: Every year we try to help out Chum with their yearly March Food Drive. This year we are changing things up a little bit. We are partnering up with Peace Church to help out our neighborhood grade school. Myers-Wilkins School, located not far from our church, is currently experiencing a crisis moment more acutely than many places in our community. Immigrant families and families in transition (those experiencing homelessness or housing instability) are a large portion of the school population. With uncertainty surrounding immigration enforcement, SNAP benefits, child care assistance, and other supports, it’s time for us to step in as good neighbors. We invite you to donate nonperishable foods. Items in need are individually wrapped snacks for the classroom, Masa, dried beans, powdered or canned milk, and canned vegetables. Debbie will deliver the items to the school.  If you want to write a check, please make it out to Debbie Gitar. Thanks. * We have a table set up in the Community Room for donations. *  (We will continue to take donations through April.)

First Sunday Meditation Mini-Retreat with Robert Aho will be on the Sunday May 3rd, from 9:00 to 10:00 am. Talk to Robert about future sessions. This series of teachings, as well as introduced meditation techniques, will provide the basis for Spiritual Practitioners to navigate the Complete Spiritual Path.  More info in the flyer attached HERE.

  • The Unity Book Group’s next meeting will be  Monday April 13th, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm, in the Library room. The book they are currently reading is Mary Magdalene Revealed by Megan Watterson. Contact is Rick Youmans-email: thecawl@hotmail.com
  • The Law of Attraction Group’s next meeting will be Tuesday, April 14th, Starting at 1 pm.  They are reading The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent by Ester and Jerry Hicks. Please enter through the lower level door as the meetings will be in the library.  If you can’t attend in person, they will have Google Meet (it is like Zoom) available. For more information contact Sue Hall: 218-340-3761.
  • Dear Lake Superior Interfaith Friends, 
    Awaken the Quiet Light Within, with Drake Powe 
    Step into a sacred pause and let your spirit exhale. Join us every Saturday and Tuesday at 1:00 PM for a FREE Stress Relief session with Drake—an uplifting blend of gentle-mindful movement, breath, and reflection that nurtures harmony between body, mind, and soul, in the welcoming spirit of LSICC’s commitment to prayer, meditation, and healing. You’re welcome to join with your camera on or off, in whatever way feels most comfortable as you come home to your inner sanctuary and rediscover the peace that renews from within. Preview
  • If you or someone you know attends our church who does not use email, please help us to create a list of those folks so we can call them in case of emergency closings or other events. You can give that information to any board member. Thank you.
  • If you would like to speak at church or know someone you’d like to see speaking at church, please let any board member know. Thank you.

 Power Outage: Should the City of Duluth be without power on Sunday, the Church will not be open.

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