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SARA THOMSEN IN CONCERT

The First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee is pleased to present singer-songwriter and musical activist Sara Thomsen in an intimate evening of music to nurture the spirit, engage the mind, and inspire action.

Dubbed in her local press as one of Northern Minnesota's best kept secrets, Thomsen's home base is in the Lake Superior region near Duluth, MN. "The Twin Ports folk singer picks up the torch carried by the balladeers of decades past: Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, and Peter, Paul, and Mary" writes the Duluth Reader Weekly. "She could make Conan the Barbarian drop his sword and collapse blubbering."

Presented in conjunction with the Irma Morter Lecture and Workshop, "Songs Like Seeds--Planting Hope Note by Note" which Sara Thomsen will be presenting at the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee Saturday, October 5th at 2:30pm. https://uumilwaukee.org/event/irma-morter-lecture/

This concert is generously sponsored by Allen Jacobson and Lila Daut.

MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST

Sara Thomsen is a staunch supporter of struggles for human dignity and ecological sustainability. Slowing down enough to see and hear the vibrant wonder of the commonplace is her work and play. All this can be felt in her music. Whether it is a song welcoming a newborn, protesting a policy, depicting night falling or describing a loved one, her music is alive and pulsing.

In addition to her solo work, Sara is a weaver of song and community singing. At concerts, conferences, classrooms, workshops, retreats, jails, places of prayer, and lines of protest, to be with Sara is to want to sing. Increasing wonder and awareness, deepening spiritual connection, and widening social engagement through song is at the heart of her work. Sara's ability to get people singing magically transforms gatherings into communities empowered with possibility.

Sara is the founder and artistic director of the Echoes of Peace Choir, a non-audition community choir in Duluth, Minnesota, with a repertoire of world music and a membership of 70+ voices. Thomsen founded and directs the Echoes of Peace non-profit to expand and develop the work of examining critical social issues using music and the arts to build and bridge informed, engaged, and caring communities.

https://sarathomsen.com