Number 11, September 15, 2021

Remembering 9/11 in Song

As I write today, it is the day after our September 11 remembrances across the country and across the world.

Every year as we remember and, in some cases, re-live, the grief and terror of that unbelievable day, we do so with the support of artistic reflections and artworks created to honor the slain and give thanks for the heroes that were made that day.

As I write to you, my mind and heart are filled with the glory of the human heart’s ability to grieve outwardly, and the human being’s skill to express this grief in terms that we can all be changed by.  This week’s blog entry will be a brief sharing of two artworks in song that move me beyond words:

At the 9/11 memorial event in New York City, Bruce Springsteen performed his new song “I’ll See You In My Dreams.”  As usual for Springsteen, his eloquence is unmistakable poetry.  Here is the live performance!

For those of you who want to get the lyrics to this song, Bruce also recorded a music video version of the tune here.

Alternatively, a song that’s been performed for 9/11 memorials for many years is a song from the Broadway theatre world, from the musical “Carousel.”  The song is “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”  At the same memorial service in New York, soprano Kelli O’Hara performed this for the audience which included President Biden.

I hope that you, too, can find solace in song and healing through music.  I know from my own life that this is real and can work miracles.  Find your song or songs and sing out now, in remembrance and grace.

See you next time for more on voice production, performance and storytelling in song.

Thanks for reading!

Blessings and love,

Susie

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Award-winning recording artist, Broadway singer, journalist, educator and critically-acclaimed powerhouse vocalist, Susie Glaze has been called “one of the most beautiful voices in bluegrass and folk music today” by Roz Larman of KPFK’s Folk Scene.  LA Weekly voted her ensemble Best New Folk in their Best of LA Weekly for 2019, calling Susie “an incomparable vocalist.”  “A flat out superb vocalist… Glaze delivers warm, amber-toned vocals that explore the psychic depth of a lyric with deft acuity and technical perfection.”  As an educator, Susie has lectured at USC Thornton School of Music and Cal State Northridge on “Balladry to Bluegrass,” illuminating the historical path of ancient folk forms in the United Kingdom to the United States via immigration into the mountains of Appalachia.  Susie has taught workshops since 2018 at California music camps RiverTunes and Vocáli Voice Camp.  She is a current specialist in performance and historian on the work of American folk music icon, Jean Ritchie.  Susie now offers private voice coaching online via the Zoom platform.   www.susieglaze.com

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