jazz, blues, gospel
vocal instrument
MAY 2023
Marilyn T Keller appears at The Benson Hotel Friday the 5th 5:30-8 PM.
May 31
May 24 @ Jo Bar & Rotisserie, 7pm
May 28th- Scandals, 2pm
May 29 at Our State Capitol, in Salem
Marilyn Keller, singing "Lift Every Voice", Portland, guest of Rep. Frederick, this opening will be in observance of black history month will be reprising this song at Our State Capitol, on May 29th- by invitation of My (present day) SENATOR Lew Fredericks!
Every Brain Needs Music
Wednesday, May 31⋅7:00 – 8:30pm
Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR 97202, USA
Every Brain Needs Music: The Neuroscience of Making and Listening to Music
Whenever a person engages with music, countless neurons are firing―when a piano student practices a scale, a jazz saxophonist riffs on a melody, someone sobs to a sad song, or a wedding guest gets down on the dance floor. Playing an instrument requires all of the resources of the nervous system, including cognitive, sensory, and motor functions. Something as seemingly simple as listening to a tune involves mental faculties most of us don’t even realize we have.
Joining us at this special event:
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Neuroscientist and lifelong musician Dr. Larry Sherman
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Grammy award-winning, Hopi-Nez Perce Native American flutist James Edmund Greeley
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Internationally acclaimed gospel, jazz and blues singer Marilyn Keller
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Singer, composer, pianist and recording artist Naomi LaViolette, and
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Celebrated cello and bass quartet Porchello
This Science on Tap is a multi-media lecture and concert to show how our brains and music work in harmony.
June 8th, The Benson Hotel Lobby Lounge, 5:30p
June 17th, Woodburn Downtown Plaza, 12pm
June 23rd, Tigard Festival of Balloons, 6pm
June 24th, Underground Speakeasy, 7pm
Soul of Courage with Marilyn Keller
Gun reform, music, and the rhythm of relentlessness
By Kevin Teater
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
“I sing because I have to,” Marilyn Keller told me midway through our conversation.
“Singing is one of the ways that I feed my spirit. If I could not sing, I would be one very depressed, hopeless person. When I was a child, my family would tease me because I would burst into song at random occasions.”
Marilyn is an incredible vocalist. She’s been singing professionally for 40 years, resulting in her induction into the Jazz Society of Oregon Hall of Fame in 2016.
Beaverton Perspective
Purchase My Dreams, My Journey by Marilyn T Keller and Darrell Grant: https://pjce.bandcamp.com/album/my-dreams-my-journey
My Dreams, My Journey
by Marilyn Keller with Darrell Grant
Streaming + Download
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. $7 USD or more
Marilyn's Calendar link
Join us in person or online.
We are open for in-person worship each Sunday! If you come, please wear a mask and practice social distancing. We continue to livestream our services (see links at top of this page) for the many people who feel safer at home.
Sunday Services:
10am. English. We rotate among musical styles: classical, contemporary, and jazz.
11:30am. Spanish.
Whether we are together in person or online, we are united in the love of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit. Come join us. All are welcome here.
Augustana Lutheran Church
2710 NE 14th Ave Portland, OR 97212 Tel: (503) 288-6174
email: ministry@augustana.org
Livestream Service
Augustana Lutheran Church
Portland, OR
10:oo am [English] 11:30am [Spanish]
Francisco will post the link
and announcement mid-week:
https://youtu.be/CszZ1xhtiLQ
George Mitchell, Piano
Kevin Deitz, Bass
Ron Steen, Drums
Marilyn Keller, Vocal Instrument
Rev. Dr. Mark Knutson, Message
Augustana is a thriving, multicultural, multi-national, welcoming and affirming, sanctuary, servant congregation, called by Christ to share the Good News of God’s love for all people. We are called by the Creator to work with our Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Native American and Christian sisters and brothers and many people of good will, to seek justice and peace in all the earth and to care for the creation for generations to come, as together we weave God’s Beloved Community.
Black Swan Classic Jazz Band worked all last year to get this done- remotely! #KitJohnsonIsAGenius Hat’s off to the pandemic-induced “Pandemonium!” I have hard copies. Also available digitally- Spotify, etc.Pandemonium is a brand new recording from 2020 that includes early blues, ragtime and jazz favorites, three original songs composed by members of the band and featured vocals by Marilyn Keller. CDs may be pre-ordered at this time for shipment in February 2021. Click on our new HearNow page for sample clips from each track.https://blackswanclassicjazzband.hearnow.comIf you want a CD for their own library, you can purchase through www.bscjb.com Marilyn is a treasured veteran of Portland's jazz and gospel music scenes who is often called in to bring life to songs by others.3
