Alright, I get it—you’re no stranger to the importance of passing the love of Jesus to your kids. But sometimes, when you’re overwhelmed with the day-in-and-day-out routines of parenting, it’s easy to overlook how simple, beautiful practices—like singing hymns at home—can deeply nurture your entire family’s connection to God. Your kids AND you! Singing hymns […]
All Catholic families struggle to pray more. We get stuck wondering things like: should I pray at night? What should I pray? Which songs should we sing? Do I actually have to pray the rosary every day? (Spoiler alert: you don’t!) When you’re unsure what to do, it’s hard to move forward and get praying!
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Are you sick of Googling “traditional Catholic hymns” only to be met with semi-Christian songs (or worse, music with no legitimate moral messages?) Since search engines don’t know what’s good for them or for you, I decided to compile this list of refreshingly traditional Catholic hymns to cleanse your auditory palette and enrich your soul
Hello future saints! Welcome to Sing With Grace the show to bring sacred music into the home. I’m your host, Grace Brown. I’ve been singing and directing music my entire life in musical theatre, church choirs, and as the principal vocalist for the Texas A&M University jazz bands. I created the Sing With Grace show
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This is the first post in a series documenting how I directed my first musical: Fiddler on the Roof. In seventh grade when I performed in the ensemble of Fiddler on the Roof, I was bitten by the theatre bug. It’s not quite as serious as it sounds . . . especially if you’re fortunate
I’m sure you don’t believe that it’s possible to make liveable money as a singer. Your mom sure doesn’t think so. Your grandma really doesn’t think so. It’s an exciting prospect: skipping the college debt and starting a singing career instead. Back when I decided to become an *engineering major* instead of pursuing my musical
Skip College, Become a Singer (Your Collegiate Gap Year Plan) Read More »
As you may or may not already know, my husband Caleb is a fantastic country singer-songwriter. Yes, I am biased. No, I am not exaggerating when I say he has an excellent voice for the country genre and an even greater skill at utilizing his voice over multiple genres! Though his professional gigs are solo
How to Sing in a Different Genre +a Country to Musical Theatre Genre Case Study Read More »
It’s all too easy to drop your passion for performance (whatever that performing might look like!) because you feel the pressure to only do the things that make you money. Sometimes it is really hard to get back into performing. I experienced this firsthand when I went to college. This blog post is a little narrative
I am sick and tired of movie musicals casting big Hollywood movie actors THAT DON’T SING. I’m talking Emma Watson in B&B, Helena Bonham Carter in Sweeney Todd, and Emma Stone in La La Land. These ladies (and the many, MANY men who have also tried their hardest to sing in big films) are only
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Stop comparing yourself to other people. (Seriously, stop it.) No healthy decisions are made out of self-consciousness. I’d go as far as to say that most decisions determined by what other people are doing/saying will make you feel less motivated, less inspired, and less creative overall. This is certainly something I’ve grappled with in the
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