Katharine Key Music

**UPDATE Feb 4: Due to the snowpocalypse forecasted for this weekend in DC, the Sunday program at the DC Baha'i Center is cancelled Feb 7.  I will reschedule this presentation for a later date and let you know when.**

Did you miss this presentation when I delivered it at Arlington prayer station or Tiny Planet?  Did you go to one of the previous ones and wish you had brought a certain friend with you?  Well, here's your chance to drag yourself out of bed on a Sunday morning and savor it!  I'll be giving the presentation again, perhaps with some new twists, at the DC Baha'i Center on February 7 at 11 a.m.  Y'all come!

And if you're in a Baha'i community reachable from DC within a 6-hour drive and you're interested in having me give this presentation in your community on a Saturday night or Sunday morning, contact me.  I'll consider traveling farther if your community will provide plane fare and lodging.  I also travel for work, so if you're interested, go ahead and let me know even if you're not nearby, on the off chance I'll be swinging through your town some time this year.

If you've attended one of these presentations previously, I invite you to please post your impressions here in the comments section for the benefit of those considering attending the upcoming program.

I will be playing at a dessert, poetry, and music night at a home in DC.  Thinking about playing some of my new originals!  Contact me for more information.

Please come and join the third quarterly Interfaith Devotional sponsored by the Baha’i Community of the Town of Vienna and the Northern Virginia Family Church on Friday November 20th at 7:30 pm at the Northern Virginia Baha’i Center, 21415 Cardinal Glen Circle, Sterling, Virginia 20164.  The theme for this event is “Gratitude.” 

Representatives from various faiths will share a few words and prayers from their own faiths. There will also be various musicians [including me] who will offer their talents to uplift the spirit of this gathering.

Please come and invite your friends to this spiritual evening and meet new friends from different faiths and traditions.

For more information please email Rhonda Williams at [music art 2 heal [at] aol [dot] com] or contact me through the contact form and I will email you a phone number you can call.

I will be performing at the Arlington Prayer Station, 7:30 p.m. on October 12 in a private home.  Contact me for more details or email mitko(at)befriendedstranger(dot)com.

My performance will consist of a musical introduction to grassroots service activities conducted by Baha'is around the world for the spiritual enrichment of their local communities.  I will be playing a mostly acoustic set of my own compositions and a few covers related to study circles, devotional gatherings, children's classes, and junior youth groups.

"Thousands upon thousands, embracing the diversity of the entire human family, are engaged in systematic study of the Creative Word in an environment that is at once serious and uplifting. ... Responding to the inmost longing of every heart to commune with its Maker, they carry out acts of collective worship in diverse settings, uniting with others in prayer, awakening spiritual susceptibilities, and shaping a pattern of life distinguished for its devotional character. ... Aware of the aspirations of the children of the world and their need for spiritual education, they extend their efforts widely to involve ever-growing contingents of participants in classes that become centres of attraction for the young... They assist junior youth to navigate through a crucial stage of their lives and to become empowered to direct their energies toward the advancement of civilization. And with the advantage of a greater abundance of human resources, an increasing number of them are able to express their faith through a rising tide of endeavours that address the needs of humanity in both their spiritual and material dimensions." 

--The Universal House of Justice, April 2008