Joe Scott:
CLASS OF 1967
Edwin O. Smith High SchoolClass of 1967
Storrs, CT
Joe's Story
Joe is from Storrs, Connecticut. Joe's schools include Edwin O. Smith High School. Joe later attended Brown University (Music) . Joe worked at the Music Library at UConn from 1976 until his retirement in 2015.
Joe's interests include Animals, Art, Literature. His passion is choral singing. Music Joe likes includes Monty Python, Eric Whitacre, Joseph Villa. Books Joe likes include those by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Nicholas Sparks, poetry of Robert Frost. Movies: Joe likes include Les Mis, Lincoln, Blazing Saddles. Just saw (and liked "Lucy"). TV shows Joe likes include NCIS (I'm a huge fan of the show and, in particular, Pauley Perrette/Abby Sciuto), MSNBC.
Some of Joe's favorite quotes:
"Music has a way of finding the big, invisible moving pieces inside our hearts and souls and helping us figure out the position of things inside us" [Karl Paulnack, pianist and director of music division at Boston Conservatory]
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Desiderata.
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy."
Max Ehrmann
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yer of St. Francis." [I'm disappointed to learn that this text is now known to be falsely attributed to St. Francis, but I love it still.]:
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is discord, harmony;
Where there is error, truth;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
St. Francis evidently did write Canticle of the Sun. Here is the English translation of the original text in Umbrian dialect:
Most high, all powerful, all good Lord!
All praise is Yours, all glory, all honor, and all blessing.
To You, alone, Most High, do they belong.
No mortal lips are worthy to pronounce Your name.
Be praised, my Lord, through all Your creatures,
especially through my lord Brother Sun,
who brings the day; and You give light through him.
And he is beautiful and radiant in all his splendor!
Of You, Most High, he bears the likeness.
Be praised, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars;
in the heavens You have made them bright, precious and beautiful.
Be praised, my Lord, through Brothers Wind and Air,
and clouds and storms, and all the weather,
through which You give Your creatures sustenance.
Be praised, my Lord, through Sister Water;
she is very useful, and humble, and precious, and pure.
Be praised, my Lord, through Brother Fire,
through whom You brighten the night.
He is beautiful and cheerful, and powerful and strong.
Be praised, my Lord, through our sister Mother Earth,
who feeds us and rules us,
and produces various fruits with colored flowers and herbs.
Be praised, my Lord, through those who forgive for love of You;
through those who endure sickness and trial.
Happy those who endure in peace,
for by You, Most High, they will be crowned.
Be praised, my Lord, through our sister Bodily Death,
from whose embrace no living person can escape.
Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
Happy those she finds doing Your most holy will.
The second death can do no harm to them.
Praise and bless my Lord, and give thanks,
and serve Him with great humility.
I've had the privilege of singing a version of this text as "Missa Gaia (Earth Mass): Canticle of Brother Sun" by Paul Winter, Jim Scott and Paul Halley, with Maestro Halley leading the ensemble from the keyboard at South Congregational First Baptist Church in New Britain. Other versions, including from Cathedral of St. John the Divine, available on YouTube.
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