by Roberta Hoffman | Mar 21, 2021 | News
A little excerpt from a recent music appreciation class about Schubert in which I shared Schubert’s writing about the nature of true happiness: Although Schubert was very ill during his last years and died at the age of 31, he was vividly aware of the source of...
by Roberta Hoffman | Mar 18, 2021 | News
Watch world renowned violist Csaba Erdélyi perform his arrangement of a favorite Brahms sonata. Opus 78 is known as Regensonate or “Rain Song”. This performance was recorded at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York, with Ian Hobson on piano....
by Roberta Hoffman | Mar 14, 2021 | News
The Inconspicuous Achiever In the Background By Michael Cooke At first, he was just, kind of there. From out of nowhere suddenly fashioning an appearance: an unknown face in the crowd making the scene at the Wilshire Subud House in LA. Some years ago I first spotted...
by SICA-USA | Mar 14, 2021 | News
It’s such a joy, and part of the Subud experience, to have National Helper Liaisons to consult in the event that harmony is imperiled at any wing, or committee, or other such Subud initiative. Achieving our current deep (and broad) harmony SICA-USA hasn’t...
by Roberta Hoffman | Mar 12, 2021 | News
As a Subud member since 1975, I have had a long and deeply rewarding relationship with SICA which has included musical performances in Australia, Mexico and Germany. I have also become close to wonderful people from all over the world, and among them are incredible...
by Roberta Hoffman | Mar 11, 2021 | Events, News, RIP
Leonard Parsons passed away at age 91 on February 18th 2021 in Post Falls, Idaho. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Roseanna. Leonard and Roseanna were married in Reno, Nevada, on Christmas day, 1950. She was 19 and he was 21. They joined Subud in 1959 in...
by SICA-USA | Mar 8, 2021 | News
Hi Paul, For the purposes of the photo that I sent to you, it occurred to me that perhaps I should take this opportunity to introduce myself to you, since we have not yet had the opportunity of becoming acquainted. I was opened in London in 1969, and I have been a...
by SICA-USA | Mar 7, 2021 | Events, News
Please join our Cultural Conversation. We ask you to support SICA-USA at $100 per year. Creativity: the Blossom of Culture All humans are creative by nature. Creativity can be applied to everything humans do and as such, it is the cornerstone of culture. To be...
by SICA-USA | Mar 3, 2021 | Events, News, RIP
From Subud Voice (March 2021) Isaac Goff passed away on February 13 2021. He was a great example of how we should be in Subud and a most generous man. He made outstanding contributions in enterprise and Susila Dharma. He was a member of the Marin group near San...
by SICA-USA | Mar 2, 2021 | News
The poignant “Asturiana” from Siete Canciones Popularas Españolas by Falla, from an Inside Chamber Music class presented by Friends of Chamber at Portland State University on May 7, 2018. Performed by Past SICA-USA Chair Hamilton Cheifetz and Janet...
