Struggling to shop for the worship leaders or musicians in your life? As an organist, pianist, teacher, and music director, I’m here to help. Here are some gifts that will never not be appreciated by musicians and worship leaders of all styles, ages, and levels:
1. This portable stand that isn’t flimsy and terrible:
2. This clip-on light that illuminates more than just two tiny spots:
3. These hole-punch reinforcers – this isn’t the most exciting stocking stuffer but many musicians (especially accompanists) need these daily!
4. Round-ring black binders – again, not super exciting but VERY necessary and, oddly, hard to find in-stores:
5. These fingerless mittens that are a LIFESAVER for instrumentalists during the winter!
6. This adorable tape dispenser, perfect for stashing on the organ console:
7. A pencil sharpener to match the tape dispenser!
8. No other pencil compares and no musician can have too many #2 pencils!
9. If all else fails, a gift card to a local coffee shop is always a hit.
Hello and welcome! I don’t love that I my name is also my website because I always thought that being a writer was about muttering to myself in the artistic anonymity of a dark corner, but here we are in this year of our Lord 2023.
So who am I? Instagram wanted me to select “what” I am and gave me a set of limited options: artist, writer, blogger, or musician. The reality, though, is that I am a human person, not an internet personality. I am not a “what” but a “who,” with an eclectic and evolving set of passions. Just when you think you know what to expect from me, I’ll probably surprise you. (Getting used to articles on worship music? SURPRISE: spooky short story! Expecting another theological sonnet? SURPRISE: a random musing on my fascination with Bigfoot.)
I’m going to organize my website so that it is easy to navigate and simple to find the content that you find the most interesting. However, because I am a collaborative pianist, worship director, pastor’s wife, speaker, and writer of all genres, there’s a good chance you’ll stumble upon writing that falls beyond your usual reading material…and that’s okay.
I’m so glad you’re here, and I look forward to sharing my work with you!
Ryanne Molinari 
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