June 30, 2019 ~ Daily Listening Assignment

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🎹 Pender UMC Spring Concert 2023: Joy Ringers
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🇺🇦 “Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio” by Claude Bolling from Concert for Ukraine
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