“We who mystically represent the Cherubim, and sing the thrice-holy hymn to the life-creating Trinity…” The priest at this time, while we are singing, is preparing the altar and continues to prepare himself through prayer and asking forgiveness of the faithful, culminating in the Great En...
Don’t be trapped in that. Put on the swimsuit, and get in the pool with your kids. Post selfies {undoctored, please!}. Share who you are, because you are a beautiful creation of God, and he is always working on us and in us, and there is no shame in that.You are beautiful,...
Ward Choir logistics were dealt with this week and we’ll have sheet music to sing from tomorrow as long as I remember to make copies in the morning. I also ordered all of the Christmas sheet music and expect it to arrive next week, and I could cry over how much it all cost, but ...
Finally in "The Noble Trees" the instruments play a hymn-like tribute to the largest living things on earth. The two "Tree Interludes" represent the individual voice of a tree and its story.This piece was written during my composer residency with the Vientos Trio during 2008-2009. Difficulty...
“No, no,” he replied hurriedly. “I can’t deny it. I was much in love with her. Pretty, isn’t she? But you can’t imagine how beautiful she was in real life: carmine lips, rosy cheeks, eyes as dark as the sky at night. And teeth like pearls. A wonder of nature!” ...
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drawn to this poem for both the reference to the wood thrush bird as well as the poet's honesty of kissing life "scars and all". The colors of the oboe lend themselves to creating this bird's ethereal and mysterious sounds, and of telling the journey of a soul through poem and music...
On Sundays nights at the little church in Des Moines, Iowa at age 5, I conducted the congregation on at least one song from the hymnbook each week. When in the 3rd grade my family moved to Norwalk, south of Des Moines. I began Piano lessons on Tuesday mornings at 7am, around the...
“full six years of passive receptive life” and including asimple and gentlekindergarten have to be mutually exclusive. InHome Education, Ms. Mason wrote specifically about the Kindergarten Method (as German educatorFriedrich Froebelhad established it), suggesting that the home was an ideal place ...
8. “If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven” from "My Mother’s Hymn Book" If you’re looking for funeral songs for mom, this one has a beautiful sentiment. The message that separation is not permanent is an important one. And can help remind everyone that separation during life ...