Blog… I luv Chunks :) 19 Jan 2018 Last Friday and Saturday, On January 12 & 13, I was able to attend the 2018 IMEA Educators Conference. Dozens of workshops and concerts were presented and I was able…
Blog… Small Groups, Big Rewards 5 Jun 2017 Utilizing a Chamber Music Segment in your School Music Program Last January, I attended the IMEA Professional Development Conferencein Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Although I arrived late, I picked up several…
Blog… A Different Percussion Approach 31 Mar 2017 A Different Approach to Percussion Instruction by Aaron Griesser I attended this workshop at the Indiana MEA Development Conference last January. Aaron works in aMishawakaarea public school where they have…
Blog… Instrumental Music Resources 17 Feb 2016 From time to time, people contact me to get help finding music for their school or church instrumental musicians. When I became the band and orchestra conductor at Fairhaven Baptist…
Blog… Instrumental Music Resources 2 Feb 2011 Here's a list of places to find music for your woodwind, brass, or string player, duet, trio, quartet, or ensemble. Some of these listings also have band and orchestra arrangements.…
Blog… Christmas Concert 2008 21 Dec 2008 Westminster Carol............................................................................. Orchestra The Sounds of Christmas Joy........................................................... Orchestra I am truly happy to see all of you here and I extend a warm welcome to each of you. Tonight…
Blog… Humility :) 21 Jan 2008 Now, most of the time it's not good to believe everything you say just because you're the source of the information. But, sometimes it is good to listen to yourself.…
Blog… Word Has Meanings 21 Jul 2007 All languages consist of individual parts that essentially have no moral value. The smallest parts even have no meaning: qwertyuiop, asdfghjkl, zxcvbnm. The meaning comes when you take the smallest…
Blog… Fleshing Out a Music Question 26 Mar 2007 Terry McGovern asked a good question in the comments of my notes about a Christian and music. After I finished writing my response, I concluded that it was about as…
Blog… A Christian View of Music 25 Mar 2007 “Do not say, ‘I know what I like,’ rather say, ‘I like what I know.’” Sports Music A question about music – What does it do? Communicates Verbal – Words…
Blog… My Place ;) 16 Dec 2006 I have this place I like to go to all by myself. Mostly, I go in the mornings when I know no one else will be around, because it's there…
Blog… Christmas Concert 2006 12 Dec 2006 Westminster Carol I am truly happy to see all of you here and I extend a warm welcome to each of you. This is our fourth annual Christmas concert, titled…
Blog… Christmas Concert 2005 13 Dec 2005 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing In 1855, William Cummings combined a melody from Mendelssohn’s tribute to Gutenberg, the man who was the first to print the Bible, with the text…
Blog… Music Associations 1 Jan 2005 In my past five years as the band director for our church and academy and the teacher of our practical music class for preacher boys, I have often been asked…
Blog… Christmas Concert 2004 14 Dec 2004 Joyful, Joyful Beethoven’s ninth symphony ends with a much longer version of the song the orchestra just played – Joyful, Joyful. This song has been performed in many places and…
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