Category: Music stories
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Yesterday, I shared about my anniversary of the first time I played the organ for my first worship service. Today, I want to share a bit about my choral music experiences, specifically around Easter. I honestly can’t remember a time in my life without singing. Strange as that sounds, it it so true. My…
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Today is Good Friday. For many, this day takes of different meanings. For me, it’s a milestone on my musical journey. You see, on Good Friday of 1993, I played the organ for the first worship in my life. The reason that was the first service was that I only had to play the hymns…
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Since it’s Valentine’s Day, students of Harmanny Music Education were asked what it was about music that they loved so much. This video is a compilation of their answers.
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For the month of February, my #tunethursday posts will not be about a specific tune, but, will be highlighting specific genres of music, the contributions of musicians of color and how they’ve come to influence current music. Today, we start with ragtime. Ragtime had about an 18 year (1899-1917) run in popularity, but those 18…
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When you give yourself or your child the gift of music lessons, you’re doing more than introducing and building the skill of music in their (or your) lives. What are some the things that you are giving themselves (or you)? You are giving a growth in emotion. There is music to make us happy,…
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Last week, I wrote about the Beatles documentary “Get Back”. I wrote about how they needed help and got it from Billy Preston. This week, I’m going to talk about teamwork. The Beatles were known as the “Fab Four”. It wasn’t John or Paul or George or Ringo. It was John and Paul and George…
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Recently on Disney+, the documentary “Get Back”, using archival footage of The Beatles was released. I had the opportunity to watch all 3 parts, and as a musician and a Beatles fan, I had a lot of takeaways. I will be sharing a few different snippets of my thoughts over the next couple of weeks…
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I was working with my student, Caleb, on an arrangement of the Christmas carol, “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella” and we were discussing where this song came from. I told him that I knew it was French, but that was pretty much it. So, to my friendly Google search I went. And what I found…
