Playing with the Orchestra
Micah (far left) and his siblings after the concert. The date was November 11th, 2012. The Hochstein Performance Hall echoed with a cacophony of strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. Every...
View ArticleMusic is a Gift
Music is not manmade. Man neither ordered the vast universe to resonate with frequency, nor taught little birds to chirp orderly songs. Rather, music is divine. Every musician is a member of the...
View Article"...BUT MOM, I DON'T LIKE GERMAN LIEDER!!!"
So, you're probably getting the idea by now that I didn't like a lot of things. I didn't like opera, classical music or classical singing. Now let's add German Lieder to that list, and any other...
View ArticleNot Your Typical Soprano
SOPRANO! What image just came to your mind? I see a tall, majestic woman with glossy, piled-up hair, green eye shadow, and ruby lips curled into a haughty sneer. Decked out in sparkles and lace, she...
View ArticleFive Reasons Why Teenagers Should Listen to Classical Music
Rock, pop, rap - those are cool music genres. But classical music? That's for old people. At least, that's what many of my peers think. They only embrace pounding, repetitive instrumentals and...
View ArticleNot Your Average Drummer (Video Attached!)
Micah sits cross-legged in his favorite arm-chair, wearing his bent glasses--veterans of many air soft wars, snowball fights and baseball games--a sheepish grin, and a rumpled Yankees...
View ArticleThe Power of Godly Books
Books are power. Reading engages our minds and our emotions. What we digest changes us. The books we choose to read affect us either negatively or positively. In my life, God has used literature to...
View ArticleHomeschooling Empowered Me For Life
God calls my generation to take a stand for righteousness in our homes and communities. Many of us have gorged ourselves with entertainment and pleasure; we have grown accustomed to blending in and...
View ArticleDreams Don't Turn To Dust - My Flute Sob Story, Part 1
(The title of this post is from Owl City's song "Dreams Don't Turn To Dust.") If you've read Flute, Fear, and Faith, you know that I struggled with the flute for years. But you may not know the...
View ArticleThe Flute Is Stupid - My Flute Sob Story, Part 2
(Read Part 1 here!) At 14 years old, I didn't like the flute. For the next two years, not much changed. I went back and forth between hating and feeling neutral about it; sometimes it was fun to play,...
View ArticleChange - My Flute Sob Story, Part 3
(If you haven't already, check out Part 1 and Part 2.) Have you ever gotten through a difficult struggle and realized that, somehow, a part of you completely changed? Have you ever tried to track the...
View ArticleThe Cross
Thank you, Satan. I know I'm a sinner. Your continual needling, your constant nagging, your crippling negativity, remind me of the truth: I'm a sinner. You enjoy reminding me that most of my thoughts...
View ArticleDreams Really Don't Turn To Dust - My Flute Sob Story, The End
(Read the beginning before you read the end: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.) My Eastman audition day came. Although I got my regular nervous stomach ache, I was firmly peaceful: I had prepared; the...
View ArticlePlaying with the Orchestra
Micah (far left) and his siblings after the concert. The date was November 11th, 2012. The Hochstein Performance Hall echoed with a cacophony of strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. Every...
View ArticleMusic is a Gift
Music is not manmade. Man neither ordered the vast universe to resonate with frequency, nor taught little birds to chirp orderly songs. Rather, music is divine. Every musician is a member of the...
View Article"...BUT MOM, I DON'T LIKE GERMAN LIEDER!!!"
So, you're probably getting the idea by now that I didn't like a lot of things. I didn't like opera, classical music or classical singing. Now let's add German Lieder to that list, and any other...
View ArticleNobel medicine winner says: I owe it all to my bassoon teacher
Have you ever wondered "is it worth the sacrifice of having my child study an instrument, even if it will not be his/her chosen profession"? A Nobel Prize winner thinks so. Thomas Sudhof, who shares...
View ArticleArt Devoid of God
As a serious Christian and a dedicated musician, I spend a lot of time thinking and writing about what it means to have God in my art form. How does He provide the inspiration and the content of every...
View ArticleThe Solution to Performance Anxiety
I have struggled with performance anxiety since I was six years old. My first on-stage musical performance was singing Sing the Word songs with my dad and sister at a small local church. While I sang,...
View ArticleSonata Form and Sanctification
I've been thinking a lot about the past and present state of classical music--what kind of music was composed in the past, and how does it compare to music being composed right now? Generally, I have...
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