An audio recording of this article is available here: As an accompanist, one of my favorite things to do when a rehearsal needs some comic
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A Lesson in Time
I posed for this picture without really putting much thought into the words on the wall. Right now, I am where I want to be:
Jesus is King: A reflection on the man and the music
Furthermore, we must be careful that we do not perpetuate the assumption that those particular songs represent the genre as a whole. Kanye’s conversion is not only revealing deep-seated hypocrisy within our hearts as believers but prejudice toward an entire artistic genre. However, the release of Jesus is King offers the remedy to both biases, for it demonstrates the possibility, through Christ, of a transformed person, as well as a transfigured genre: the secular restored to the sacred through the power of the Gospel.
Theme and Variations
Not long ago (though it seems a lifetime), I wrote about modulations. The idea that the dissonance of post-college life would eventually resolve into normalcy
Schumann’s Arabeske: A Musical Love Letter
It is my conviction that one must fall in love to play Schumann well. I did not at first enjoy practicing his Arabeske, Op. 18;
A Bookish Charm 