First day of class

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Classes started today at BJU with a bang (for me anyways). Let me give you a quick rundown of my classes for this semester:

• Church Music Administration
• History of Music I
• Elements of Conducting
• Private Classical Piano & Hymn Playing lessons
• Bible Doctrines
• Intermediate Spanish II

We also had our first rehearsal for Concert Choir/Chorale for our October 19th concert today. Mark your calendars now; it’s gonna be good! We will be doing at least 4 pieces by Dan Forrest who is back at BJU now after getting his doctorate at KU (Kansas University). Some titles include “Three Nocturnes” for Choir and Percussion, “You are the Music”, “Arise, Shine!” (Premiered in Carnegie Hall), and “Oread Farewell” (which as I learned is pronounce ORE-ee-add) with text by Anthony Silvestri. That’s some powerful music!

Update: We may or may not be doing all four of those pieces. See comments…

This week also marks the beginning of Society Rush. In fact, I’m going to head out to the Epsilon Zeta Chi rush booth now and try to start some conversations with the new freshmen. More later!

International Lefthanders Day!

Monday, August 13th, 2007

w00t! Yes, we’re left handed and proud of it!

Here’s an excerpt from www.lefthandersday.com:

… left-handers [are] more likely than right handers to be creative and visual thinkers. This is supported by higher percentages of left-handers than normal in certain jobs and professions – music and the arts, media in general. Left-handers are also generally better at 3-dimensional perception and thinking, leading, for example, to more left-handed architects than normal. Left-handers are also usually pretty good at most ball sports and things involving hand-to-eye co-ordination.

You know you wish you were a lefty. Admit it. You do, don’t you?