First day of class

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!