Music of the Week

And one I found recently---doesn't count as classical, but I still like it. And no, I will never dance like that while playing violin. Ever.

Pictures of the Week

How precious is Your loving-kindness, O God!

And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;

And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.

For with You is the fountain of life;

In Your Light we see light.

~Psalms 36: 7-9

Mus'gic of the Week

(Please ignore the creepy-looking guy. Composers have very stressful lives, sometimes.)

Poetry for Thought

When marshalled on the nightly plain
The glitt'ring host bestud the sky,
One star alone of all the train
Can fix the sinner's wandering eye.
Hark! hark! to God the chorus breaks
From ev'ry host, from ev'ry gem;
But one alone the Saviour speaks,--
It is the Star of Bethlehem!

Once on the raging seas I rode;
The storm was loud, the night was dark;
The ocean yawned, and rudely blew
The wind that tossed my found'ring bark.
Deep horror then my vitals froze;
Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly a star arose,--
It was the Star of Bethlehem!

It was my guide, my light, my all;
It bade my dark forebodings cease;
And through the storm and danger's thrall,
It led me to the port of peace.
Now safely moored, my perils o'er,
I'll sing first in night's diadem,
Forever and forever more,--
The Star, the Star of Bethlehem!

~Henry Kirk White

Remembering...

The Lord says to my Lord:

"Sit at My right hand

Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet."

The Lord will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying,

"Rule in the midst of Your enemies."

Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power;

In holy array, from the womb of the dawn,

Your youth are to You as the dew.

~Psalm 110: 1-3

Music of the Week

Returned, at last! Yes, I know you've all been missing your weekly dose of classical music!

Maybe not. But, anyway; here it is, probably one of my favorite songs that Senior is doing this season.

It's even more beautiful (the first half, anyway, which is all that we're playing) played slowly so one can hear all the cool stuff that the violins are doing, but the cellos would probably all die, and then revolt.

Christmas Concert

Ah, yes; concert is next week. For some reason I can hardly wait for it to get here, though I know I'm going to be nervous and shaky that day.

It's one of things that, ready or not, you've got to launch into. And boy, are we ever launching. Choir was so unprepared for the massive song load that we had to call an extra practice this Saturday. Eek!

For those of you that might be interested, the concert is:

December 17, 7:00pm at the Holt Highschool.
Free music, free cookies, and a lot of rowdy homeschoolers in blue. 

Anyway, yeah. There are going to be six groups performing, so expect a lot of diversity.

Oh, and at the end there's a sort of surprise (which really isn't a surprise anymore since we did it last year) sing-along Christmas hymns thing. So you can sing with the symphony orchestra (not that it'll help) and whatever is leftover of the choir after we've all been sorted into the orchestra (I can't sing and play at the same time, unfortunately. I and my stand-partner discovered that last week). Anyway, it's unforgettable, you'll like it, come.


Oh, and watch out for fainting choristers. Our last song is very high, loud, and intense, and some of us might drop off the risers.

Bring a camera!