Slovakian violist Lukáš Kmit was performing a concert in an Orthodox synagogue in Presov when some [insert your own insulting noun]‘s cell phone ringer went off. Although he was visibly annoyed, Kmit’s response was simultaneously classy and hilarious. Here’s the obligatory viral video: According to the videographer, “Lukas says that it is better to take incidents [...]
In 2010, Alliance Music Publications published my arrangement (for TTBB choir + piano) of the Irish folk song “Mick McGuire.” It’s a comical number about a hapless bloke who woos a girl but, astonishingly enough, doesn’t get on quite as well with her mother. Since then, it seems to have achieved a wee bit of [...]
This is a choral arrangement I did for our church a while back. We performed it again this year in our Christmas program, and Jenna recorded this video. Like most live recordings it has a bit of background noise, but I suppose of all the pieces I’ve written, this one goes best with various interjections from [...]
Since this is about the time of All Hallows Eve, what do you say we give a listen to J. S. Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D minor.” And since this is the Department of Awesome, what do you say we find two people who play it on wine glasses. If your socks got knocked [...]
This weekend we observe the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. This is the best music written about it so far. John Adams’ On the Transmigration of Souls was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for the first anniversary of 9/11, and blends the names and descriptions of victims in a mixing of choral, orchestral, [...]
For everyone who’s seen me play with Thornfield, there’s an inevitable recurring question after each show: “What in the world is that thing?” <— (me) <— (that thing) The somewhat anticlimactic answer is that it’s a Melodica. It’s not exactly the most common instrument in the world, though a [...]
Fifth in a series featuring songs from my CD New Creation. For more information, read this link. The Song Behind the Song Carrie Elizabeth Ellis Breck (1855-1934) was a natural poet. Although she claimed she had no sense of pitch, she wrote more than 2,000 devotional lyrics while holding down the full-time job of homemaker and mother to [...]
Christian Album Covers: The Hall of Silliness
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