Monday, November 24, 2008
RIP NIV
So I think I lost my bible. I took it to church on Sunday, and I remember bringing it back to the car and that was the last time I saw it. I can't remember whether I brought it with me into the mall for lunch or not, or if it fell out when I opened the car door. This makes me so sad, I got that bible for my 15th birthday from my sister. She even got it engraved for me. :(
Friday, November 7, 2008
Plug.
My brother-in-law just started a bit of an experiment on contributing to the community. Check it out.
http://fishesloaves.wordpress.com
http://fishesloaves.wordpress.com
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Barack'rolled.
My sisters wrote lengthy posts celebrating Obama's victory in the White House. Though I'm happy that we have a dependable leader, I will not follow suit. Instead, I'll ask this:
How do we spread the gospel without hurting someone? A more applicable version of that question would be how do we tell people that Prop 8 is necessary and that they shouldn't be supporting same sex marriages?
How do we spread the gospel without hurting someone? A more applicable version of that question would be how do we tell people that Prop 8 is necessary and that they shouldn't be supporting same sex marriages?
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Musings of a Melloviolist
I hope a certain someone laughed at the title (hi lav).
The other night I got to see Lang Lang in concert. A friend of mine and I decided to go see him the day before the concert, but neither of us had tickets, so we pretty much booked it to Royce Hall almost two hours before the concert and waited for the box office to open up in hopes of getting student rush tickets. Student rush tickets were $66 each. And it was worth every penny.
His program consisted of Schubert's Sonata in A major D. 959, Bartok's Sonata BB 88, Sz. 80, a handful of Debussy preludes, and Chopin's "Heroic" Polonaise Op.53 in A-flat along with the Op.10 No. 3 etude for his encore piece. Lang Lang is known for the almost child-like enthusiasm that he brings to the concert stage, and that's what people both love and hate him for. But interestingly enough, he treated the Schubert sonata, which made up the entire first half of the program, as a piece of music that required maturity and dignity, and it was amazing how much poise he put into it. And rightly so, considering the D. 959 sonata was one of Schubert's last masterpieces that he wrote before his death in 1828. He had this graceful soft touch that was just absolutely sublime. The Bartok that followed afterward, returned a more familiar side of Lang Lang that I had appreciated because it brought energy to the piece and energy to an aging audience that might've fallen asleep during the Schubert.
Speaking of an aging audience, I took note that my friend and I were the only ones of our age group without our parents accompanying. The majority of the audience had heads of silver strands and bald spots. And it got me wondering, why are we the only kids in the audience? Lang Lang is one of the leading pianists of our generation, in fact he's only 25. And yet his main audience is comprised of people who are about three times his age. At the end of a concert the Grammaphone organization presented him with a plaque for his contribution to music education (he had just established a foundation under his own name dedicated to education in the musical arts), and it made me realize how important my decision to double major in education really was. Even though chamber music is still my first love, I realized how important it is to continue to bring music education to the classroom, to try and bring enlightenment to kids who listen to crappy music and knock some real music into their heads. It's now more than just a safety net for my dad to sleep soundly about, but an important thing I might have to do if the whole international superstar quartet job doesn't happen.
The other night I got to see Lang Lang in concert. A friend of mine and I decided to go see him the day before the concert, but neither of us had tickets, so we pretty much booked it to Royce Hall almost two hours before the concert and waited for the box office to open up in hopes of getting student rush tickets. Student rush tickets were $66 each. And it was worth every penny.
His program consisted of Schubert's Sonata in A major D. 959, Bartok's Sonata BB 88, Sz. 80, a handful of Debussy preludes, and Chopin's "Heroic" Polonaise Op.53 in A-flat along with the Op.10 No. 3 etude for his encore piece. Lang Lang is known for the almost child-like enthusiasm that he brings to the concert stage, and that's what people both love and hate him for. But interestingly enough, he treated the Schubert sonata, which made up the entire first half of the program, as a piece of music that required maturity and dignity, and it was amazing how much poise he put into it. And rightly so, considering the D. 959 sonata was one of Schubert's last masterpieces that he wrote before his death in 1828. He had this graceful soft touch that was just absolutely sublime. The Bartok that followed afterward, returned a more familiar side of Lang Lang that I had appreciated because it brought energy to the piece and energy to an aging audience that might've fallen asleep during the Schubert.
Speaking of an aging audience, I took note that my friend and I were the only ones of our age group without our parents accompanying. The majority of the audience had heads of silver strands and bald spots. And it got me wondering, why are we the only kids in the audience? Lang Lang is one of the leading pianists of our generation, in fact he's only 25. And yet his main audience is comprised of people who are about three times his age. At the end of a concert the Grammaphone organization presented him with a plaque for his contribution to music education (he had just established a foundation under his own name dedicated to education in the musical arts), and it made me realize how important my decision to double major in education really was. Even though chamber music is still my first love, I realized how important it is to continue to bring music education to the classroom, to try and bring enlightenment to kids who listen to crappy music and knock some real music into their heads. It's now more than just a safety net for my dad to sleep soundly about, but an important thing I might have to do if the whole international superstar quartet job doesn't happen.
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