OK, so you may find this a little bit of a strange feature photo for today, I don’t know, but it summarizes what I’ve been up to. If anything, the photo just makes me happy because the Scrabble word is just so cute!
Since July I’ve been working as the interim worship team coordinator for my church. Basically, (since I have another job at another church as well), it means I do all the scheduling (we use Planning Center Services), choose all the music, rehearse the band on Thursdays nights, and at 8:00 on Sunday morning. Then, I say “go” and the team plays for 9:30 and 11:00 services while I go play for the Lutheran church in our town at 9:30 and then come back for worship at 11:00 with my husband.
It’s craziness, I know. No wonder I just purchased the newest book from Michael Hyatt, “Free to Focus”!
We’re about to hire a new worship pastor finally, so my time is coming to an end in the next month or two. We had an appreciation dinner for our worship team last Friday and brought in BBQ from an amazing local BBQ joint.
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If I had another great photo to wrap up this past week in the life of the world, you know what it would be…the burning of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. 🙁
Here’s an update on the great organ of Notre Dame.
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How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger
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Maverick Composer, George Crumb turned 90. Here’s a great article on him from the New York Times.
Access the Spotify playlist the NY Times created in celebration of his birthday here. (I listened to it while writing these Friday Finds. 🙂 )
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The presentation I gave to Kansas City MTA two weeks ago was held in a beautiful Steinway shop. Before I left, one of the workers gave me a copy of the most recent Steinway owners magazine. It was as hefty and beautiful as I would expect any publication from Steinway to be. There were three articles in particular that I found really fascinating that I found published online I wanted to share with you:
Playing the Barre: The Invisible But Dispensible Ballet Rehearsal Pianist
In Celebration of the 165th Anniversary of Steinway, here’s their Limited Edition model.
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Some ideas to help your students as they prepare for upcoming recital performances.
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I was looking for a fresh arrangement of something to play for the prelude on Easter Sunday, so I purchased Leila’s newly-released arrangement of “Lift High the Cross.” Thanks, Leila!
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Wow! Heather has some really great ideas for one area of the recital no one really ever talks about: the welcome speech! Hmmm…now I feel convicted to try something different!
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Why Kids Don’t Practice and What to Do About It
An excellent article from Leila once again. This is not the first time she has written an in-depth article in reflection of a TED-Talk.
P.S. I agree that you should spend the 15 minutes to watch the TED-Talk she mentions. Grab a cup of coffee and don’t do anything else.
Hi, Amy. Wow..I think we live parallel lives. I just bought Hyatt’s book! And, thank you SO much for featuring my latest arrangement and the post. Both are near and dear to my heart. You are one busy gal–do these churches know how blessed they are by having you around?
You’re welcome! I would love to hear what you think of Hyatt’s book after reading it! Not sure if I’ll get to it this month, but definitely this summer.