A Virtuous Musician

Today was the first meeting of the brand new class, Music and Ethics. The whole class is built around the question, “What does it mean to be a virtuous musician?”
It was pretty electric - the students were excited about the course, and I was nervous (I still get nervous before every single class session I [...]

Seasonal Affective Reordering

I love these kids.
These bright eyed recruits, fresh to the craft, newly minted and unpolished, these old and young all-at-once, these boundless excesses of energy, not yet stunted by perspective.
They are as unafraid of questions as any group I’ve ever seen, setting their frame-of-reference up against everything new and ready to see it changed and [...]

come hear the APU small group

You remember that small group I’ve been talking about all summer? You should come out to hear them at their final concert - outdoor bash, big sound, free food. What could be better?
The concert is on July 15. BBQ dinner is at 6 PM, concert is at 7 PM. BYOLawn chair.
Christ Community Church
6575 Crescent [...]

Small Group Send-Off Concert

Looking for the best excuse ever to leave work early this Friday? Here are ten reasons why you should come to the APU Small Group send-off concert this Friday at 4 PM.

We’ve got freekin cello playing on a Kirk Franklin tune. Come on.
The guitarist grew up playing 2nd guitar in a 70’s classic rock cover [...]

Welcome to the bigs

Small Group rehearsal camp started today. I spent some time with the singers, helping them tackle this arrangement. I wrote it about 10 years ago, for a very different, much more experienced group of vocalists.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
You know what? They did pretty well. Which is saying something, because that’s not a [...]