Interruptions

I have been paying particular attention to interruptions lately. I maintain a fairly rigorous lex orandi. A part of that ‘rule’ is the way I’ve come to do my lectio divina. I usually start by repeating my passage while doing some yoga. It’s not...

Hurricanes and gods

Since the advent of the internet, a political event occurs and everyone is a pundit. After the devastation of Hurricane Harvey and the imminent threat of Irma, it looks like everyone is a theologian as well. Naturally, most posts are not worthy of response from an...
Teaching Composition and Beethoven Op. 2 No. 1

Teaching Composition and Beethoven Op. 2 No. 1

At a concert I was playing the other night, a young woman approached me to talk about composition and life as a composer. She is was full of hopefulness as she was preparing to enter her undergrad studies as a composition major. As often happens in these kinds of...
NET Radio Interview with Christopher Marks

NET Radio Interview with Christopher Marks

There are a couple of upcoming performances of the Toccata Adagio and Fugue  for Organ and Percussion at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln by Christopher Marks and Dave Hall. The effervescent Genevieve Randall interviewed Chris about the piece and his...
My annual W.H. Auden tradition for 12th night.

My annual W.H. Auden tradition for 12th night.

On the 12th day of Christmas, I always read this poem from the end of Auden’s Christmas Oratorio. It seems especially good this year. Incidentally, the oratorio was never set, so if a composer is looking for an 8 hour work to write, look up the tome that is the...