Tribute to Excellence photos
The school has put up photos. Ben’s in the top one and also the 8-1- team photo, about five people in from the left. West’s in the 6-2 team photo, one in from the left (she’s the one in the blue headband).
Piano Guild 2007
Ben and West did Piano Guild on Monday. One could tell from their performance that they’d been learning jazz piano for some time now. They play memorized pieces (Ben 15 and West 10) in front of a judge who gives them a point for each musical element they do well (aspects of rhythm, phrasing, dynamic, …
The heart of the matter
This is my latest response in the newspaper dialog between me and Rev. Dean Lueking. It’s in the online Wednesday Journal already. I’m not sure whether it’s in the print edition today or not, since some submissions go online before they have room to run them in print. In his most recent response to me …