Posts Tagged ‘sacred music’

The career you’ll love newsletter – 29 June 2010

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

The Career You’ll Love

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It’s not always about getting a return

WIIFM?

I imagine that you’re familiar with this acronym, which stands for “What’s In It For Me.” I first came across it in connection with the idea of asking this question to always keep a view on how my work can deliver tangible benefits to customers, and that I need to be able to describe that in ways which are meaningful to them.

If you think about it, though, this phrase is reflective of our culture.  With almost every interaction with others, we tend to look at what we get in return.  We’re very individualistic and even self-centered.

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Colloquium audio recordings are final

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Just a quck update to let you all know that the audio recordings that I captured from the Sacred Music Colloquium are all up and online – whew!  This is truly wonderful and uplifting music, it’s hard to know where to start.

Here’s the link to the list of recordings.

Oh, how amazing!

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

The Colloquium came to a magnificent and emotional close today with a Mass of almost two hours.  Everybody sang, and it was truly wonderful.

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What an unexpected and delightful turn!

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

The Colloquium is drawing to a close – tomorrow we have the final Mass and a concluding brunch.  We’re getting to the bottom of our inch-thick music packet, and people are giving their heartfelt thanks for such a wonderful and spiritually filling experience.

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This is going to be unbelievable

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Oh man, this going to be a treat.

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Learning in a different way

Friday, June 26th, 2009

I just got done hiking back from the north end of the campus where we had today’s Gregorian Chant rehearsal.  Last year I was in Wilko Brouwer’s polyphony choir group and was incredibly impressed with his teaching style.

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The angels rejoice

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Not to leave you in suspense about what happened to our polyphony choir which sang the music for the Holy Hour Service this afternoon.  If you remember, I talked about it yesterday.

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Time in Purgatory

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Today was a most challenging practice.  Here’s the setup:

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Sing. Pray. Repeat.

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

The music.  Ah, the wonderful music.

Here’s how the Colloquium runs:  Prayer.  Eat.  Music. Mass. Eat. Music. Music. Eat. Learning. Music. Prayer.  Fall into a heap and do it all again tomorrow.

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A day of beginnings and endings

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

It’s a day of great movement in my life, many things are in flux.

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