My neighbor, who is also my classmate, gave me some antique sheet music a few weeks ago. His great-great grandfather composed it in 1900! I was finally able to look through it yesterday. There were three pieces. Two of them were published and printed – “Rose Waltz”, and “The Colored Regiment”. The third was a […]
Saint Matthew Church, Virginia Beach, Virginia November 4th, 2012 This was the second performance of the Tidewater Intergenerational Orchestra’s (TIO) fall program. The concert featured performances by the TIO Tykes and Tweens – a youth group of beginning students directed by Dr. Alice Lindsay, the combined choirs of Saint Bede and Saint Matthew Churches performing […]
This is a personal memoir essay I wrote for a Parent Teachers Association Reflections Contest. I also submitted it for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards competition. I hope you enjoy it. The mail has arrived. The thick envelope is finally here. Eagerly but carefully I open it and examine its contents. Sixty five pages in all. The […]
Saint Bede Church, Williamsburg, VA October 27, 2012 William was the featured piano soloist during a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, with the Tidewater Intergenerational Orchestra (TIO) of Williamsburg, Virginia. The famous concerto also featured solo performances by professional musicians Tom Lindsay on the violin and Erich Graf on the flute. Tom spent a professional career with […]