[Magdalen] Christmas Eve..

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Sounds like a winner alright...

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In another parish, we had candidates lead a rehearsal, and one of them
> kept eliciting gasps by his direct manner: "Sing the descant only if
> you're a soprano and you can sing it lightly and beautifully. If not,
> please don't." Gasp! Isn't every descant every soprano's God-given
> right? "There are some prominent r's in that phrase, and it's sounding
> a bit midwestern: let's hear that again, and make it sound like you're
> not from here." Gasp! What's wrong with being from here? The nerve!
>
> I'm so glad we hired him. He did great things with our music program
> and was a friend and pastor to us. He's now a fine priest. I trust
> he's kept his direct manner.
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:56 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford
> <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > We had a candidate for musician at our rehearsal this evening who walked
> us
> > through a couple of pieces, and the group actually sounded not terrible.
> > Next week, the rehearsal will be led by another candidate for the
> musician
> > post. This is a nice way to see how the person works, interpersonal
> > workings, etc.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>