Tag: music

MUSICAL MUSINGS: Four Lessons About Silence, From Grad School

By Scott Rieker

Choir Director, Emerson Choir

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It’s a privilege to be attending a graduate program where every class presents something valuable to learn. Often, those lessons are curricular, but sometimes they also generalize to larger realities. With that … read more.

MUSICAL MUSINGS: Sum Of Its Parts > Weakest Link

By Scott Rieker

Director, Emerson Choir

scott@scottrieker.com 

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Aristotle said that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Paul of Tarsus expanded upon that, explaining that all those parts are interconnected, interdependent, and equally essential for the success of the whole. Then, some “motivational speaker” concocted … read more.