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12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
Read more: 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)Revised as of June 24, 2023
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Corpus Christi 2023: St. Luke Catholic Church
Read more: Corpus Christi 2023: St. Luke Catholic ChurchGood morning everyone, here is our sheet music for the Corpus Christi Mass on the weekend of June 10-11. Thank you so much Michael for putting together all these sheet music for us. I look forward to seeing you all in your respective Masses:
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Homeschool Graduation 2023
Read more: Homeschool Graduation 2023Hello friends, this is Darren. I look forward to seeing you all at the Graduation Mass on June 2, 2023 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Here is the complete sheet music for our Homeschool Graduation Mass on Friday. It may be possible I will change the tones for the 2 Paschal Alleluias and opt for…
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Piano and Violin Recital 2023
Read more: Piano and Violin Recital 2023From the Piano and Violin Studios of Yasa Poletaeva and Darren Matias ……………………………………………… Mackenzie Caston Old McDonald, Driving in G clef, Gorilla in the Tree, CDEF March, and Ode to joy Arranged by Faber and Faber ……………………………………………… Olivia Esperanza Mejia Russian Folk Song, Come and See the Parade, and Yankee Doodle Arranged by Faber and Faber…
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A Farewell to my Holy Spirit Family
Read more: A Farewell to my Holy Spirit FamilyHi! This is Darren. I can’t believe I am writing again. I am not a writer but I have this need to say something about my beautiful memories at Holy Spirit before they slip away from me. I am writing this blog entry today because something of significance has happened to my career – a…
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Final studio class
Read more: Final studio classI am feeling a bit nostalgic but below are the photos of all the studio class I had while studying at Lynn with Dr. Roberta Rust.
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Schubert Piano Sonata Challenge
Read more: Schubert Piano Sonata ChallengeWhat’s written on the page is relatively simple – not too many notes, not too difficult on the fingers, and instructions are simple. However, its challenges go beyond finger dexterity. It demands musicality paired with mindful simplicity and subtlety. In other words, as my teacher has always pointed out, the music should speak for itself…
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Creative Fainting
Read more: Creative FaintingI just wanted to share this funny article I read from Stuart Isacoff’s Natural History of the Piano (highly recommended!) regarding a recital “gimmick” written by Wanda Landowska: “A certain pianist… hired women for twenty francs a concert to simulate fainting in the midst of his playing of a fantasia (that he) attacked so fast…