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Music Projects

Christmas Time Is Here

December 19, 2009

Northern Virginia has been blanketed with a quiet and deep snow with some 16 to 20 inches by nightfall. It put me in the mood to work up Vince Guaraldi’s classic, Christmas Time Is Here, from an arrangement by Jason Vieaux.   It’s not a flawless performance, but good enough for a snowy day.  You can [...]

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Returning and Rest

October 16, 2009

I’ve just returned from the annual Bishop’s Retreat for the Clergy of the Diocese of Virgina at Shrine Mont in Orkney Springs.  It was wonderful to take a few days away from the busy routine of parish ministry and give my soul time to catch up with the rest of me.   We were blessed [...]

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Jason Vieaux Plays Bach

June 13, 2009

Has it been a month since I last posted on this blog? Part of the reason is my stealing time to work on several pieces for classical guitar since listening to a new recording by one of my favorite American guitarists, Jason Vieaux. His performance of the Bach Lute Works (BWV 995-998) was [...]

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Iona – Acoustic Guitar/Vocal

March 2, 2009

The high point of a sabbatical pilgrimage to Scotland in the summer of 2002, was my stay on the remote and beautiful Hebridean Island, Iona, just off the Western tip of the Ross of Mull. The community St. Columba founded on Iona in AD 563 became the center for an early, northern renaissance in which [...]

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Spirit/Wind – Classical Guitar

February 2, 2009

One of the places where I find significant creative and prayerful expression is in my relationship to the classical guitar—and yes, it is a relationship. I’ve been passionate about the guitar since I first laid my hands on my father’s inexpensive “Hijos de Vicente Tatay” Spanish model he brought home after a summer of missionary [...]

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