I have heard about Kenneth DeJong for many years and finally got to meet him at the Augsburg Fortress Music worskshop in Seattle, WA. An original wedding march he composed for organ was played by concert organist Douglas Cleveland (Music Director, Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA)
Mr. DeJong is music director for St. Andrew’s Lutheran [...]
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Douglas Cleveland is music director of Plymouth Congregational Church in Seattle, WA. He was our guide for the 2007 Augsburg Fortress music seminar. Mr. Cleveland is a master concert organist and played very difficult pipe organ music with ease. We picked up quite a bit of choral and pipe organ music and are currently [...]
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I have learned much in this life. Some that I have learned are things that I wish I hadn’t. That is my introduction to Haggis, the unearthly revenge of Scotsmen they call food.
Lutefisk is something I am proud of as a Norwegian. True, it’s entirely disgusting. But Lutefisk gives Norwegians something to talk about [...]
January 2007 I had the pleasure of hearing Tony McManus play guitar at the Robert Burns concert in Mount Vernon, WA. I was directing the Scottish choir in between his guitar presentations.
Tony McManus is not just a performer or musician, he is a divine experience. Let me tell you about it.
He was very [...]
Fonzie jumps the shark
“Jumping the Shark” is a term that designates the tipping point for an idea having run it’s course and has run out of new ideas. It comes from the episode of Happy Days where Fonzie jumps the shark, a widely accepted all time low in television. Visit www.jumptheshark.com for more info or [...]
Here it is, my new Dracula Overture. People have had emotional experiences listening to it. I wrote this for the Skagit Valley College Theater Department’s presentation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula at McIntyre Hall (Mount Vernnon, WA) - February 2007.
UPDATE - Check out the Dracula Overture Remix Competition!
I was asked to write music for the show [...]
