I think few people in life get to do the work they really enjoy. I have thoroughly enjoyed the music and the people. Confidence in your own ability allows you to shed concerns of acceptance and just enjoy the people and the work. I started writing music in 1979 and share it first with my first real voice teacher. His wife, who wrote translations for Kurt Weill's Productions for a major publisher in New York, said "Everyone thinks they're a composer!" and laughed. They never even listened to the song. I wrote nothing more until I had a revelation experience in the Lord. He taught me that "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13), and so I have! I had studied Music Theory at FSU but not composition. I later realized that while I was teaching General Music Appreciation classes at Yeadon that I was learning musical form and composition. Someone once said that your power of observation is your greatest learning tool. Doing "Candlelight" productions at EPCOT every year for 25 years I listened intently, not just to the orchestra, but to how the composers wrote for the orchestra; for each instrument. Also, that each instrument was as a voice in a congregation bringing forth their own unique expression into what is being expressed through the music. The Lord has shown me that every piece I write is another lesson (by His hand) in composition. If you haven't heard any of my works it surely would be worth your time.
Listed skills include Singing, Choral, Sound, Teaching, and 25 others.
