Lori Rhoden
Thoughts from a Musician's Heart
A PIANIST'S VISIONS OF CHRIST I’ve always had performance anxiety. It’s been a source of frustration, but somehow I became a career...
Barbara Kavanaugh
The Cosmic Audience
The year 2020 has wrought radical change. We performers are truly in the midst, wondering what our world “after-the-pandemic” will look...
David Daly
Thoughts from a Musician's Heart
NORMAL SERVICE INTERRUPTED! As I write to you from southern England the sun is shining and a gentle breeze wafts across a blue sky, and I...
Kristin Ditlow Yuan
Thoughts from a Musician's Heart
THE GREAT WORK OF GRATITUDE Musicians, staff, and crew alike should never contemplate deep things, much less the state of their anxiety,...
Terry Ewell
Thoughts from a Musician's Heart
COLORS SEEMED BRIGHTER Music has been a part of my life since a very young age. In kindergarten, teachers discovered some musical talent...
Delta David Gier
Thoughts from a Musician's Heart
WALKING THIS PATH TOGETHER I am writing from Thailand, where I have come to conduct the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra several times per...
Barbara Kavanaugh
Beethoven's Song of Thanksgiving
“Song of Thanksgiving to the Deity from a convalescent in the Lydian mode.” Beethoven wrote very little extra-musical comments in his...
Barbara Kavanaugh
Courage to Chart a New Course
Courage to Chart a New Course from Patrick Kavanaugh's Spiritual Moments with the Great Composers, 1995, Zondervan (image, courtesy of...
Barbara Kavanaugh
Four Shoulder Surgeries and a Lesson to Remember
This photo was taken after Patrick conducted my Schumann Concerto, (performed with the TENS unit). “In this world, you will have trouble....
Barbara Kavanaugh