Heidi Bender
Lift High the Cross (Hymn)
Have you ever heard a song and unexpectedly felt great delight? This happened to me this week when listening to the Pipedreams program: Prayers and Alleluias which aired on April 2, 2012. With Easter being …
Blog Updates and Practice Goals
Thank you to those that are reading my blog. I want to let you know that my goal is to add a new blog post about once a week which likely be done on Saturday …
Dissonance
Sometimes, while playing a piece during a lesson, I suddenly stop and hold a chord and ask Michael “Does that sound right?” To me, the sound resulting from these notes being played sounds wrong. I …
Friday’s Lenten recital
The parking garage near the First Congregational Church was full. This week, instead of going to other parking garage I decided to be patient and wait for an open spot. After seeing several people leave …
Three Days – Three pipe organ concerts
In the past 52 hours I have attended 3 organ concerts! First, last Friday during my lunch break, I went back to First Congregational Church for their Lenten organ recital. The parking garage near the …
Lenten Recital Series
Last Friday, I went to an organ recital at the First Congregational Church in downtown Ann Arbor. Each Friday, during Lent there is an organ recital at noon presented by the Ann Arbor chapter of …
Life Lessons from Organ Lessons
In March, I will be writing about life lessons taken from the organ bench. Sound strange? There have been a number of instances during an organ lesson where the problem I’m facing and (usually the …