One of the highlights of this year's Homecoming weekend at Carthage was the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the beautifully-renovated Straz Science Center, dramatically transformed to the tune of more than 40 million dollars! Unfortunately, I had to miss the festivities, and my crazy schedule this semester has kept me from making any side trips up that
One of the things I like most about experiencing an extraordinary musical performance is that its impact can linger on in a way that does not happen with- for instance- a magnificent meal. I can still remember what it felt like to sit in Orchestra Hall (in the Twin Cities) and listen to the Luther
Here is an excerpt from a lengthy interview which I conducted recently with Bill Hayes, a fine singer whose resume included a starry role in the original Broadway cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Me and Juliet" and a lengthy stint on Sid Caesar's classic variety program "Your Show of Shows." (Hayes later achieved still more fame
Today is a big, busy day for the Bergs for several reasons. It is homecoming at Carthage. It is the wedding day of Katie Wee, the daughter of very good friends of ours from church. (Kathy and I are helping with the music.) It's a long-awaited, long-needed day at the dog groomer's for Bobbi and
This is a portion of the interview I recorded with a legend in music education here in Southeastern Wisconsin- Henrietta Welch, who was 100 years old at the time of this conversation. (This coming Christmas she will turn 102.) Here are a couple of ways to think about what it means to be 100 years
I've had some thrilling experiences in my 20-some years of doing the Morning Show, but if I had to single out one thrill above all the others, it was when I had the privilege of interviewing former president Jimmy Carter. And aside from the obvious matter of posing questions to the former leader of the
This aria is "Il lacerato spirito" and it comes from the prologue to Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra." The character of Jacopo Fiesco has just discovered that his beloved daughter has died - and the aria conveys the mixture of anger and grief which he is feeling. I really love the way Nic sang
