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Trumpeter Christopher Martin,  principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony since 2005,  has resigned his position with the CSO in order to become principal trumpet with the New York Philharmonic.  I had the great pleasure of interviewing Mr. Martin a couple of years ago when he appeared as guest soloist with the Lake Geneva Symphony.  

This is the fifth section of my 2007 radio interview with Weston Noble.  I ask him to talk about Nordic's place in the grand tradition of Lutheran collegiate choral music-  and I also ask him a fairly pointed question about the contrast between Nordic and the St. Olaf Choir.  He also describes the circumstances which

This is part four of my radio interview with Weston Noble from back in 2007.  In this portion of the conversation,  he continues comparing and contrasting his work with choirs vs. bands, and explains why he had to reluctantly relinquish directorship of the bands in the mid-1970's.  He also offers some insights into why he

Here is the third part of my radio interview with Weston Noble, recorded back in 2007.  In this portion of the interview,  he talks about returning to his alma mater - Luther College in Decorah, Iowa -  as a member of the faculty - scarcely older than some of the students he was teaching!  

This is part two of my interview with Weston Noble, which we recorded back in the fall of 2007, in the midst of the year he spent as conductor-in-residence of the Carthage Choir. In this portion of the interview,  he discusses his experiences as a student at Luther - his military service - and his

This is the opening of my 2007 radio interview with Weston Noble.   It is in this portion of his interview that he talks about his childhood.    (More excerpts to follow.) The musical excerpt which precedes the interview features the Nordic Choir and the Luther Orchestra in the closing measures of Sir William Walton's

I asked my dad to say a few words about Love for my recent faculty recital-  and he surprised me when he said that he wanted to say a few words about Florence Foster Jenkins.   It turns out that her story is a love story in more ways than one,  as he explained beautifully.

My faculty voice recital was not only in honor of our 25th wedding anniversary-  but it was also an opportunity to acknowledge 25th anniversary of the first time that Kathy and I sang with Kate Potter Barrow as Caritas.  We chose to sing James Taylor's "Shower the People you love with love"  because it seemed

Here is a fun moment from my most recent faculty voice recital sung on September 11, 2016- "Love Changes Everything: 400 Years of Love in Song."   Since Kathy and I were to celebrate our 25th anniversary three days later,  I invited her to join me for the second half of the program.  We finished

This is from our album "How Sweet the Sound."    The singers are Kate Potter-Barrow, Kathy Berg,  Chip McCrary,  and Greg Berg. The words of the refrain are: I believe in a place called Hope ... a place of perfect peace for every heart and soul ... Where every broken spirit can be made whole.