One fairly normal day in the not-so-normal life of Greg Berg. Wednesday, April 24th ...... 5:10 a.m.- Out of bed a little earlier than usual because I need to get to the radio station in plenty of time for some interview prep - 5:45 a.m.- My breakfast - rather than the usual McDonald's Egg McMuffin
This is the sermon I preached at this afternoon's Good Friday Tre Ore service at Holy Communion. I preached on the Sixth Word of the Seven Last Words of Jesus. From the 19th chapter of the gospel of John: "When Jesus had received the wine, He said 'It is finished.' And bowing His head, He
It feels a little odd for me to be writing mournful words about the closing of a local Bar & Grill in the wake of yesterday's horrific fire that engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral yesterday. It feels almost disrespectful to mention the one loss in the same breath as the other. And yet, in a peculiar
After an eventful few days, it is only now that I am finding the time to sit down and properly reflect on the extraordinary life and legacy of Kurt Chalgren, one of Kenosha's most towering musical legends- and the kind of vibrant force of nature about which one can't possibly speak of in past tense.
Let's start with the 'what' as in 'what happened.' Saturday night at Carthage, I collaborated with Dr. Wael Farouk, director of keyboard studies at Carthage and the most astonishing piano virtuoso I have ever been privileged to know, in a performance of Franz Schubert's Die Winterreise, ('Winter Journey'), one of the towering masterworks in the
I had to say thank you today. Actually, I ended up singing thank you and playing thank you as well, because the woman being thanked was someone who played a gigantic role in my very earliest experiences as a musician in Colton, South Dakota- and mere words could not begin to express my gratitude for
It's been a big week of firsts for me. In addition to my first stint as a judge for Solo & Ensemble, this week also saw the launch of the podcast version of "The Morning Show," my interview program for WGTD for which I have been the sole host for more than twenty years. For
One of the sweetest things in life is when we finally get to cross something off of our bucket list - and I had that pleasure this past Saturday when I FINALLY did my first stint as a judge for Solo & Ensemble music contest. It seems like it has been a hundred years that
When you play piano for a theatrical production, it's often both the best and the worst seat in the house. You're often right where the action is- in the midst of it, in many cases- but we also have our hands full and most of our attention has to be on the music we're playing
Every so often (although not nearly as often as I would like) I get a good idea, and I'm not sure I've ever had a better idea than the one I hatched as part of our just-completed J-Term Opera Workshop production, titled "Then Give Three Cheers: A Gilbert and Sullivan Gala." The decision had been
