February - 2020

Musical Musings

Conversation Corners in the Cafe

Christian classical musicians hold a unique, small slice in the pie graph of this world. Breathing with both halves of our brain, we’re in a labyrinth of technique, mathematics, acoustics, emotions, our hearts and souls, as well as a million other circuits.

These musings are springboards in seeking the Lord’s ways to navigate the maze.

Café Jubalatte will be offering different conversations, adding new musings regularly.

We welcome your thoughts!

“Let me understand the teaching of your precepts; then I will meditate on your wonders." Psalm 119:27

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 year over the last 5 years. The first time I came, after the first rehearsal, a member of the orchestra came up to me and asked, “You’ve conducted at the Masterworks Festival, haven’t you?” He had received a Facebook message from someone who had worked with me. This young man is a Christian who has undergone severe life challenges over the