Today A Student Said

favorite summertime treats

Most of my favorite summertime treats involve grilling, and tomatos.

I grilled last night.

And I just had a tomato sandwich. Yes, tomatos, mayo on toast. Nothing else. 

I am such a happy camper. Now if only I wasn’t doing this all alone. :/

if the shoe fits…..

Many of you have heard my discussions regarding my accompanist at church. I received this gem after church yesterday:

Dear Jennifer,

In encouraging members of the congregation and others to perform during the summer as soloists I hope you anticipate helping those with modest or relatively little experience and training to do this.  There was more than one critical comment—complaint, to put it more directly—about the quality of some of the solo singing  last summer.  I do not know how to train nor do I have any real experience training novices to sing familiar songs reasonably well during worship.  And guess who is blamed when the performance is poor, or even painful to listen to? 

*accompanist

I have always offered help to anyone who feels they need it. However, I will not and don’t feel it necessary to set up rehearsals for adults. If, as adults, they’ve made the decision to not work together on a selection until Sunday morning because both parties “assume” they will just work together perfectly- than that’s not my problem.

composing

I just composed for a solid 4 hours and have 12 measures done. 

I should finish it when I am 90. haha!