LSM Digital Highlight Reel: Volume 1
Below are some highlights from the past several weeks as our LSM Faculty (and alumni!) have risen to the occasion to find creative ways to engage with our students and greater community since the cancellation of LSM 2020 was announced. Please enjoy these offerings of music and encouraging messages, and follow LSM on Facebook and Instagram so you don't miss a thing!
A message from the LSM Orchestra Director: Dr. Kevin Sutterlin
Dr. Kevin Sütterlin created a video greeting for the LSM community and shares a message of encouragement, and congratulations for the Class of 2020.
He also discusses some of his plans for the LSM Orchestra, including his excitement to program music by composer Florence Price, which the LSM Orchestra had a chance to preview last summer, and invites us all to look forward with him to 2021 and the wonderful array of repertoire he has in mind for our students.
A new piece for Pentecost
LSM Composer-in-Residence, Dr. Ben Krause, composed a new piece for the season of Pentecost dedicated to the LSM Community. Arranged for piano and viola, it is performed here by Dr. Krause and Thomas Bandar on viola.
Dr. Krause shares a description of his composition:
"Associated with Pentecost, the chorale Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist calls to the Holy Spirit for comfort in a time of crisis. The German stanzas of this hymn are Martin Luther's own, from 1524, although the melody itself can be traced back to the 13th-century Latin sequence Veni Sancte Spiritus.
Here I offer my own setting, dedicated to the LSM community, as a meditation on hope and a prayer for healing — 'so that we may love each other from the heart/and in peace remain of one mind.'"
LSM Alumni Feature
Two recent LSM Alumni, Renata Peperkorn (2018) and Matthew Yee (2017/2018) created a video recording of O Morning Star How Fair and Bright by Paul Manz, arranged for organ and trombone.
Both of these talented alumni come from Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Rocklin, California. Thank you for sharing your gifts, Renata and Matthew!
A meaningful Faculty testimony
We invited our faculty to share how LSM has impacted their lives. Horn instructor, Dr. Bruce Atwell, shares his experience below:
“My name is Bruce Atwell. I have had the privilege of being the horn instructor at LSM since 1999. Each summer I look forward to the energy, positivity, and passion of my colleagues. I’ve seen my LSM horn students go on to professional careers as horn players and as college and high school music educators. I’ve also seen how LSM has changed their lives. The unique combination of high-level music making, faith, and community makes LSM a very special place. Life-long friendship are forged here, students’ passion for music is ignited, and it is all happening under the umbrella of a caring, loving faith-based program. There really is no other place like this.”