One of my favorite memories growing up is listening to my dad play his guitar while I fall asleep at the end of the day. My taste in music is influenced greatly by that memory. I usually like simple songs with great harmonies. Songs that don’t require too much instrumentation. I like songs that remind […]
Angels, From the Realms of Glory
A couple of weeks ago a world record breaking attempt was made and achieved to create the world’s largest live Nativity scene. It was made into a music video featuring David Archuleta, Peter Hollens, and The Piano Guys. I must say I was a bit skeptical at first because of all the hype surrounding the […]
Gratitude for the Refiner’s Fire
Have there been times in your life you have felt as if you are going through the refiner’s fire? What has kept you going? I know in my own life it has been my faith in God and the love of my family that keeps me going. I am willing to bet that most people […]
Good Music Brighter Children
Please welcome another guest blogger for the Establish a House series. This time the topic is music and the impact it has on our children’s lives. There is a giveaway at the end! Hello, I’m Sharlene Habermeyer. Thanks for letting me guest post today! I am a mother of five boys and the author of […]
Happy Easter!
Just a few wonderful links and videos for today to help you celebrate Easter. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir gave a live performance of Handel’s Messiah Friday evening. They were so surprised by the reaction of the public when it was announced they would give this concert (the tickets were gone in 7 1/2 minutes!) that […]
Home For the Holidays with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Alfie Boe, & Tom Brokaw (Giveaway)
Every year the Mormon Tabernacle Choir gives a Christmas concert complete with special guests, usually a famous singer and actor or television personality. While the concert is always free there is limited seating and not everyone can attend. It’s like winning the lottery if you are able to get one of their concert tickets. Last […]
How Can I Keep From Singing?
At church today we sang one of my favorite hymns, How Great Thou Art. What a glorious list of blessings from the Lord is contained in that hymn! Music is so intertwined in our lives. I am certain one reason is because when we are filled with gratitude to God we cannot be kept from […]
Help Make Lamb of God into a Concert Film!
It’s no secret I love the music of Rob Gardner. LOVE. His oratorio Lamb of God has been a favorite around here for several years. I’ve written about it before {here and here} even given it away a couple of times. Now Rob has another idea for this oratorio. Make it into a film that […]
Landfill Harmonic – The Recycled Orchestra
Music. You know how I feel about music. It has the power to change lives – for good or ill depending on what type and how it is used. Here is a beautiful story of one town in Paraguay that uses garbage to make recycled instruments for their children to play. A whole orchestra has […]
NOEL: Carols of Christmas Past {Giveaway}
GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED!! Christmas music is filling our house! I love this time of year when there are so many arrangements and variations of familiar Christmas songs available. For my birthday, my parents gave me a new Christmas CD, NOEL: Carols of Christmas Past, by Jenny Oaks Baker. It is lovely! Some of my favorite […]
Imagine hearing music for the first time
I came across this article today about a 23 year old man who, because of the development of better, more powerful hearing aids, can now hear music for the first time in his life. By now he has listened to a wide variety of music, with country music being his least favorite because, to his […]
Our Homeschool Journey: The extras – Music, Art, etc.
The extras have been just that….extras. Sometimes we get to them, many times we don’t, and sometimes we stumble upon them unexpectedly. Some years we have been better at doing the extras. We try to do art on Mondays, music on Fridays, and field trips on Wednesdays or something like that. ☺ Here are the […]
Beautiful World by Justin Cash {Giveaway}
I have this habit picked up from my mother that drives my children nuts. It used to drive me crazy too when my mom did it. And now I do it, go figure! When I’m driving down the road listening to good music I place my hands at the top of the steering wheel and […]
BORN BRAVE by Katherine Nelson {a music giveaway}
Brave. Who do you think of when you hear that word? I think of a daughter getting her tooth pulled, another daughter playing the violin in front of 200 people, a friend battling depression, a mother dealing with yet another miscarriage, a young woman overcoming her fear of heights to go repelling down a mountain […]
EFY {Especially For Youth} 2012 CD – Arise and Shine Forth
I think you know by now that we love music, all kinds of music, at our house especially if it is uplifting and encouraging. The EFY Arise and Shine Forth CD delivers just this type of music. The songs cover, among other topics, friendship, service, love, and following Jesus Christ. A variety of artists are […]