Author: nsonnenberg

I went to a jazz performance last week for my BCR. I was not going in to it with super high expectations of being blown away, but I was extremely surprised how much I enjoyed it. It made me think how little live music we consume since the start of recording devices. Back in the… Continue reading Jazz Performance

My main note that I have to offer regarding children’s music that are designed around the Bible, is how they are designed for accessibility. They are not generally produced in order to teach a lesson and be accurate as much as they are for kids to have fun and be introduced to the Bible. It… Continue reading Children’s songs

On my trip home for fall break, I went to church with my dad on a Sunday morning. It was an interesting perspective to listen to the music that is used now to worship compared to the works we have been listening to from a long time ago. It feels like the music they created… Continue reading Contemporary Christian Music

I think the music that would be playing during a theatrical representation of the story of David and Bathsheba could go a number of different ways. It is obviously a serious and somber scene as it deals with a number of different heavy topics such as murder, adultery, etc. In my head I imagine it… Continue reading David and Bathsheba

I find it very interesting how different reactions you can get from using the Bible as a form of entertainment. When it is a positive portrayal it seems most Christians are alright or even endorse it. However, when it is a negative or even neutral portrayal, there seems to be a very strong reaction from… Continue reading The Bible as Entertainment

Since we have started discussing instruments and playing with the apps today in class, it has been a sort of revelation. I am hearing the sounds individually in my head and it sounds like the sounds on the computer. I am sure that people who actually know music always experience this but it is still… Continue reading Listening to music in free time

The concept of emphasizing written text by italicization or underlining is not unfamiliar to me, neither is the concept of having inflections in your voice in order to get the point across that what you are saying is important. What is new to me is tph concept of reading the Scriptures that are held to… Continue reading Giving Scripture a “Halo”