While attending our class on 9/21, I couldn’t help but feel the vast difference between the Bible that I thought I know and the Bible that truly is. At first I thought that maybe my pastor was just incorrect when he was teaching us, but then I moved on to a deeper plane of thought… Continue reading Filling in the Gaps of History

Class Tuesday, 09/21, made me think about all the different types of performances we see that depict the Bible’s stories and messages. In class we watched a small clip from the cartoon children’s movie, “Prince of Egypt.” This made me think about other ways the Bible has been performed and “promoted.” I decided to look… Continue reading Biblical Movies

I really appreciated noting that Messiah was also very enjoyable for the performers, as well as the audience. I think a lot of times people assume that, because someone is performing music, they are automatically enjoying it. However, this often times is not the case, and I think the pieces that are most enjoyed by the… Continue reading Enjoyment of Performing

I didn’t realize that when I read I do in fact add stuff. This was a new revelation for me today. In Psalm 23, I always picture mountains. The passage says nothing about them, but I always picture sheep somewhere like Scotland or the Faroe Islands or even New Zealand, walking with their shepherd over… Continue reading The Bible and How I Read It

Today we talked musicals, operas, oratorios and how they differ. We said an opera is basically a musical without speaking parts and a musical involves singing and speaking lines. An oratorio is similar to an opera but without acting or a plot. With both musicals and operas you get the sets and costumes going on.… Continue reading Musicals/Opera and Stories in the Bible

Last class the 16th we explored different apps that can help us make music. I thought it was so interesting to find apps on a device that we can have with us all the time to make music. We discovered Drumbit.app, splice sounds, typatone.com, and more. The whole point of writing music is to see what… Continue reading Creating Music with Apps

The use of modern technologies in representing the Bible has never come as a second thought to me. As early as I can remember beginning in Sunday Bible School, we had variations of the Bible represented through musicals, movies, and shows. My most favorite example, Veggie Tales. Talking in class today about the controversies in… Continue reading Bringing the Bible to Visual Life

Today, Tuesday September 21, 2021, we talked about in class musicals, operas, oratorios, librettos, as well as our own depictions of the the Bible and stories within the Bible.  In talking about operas and oratorios we talked about how an opera has singing but the characters are acting as well, versus a musical in which… Continue reading Operas, Oratorios, and our Depiction of the Bible

Some may appreciate old types of music but don’t actually listen to it. It doesn’t really reach this newer generation. We tend to find that type of music like opera and classical to be boring. Also a lot of people tend to only find enjoyment of listening to music that’s more fast paced and upbeat.… Continue reading Opera/Musical and the Bible Stories

Today, we discussed JEPTHA. At first, I have not heard of this story so I was intrigued to learn. After going over the story of the judge. it was interesting to see how after winning the battle, his vow was a sacrifice. There was little detail to him as to what it would be to… Continue reading Georg Friedrich Handel “JEPTHA”