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Wed, 28 Feb 2007

Oh, the bliss of cathedrals!!!!

So today I had the most incredible, unexplainable, lifechanging experience ever. We got to sing and play at the Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, CA.

As my brass quartet set up to play our Gabrielli Canzona, we decided to play a tuning note. When we cut off, the sound rang for at least five seconds. The four of us stood there for a moment, our jaws on the floor, with a collective "ohhhhhhh" coming from our lips. People in the audience laughed - but no other reaction was even close to as perfect as that. James Green, a trumpet player said later that: "After the tuning note, I was done. I didn't have to play the rest - I was set." I was pretty much in heaven as well. The acoustics in Sauder Concert Hall are incredible; but multiply that beauty by 100 and POOF! you have the acoustics we sang in today.

In my opinion, music is one undeniable argument that God exists. And in that case, I met God today. :) While singing, every cuttoff, every breath, was filled with glorious, glorious ringing, sustained beauty that came from OUR lips. It was somewhat unbelievable. When we were done, I was floating about 15 feet in the air as we returned to the bus.

Oh! During one of our songs, the sun came out and the entire room was filled with multi-colored light suddenly. It was then that we all knew that God was smiling down on us.

We had a great concert tonight in Reedly, CA as well. I'm having a great homestay tonight and am really looking forward to singing at the Fresno Pacific chapel tommorrow!

Today was incredible!

-Scott



Posted at 06:42 by Scott Lehman #


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