Anne Schmitt’s fingers move deftly over the stacked keyboards. Though her motions are sure, the notes that emanate from the organ’s pipes make her keystrokes sound clumsy and garbled. She releases a key, but the sound continues until she adjusts the stops, cutting off the flow of air to the pipes entirely. It might be...
Despite its vaulted ceilings and ornate columns, when Christ Chapel first opened to the students, faculty, donors, and the public, it was missing something. It lacked an instrument that could dazzle the ears with a range of dynamics, could support a choral rehearsal, and could accompany the wide variety of instruments to perform solos. While...
The Boondocks – with its sweeping, pillared porch, its garden of cigarettes, and proximity to the best burgers in town – has housed members of the Phi Mu Alpha Music fraternity for the past few years. Of its residents, junior Will Smith and senior John Szczotka make up a third of the band Art Morgan...
What’s one trend from your childhood you wish would come back? People actually knowing how to dance. Bell bottoms. What is one word people use to describe you? Level-headed. When you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a pianist. At one point I wanted to...
Christian music hums from the Clubhouse at Hayden Park. Maps of the Park hang on the yellow walls, while eight pairs of cross country skis rest against the wall waiting in anticipation of the first good snow. A little further in on the left is an office decked out in Charger memorabilia, highlighting the heart...