by baroqueorgan | Nov 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Amidst the postmodern rejection of any claim to objective validity, how can the ACNA respond in a loving manner to contentious social issues like homosexuality, gender confusion, racial tensions, and political correctness, in accordance with the rich, catholic, and...
by baroqueorgan | Nov 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
As I listened to Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s “Sonoran Storm” for solo viola, I was immediately struck with both a sense of aversion and pleasant satisfaction. Upon further listenings, I grew to appreciate various aspects of the piece and realized that my seemingly...
by baroqueorgan | May 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Various religious traditions would define music as a manifestation of the harmony of the cosmos and the contingency of all things. Therefore, song joins together speech (itself a mediation of “heaven” and “earth”) and music: a marriage of the divine and human, the...