Went to a show at Carnegie Hall last night. The main hall, Stern Auditorium. Maria had 4 students on stage. It’s a phenomenal space, and insanely well-funded.
I’m not usually big on pomp and opulence, but I have to admit that there’s something seductive about that room. It made me want to tell the world: “Music is church. Get some.”
But I don’t think you need all trappings to remember that. You just need something different than usual. A knock on the head. If you spent all your days in Carnegie hall you would probably only find that by visiting a dirt-floor tent in Mississippi or Sudan.
Whatever you’re doing, it’s good to mix it up, and to remember that music is church.