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A Smile and a Hymn of Thanks

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I am, by nature, an optimist. I wear my smile inside and I am generally able to feel its resonance come forward, providing an overall lightness of being during my […]

“The Hanukkah Story” World Premiere!

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Music review: A musical gift for everyone Written By: Sheryl Jensen, For the Duluth News Tribune | 4:28 pm, Dec. 7, 2021 Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra Dirk Meyer, conductorDecember 4, 2021 “With Christmas […]

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Why We Do That Which We Do…

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I write music.  I conduct concerts.  I teach.  Invariably, with the state of the world being what it is, there are several moments of each passing day during which I […]

On Leadership and Joy

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Sermon I wrote and presented at Congregation Beth El in Bangor, ME Yom Kippur Service 10/12/16 My father once asked me a question when I was just three years old. […]

In Truth – The Genesis of a CD

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The journey from the concert hall to a commercial recording is not one which many new musical works are granted the opportunity to take. In the case of my own Concerto […]

Life Without Art

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Life without the Arts is life devoid of expression… the Arts are the most powerful means by which humans can express their innermost feelings in ways that transcend time and environment. 

The Live Orchestra

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My summers, as a child, were largely spent in my mother’s upstate New York hometown of Albany where, when we weren’t attending summer camp, we were whisked away by my dear uncle, Alfred, to attend concerts at Tanglewood…