Sacred

On July 23, 2012, J.W. Pepper hosted Summer Sing, a choral music reading session in the company’s corporate headquarters in Pennsylvania.  While reading sessions are a standard practice for Pepper,…

So many things influence who we are.  For many of us, our spiritual lives are surrounded by music.  So much so, they often seem to be distinctly joined together, as…

Everyone seems to enjoy good harmony singing.  From the Andrew Sisters during World War II, the McGuire Sisters, the Four Lads, the Mills Brothers, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons,…

I recently came across a 60 Minutes segment that was very moving, encouraging, and left me with goosebumps — so I had to share it with you.  The segment presented by Lesley Stahl featured…

Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, composer Ronnie Sanders remembers the five beautiful, historic missions in San Antonio as a natural part of his heritage, upbringing and culture.

It has been long-standing tradition that if you are a church choir member, you sing SATB music.  I don’t know when this became the norm, but for music ministers and choir…

Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Mary McDonald, a multi-talented musician from Knoxville, Tennessee.

As a faithful attendee of Pepper new music reading sessions, “Goodbye, My Friend” was presented at one this summer.  Call it premonition or just random thought, I realized that our…