Attention, Christian Home-Educated Musicians!

There is a very exciting development for Christian home-schooling musicians in the Northern Illinois area.

This development will:

• Especially benefit the Christian home-educating families of Northern Illinois.
• Provide an opportunity for students to grow musically, while nurturing friendships and relationships.
• Be available for not only children, but also adults who would like to participate.
• Give students the satisfaction of being presented with a challenge, working to overcome it, and experiencing the fruits of their labors.

Any guesses yet? This exciting new development is a Christian Home-school Orchestra! With approximately eight rehearsals culminating in an end-of-the-summer concert in mid-August, this is something you should consider if you would like to join other believing home-schoolers in an enterprise with the specific goal of honoring God alone with your music. Placement auditions are scheduled for Friday, May 29th. Contact me (Jacob Bernhardt, jtbernhardt2 [AT] gmail [DOT] com) or the Caswell family (vb.academy [AT] hughes [DOT] net) for more details regarding the orchestra or the auditions.

Our Dear Mother

We love you, Mom!

Happy May!

May Day - May 1: as a traditional spring festival, often celebrated by dancing, crowning a May queen, etc.; as an international labor holiday, observed in many countries by parades, demonstrations, etc. [Webster's New World Dictionary]

But for the Bernhardt family, the first day of May this year provided an opportunity for some outside work, including a much-needed mowing of the lawn that had thrived on the torrential April rains of the last few weeks. The barn stalls were cleaned, in preparation for some interested goat buyers who will visit within the next few days.

Yours truly is continuing to take delight in organ music. I am now working on Johann S. Bach's Organ Sonata No. 1 in E-flat Major. Within the last week, I found THIS video of Paul Jacobs playing the Crystal Cathedral organ. He is not playing the piece I am working on, but it is a movement from a J. S. Bach cantata. Enjoy!