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Hanneke Cassel Folk Violinist

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September 30, 2010

Hanneke.jpg Hanneke Cassel, the 1997 U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion, has performed and taught with musicians such as Alasdair Fraser, and has traveled across North America, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Kenya, and China playing original Celtic and bluegrass music. She has been actively involved in raising money for a girls' orphanage in Kenya, and came to Trinity Forum Academy to share her music, her testimony, and a little wisdom she has gained from serving the Lord in her calling to music.... Read More

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IMG_2439.JPG Dr. Skip Ryan, member of the Academy Senior Faculty, delivered a moving sermon addressing a Christian understanding of hope and beauty as part of a weekend celebrating jazz legend Monty Alexander who played several hymns as part of the service. The image for his sermon was drawn from David Hajdu's article in The Atlantic Monthly, "Wynton's Blues" in which Wynton Marsalis performs an unforgettable act of cutlural redemption. Read More

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