Blog Archive - Page 30 of 32 - Maranatha Baptist University

Meet Maranatha graduate Hayley (McGrail) Swift. She graduated in 2007 with a degree in Music Education. Currently, Swift is in her 8th year of being the music director at Oakwood Christian School where she teaches K5-6th grade general music, directs the Elementary,...

A Greater Mission – 2016 Fall Festival

The 2016 Fall Festival performance entitled “A Greater Mission” highlighted the life of Major Ron Brooks, a decorated soldier, true patriot, devoted father, and pastor. The evening was narrated by Hannah Fellmeth acting as Mrs. Barbara Brooks, and the MBU combined...

Blessings from Trials

The death of a loved one. A surprise diagnosis. Bad news. Any of these can cause a Christian to question and wonder where God is and what He is doing. Prior to Maranatha, and while pursuing her first bachelor’s degree, Christin Kieckhafer (’08), experienced the...

Airborne!

This past June I attended Airborne School, a three week course at Fort Benning, Georgia. Over the first two weeks of the course, I and close to 400 other people from different service branches learned basic parachuting principles. This included: how to exit an...

My Cadet Basic Camp Experience

This summer, I had the opportunity to go to Fort Knox to participate in Cadet Initial Entry Training which is now known as Basic Camp. I was there from July 10th to August 9th as a part of the 6th regiment. The goal of this training was to teach cadets basic soldier...

Summer of Fun: This Cadet’s Experience at Advanced Camp

This summer I had the opportunity to go to the Army ROTC’s Advanced Camp, formerly known as Cadet Leadership Course; or CLC for short. The purpose of Advanced Camp, is to test the skills and abilities of all senior cadets, in order to demonstrate their personal...

Cadet Summer Training from an Officer’s Perspective

Upon my graduation from college and commissioning as a 2LT in the United States Army, I was offered a three-month internship in FT Knox, Kentucky before I headed off to my Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC). This internship allowed freshly commissioned Officers to...

The FTX Experience

Albert Einstein once said that the only source of knowledge is experience. During my time at Ft. McCoy for the Battalion Field Training eXercise(FTX), I gained plenty of both through my squad members, hands-on projects, and various challenges presented to me. As a...

Leadership Watertown: Giving Back

In Maranatha’s ROTC program, we strive to give back to the community. Watertown has supported our ROTC program through different events such as opening the aquatic center for us to practice swimming, allowing us to use the high school for winter PT tests, and even...

A New Year Begins

As the school year begins again for Maranatha Baptist University (MBU), so too does the ROTC program in our pursuit of Leadership and Excellence. To do this at MBU we have engineered an orientation event to introduce new MSI(freshman) cadets (and even some returning...

Project GO

Promoting Bilingual Officers through the ROTC Program I participated in the Project Global Officer Program this past summer. Project Global Officer is a program where ROTC cadets participate in an intensive language class for a period of eight weeks, over the summer....

Hymn Playing with Mrs. Ruth Brown

Throughout this interview, Mrs. Ruth Brown shares valuable insights about how to play congregational hymns to the glory of God by giving tips about hymn playing preparation, what to think about during the song service, and even more. Who encouraged and helped you as...

What's in Your Hand?

Dr. David Brown shares his thoughts on being involved in local church music ministries in the following interview. What impacted you for music ministry while you were in college? The thing that impacted me the most was being pushed hard by my trombone teacher, Paul...

Recording of Band 9/11 Concert

The recording of the Symphonic Band’s 9/11 commemorative concert is now available! The MBU Symphonic Band performed a moving concert in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks 15 years ago. Opening the concert, Dr. Rick Townsend directed the band and all of the campus...

Alumni Spotlight – Christin Kieckhafer

Meet Christin Kieckhafer, a 2008 Maranatha graduate. At MBU, Kieckhafer completed her Bachelor of Music Education with a voice emphasis, and then completed a Master of Music Education degree at Boston University. During her time at Maranatha, Kieckhafer says, “I...

Vocalists – Taking Care of Your Instrument

Article Written By Mrs. Carol Senn Ruffin It is not uncommon for the voice students at Maranatha Baptist University to hear me say something like: “Vocalists often get a bad rap. You may be called a big baby, and overprotective; but when it comes to taking care of...

Why Teach Theory?

Article written by associate professor Dr. Michelle Clater. I am a theorist; I love the challenge of figuring out how a chord is built, how a passage works, or why Beethoven sounds different from Bach. But not everyone joins me in this pleasure. And especially if you...

Gingery Presents "Bach and the Baroque"

Dr. Philip A. Gingery presented a recital entitled “Bach and the Baroque.” This recital represented his fourth annual guest recital at MBU celebrating Bach and his contemporaries. Gingery was assisted by the Baptist College of Ministry String Ensemble. Taking the...

The Challenge to Grow as a Christian Musician – Part One

Article written by Music Department Chair Dr. David Ledgerwood. When I first met Dr. Frank Garlock in the summer of 1982, he read us a letter from a US patent official from the late 1800s. The letter stated that since all of the significant inventions of history had...

Music Alumna Attends IU String Teacher Camp

Melody Steinbart (’15) graduated from MBU with a degree in String Pedagogy. Currently, she is studying at East Carolina University pursuing her Masters Degree in Violin Performance with a concentration in Suzuki Pedagogy. This summer, Melody attended the Violin and...

Orchestral Life: A Road Not Easily Taken

Written by MBU Orchestra director Mr. Lewis Rosove. The prospect of playing in a professional orchestra is something that excites many a talented musician, and in most instances provides that individual the best mathematical odds of securing employment nationwide. ...

Violins, Italy, and Gelato

Philip Ledgerwood (’15) graduated with a degree in Violin Performance and received the 2015 “Outstanding Musician Award” upon graduating. He is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree in Violin Performance at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, studying under...

Composer Conducts Concert at MBU

Recently, MBU was honored with the presence of Mr. Lloyd Larson, a well-published sacred composer and arranger. Larson spent an hour and a half rehearsing with the Madrigal and Chamber Singers Choirs before conducting an amazing concert. Madrigal and Chamber Singers...

Alexander Technique Workshop at MBU