Csehy News & Notes (Volume 9, Issue 2 - Fall 2016)

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PERSPECTIVES ON CSEHY - REFLECTIONS FROM 2016 GRADUATES By Maya Neal - Camper 2013-2016 As I look back at my time at Csehy, I can so clearly see how it prepared me for success as a college student now. I’m a vocal major with a business minor at Cairn University, and I have the opportunity to continue to play the piano, be involved with athletics, and participate in multiple ensembles. In addition to my studies and extracurriculars, I Csehy is a truly special have been blessed with the chance to place, and I’m so teach several amazing, young piano students. Nothing could have set me thankful that I am a part up for success at Cairn better than of this amazing family. Csehy did. At camp, I learned so many important lessons in practicing and MAYA NEAL performance, and watched my technique improve even in the short summer weeks. While Csehy taught me a lot, it also provided me with some of my fondest memories; some of my favorites are of watching frisbee during free time with my friends, or any of the many shenanigans that took place around the clock. Csehy is a truly special place, and I’m so thankful that I am a part of this amazing family. By Garrett Bone - Camper 2012-2016 Csehy felt like a miniature version of what I was expecting to find in my university experience. Now that I am in college, I think they both have similar features, at least from the perspective of an aspiring professional musician. I am currently in my freshman year at Wheaton College, studying Piano Performance, and I believe Csehy prepared me to be here both musically and spiritually. The musical knowledge I attained summer after summer challenged and equipped me, giving me a foothold as I began preparing for a professional career. My teachers exposed me to technique and instilled in me the value of practicing efficiently. Doing much with the little time I am given is definitely a trait I have learned to value. In addition to this, the relationships I formed from living with fellow Christians for a multitude of weeks have helped me better understand how Christ is involved in all that I do. Csehy is one of the tools that Christ has used to capture my heart. I have never been a great singer or sight-reader, and I was especially poor at both the summer before my freshman year of high school, when I first attended Csehy. I remember being amazed at sing time when over a hundred students my age gathered together to proclaim God’s glory in four-part harmony, and they did it the tools that Christ Csehy is one of well. Sing time continues to hold a unique place in my heart and is one of my favorite parts of the camp schedule. my heart. has used to capture In addition to this, I have matured spiritually through the relationships I have GARRETT BONE formed with fellow campers, counselors, and faculty. I consider the relationship that I had with my roommate a few years back to be one of my first deep friendships in my young adult life. I still stay in touch with a number of the counselors and campers and continue to have meaningful discussions with them. This is, of course, a greatly simplified account of the mark Csehy has left on my life. All in all, I am not entirely sure what it has not influenced. I am privileged to have been able to be a part of this astounding ministry. What began over fifty years ago as a small camp with only a handful of students continues to be a tool that God blesses and uses in progressing His kingdom. By Paul Halberstadt - Camper 2012-2016 I first attended Csehy in 2012, and ever since, it has shaped my life and my musical career. I am currently a freshman at the Eastman School of Music. Prior to college, Csehy showed me how integral our faith should be to our music. I loved studying from teachers and conductors who would pray before every lesson and rehearsal. Now at Eastman, a wonderful Christian friend of mine and I were placed as Concertmaster and Principal Second of the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra at the beginning of this year. We now pray before every rehearsal and every concert, and by God’s grace many others in the orchestra have come to join us. But not only does the prayer connect Christians, it also allows others in a secular college to see why we pray. Without the grounded faith-building of Csehy, I never Prior to college, Csehy showed me how integral our faith should be to our music. s s Garrett Bone PAUL HALBERSTADT
would have been able to live out my faith through music the same way. Another wonderful aspect of Csehy is the versatility of the program. It meets each person in his or her walk with God and musical journey, without sacrificing any bit of striving towards excellence. Whether you are a master of your instrument or just began today, your teachers will encourage you and push you so that you will be better by the end of each week. Likewise, whether you grew up in a Christian household or you just became a believer today, Csehy will strengthen the foundations of your faith while building you up to serve Christ and his calling. Finally, Csehy at its heart is a place full of laughter and frisbee and games and excitement and even the occasional prank. Some of my favorite memories are from choir jokes, frisbee tournaments, and the Csehy tradition of serenading. In my second year at Csehy, I woke up one morning and opened the shade as usual. But a 60ft tree had suddenly grown where the parking lot used to be! I ran out into the hallway in confusion only to be further confounded by the hallway being on my right instead of where it should have been on my left! A good friend of mine walked over chuckling and said, “How is your new room?” he joked, “We moved all your stuff and you into it last night. You know, you are a deep sleeper!” Benjamin Shute - Faculty since 2007 When one hears a piece of music for the first time, very likely the topmost question in his or her mind is, “Do I like it?” But for a composer of Bach’s tradition, at least as important as the subjective element (“do I like it?”) is the idea that music has a degree of objective meaning, representing something about God and his creation and therefore having the capacity to elucidate the gospel. That probably has a lot to do with why Bach composed as he did, crafting many of his works to have a degree of theological symbolism. In fact, several years ago, I began to suspect that Bach’s collection of six sonatas and partitas for solo violin has an overarching theological narrative. I was skeptical at first, because people have been saying things like that for a while without convincing evidence. But further analysis revealed correlations between the music and the gospel narrative that overrode my skepticism and convinced me I needed to make this analysis public. Two years later, I finally got to hold the fruits of these labors in my hands in the form of a book published by Pickwick Publications, “Sei Solo: Symbolum? - The Theology of J. S. Bach’s Solo Violin Works.” What I hope readers will gain from this book is an appreciation of the extent to which Bach bent his extraordinary genius on communicating the riches of the gospel. And by exploring Bach the theologian, as well as the extraordinarily rich theological writings that shaped him, it is my hope that this little book might help us transcend the confines of space and time to connect with the church of ages past, with whom we share the great and timeless hope of union with Christ, beginning now and coming to glorious fulfillment when he returns to make all things new. http://wipfandstock.com/sei-solo-symbolum.html
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