GWEN’S PICKS: MUSICAL JOURNEYS THAT CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO BY GWEN KLASSEN, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FLUTE AND PRINCIPAL PICCOLO
Game-changing composers not only shatter paradigms, but are also courageous enough to sit in the uncertainty of knowing and not knowing at the same time. They sink the ship in order to experience the fear and freedom of the free-fall into chaos, all because they sense the existing structure no longer serves. When those composers choose to “differentiate in order to create beauty, meaning and synergy” (Cynthia Bourgeault), they also create new posts by which we experience and hear our humanity, knowing we are not alone. So, I’m putting on my life and music coach cloak and taking a deep dive into the hero/heroine’s archetypal journey through music, where we meet archetypal characters that challenge the hero/heroine and shake things up — as a result, life carries on in a new way, or it ends. 40 | PRELUDE calgaryphil.com | 403.571.0849
