Year: 2018
A Tribute to My Father, II
Lyman Edward Pelkey (1937–2018) My kind father and friend, Lyman Edward Pelkey, passed away peacefully this morning(Tuesday, December 11, 2018) at the ManorCare Nursing Home in Montgomeryville,Pennsylvania. He was 81, having celebrated his last birthday on November 25. Back in November 2015, I wrote a lengthy blog in tribute to “My Musical Father.” I’ve […]
Read MoreSTEAM Before STEM: Lewis Mumford’s Ideas about Art and Technology
Digital Handout for: “STEAM Before STEM: Lewis Mumford’s Ideas about Art and Technology and Why They Matter Today” Stanley C. Pelkey, Director University of Kentucky School of Music 2018 College Music Society National Conference Vancouver, BC Lewis Mumford (1895–1990) Definition of “technics”: The field of “practical arts” and “that part of human activity wherein, by […]
Read MoreLeadership Challenge: Managing Your Emotional Week
During the past ten years, I’ve become acutely aware of the patterns of the more-or-less predictable ups and downs of my moods and associated emotions over the course of most seven-day cycles. I call these patterns my “emotional week”. My emotional week is shaped in large part by the rhythms of my work week, its […]
Read MoreWhat I’ve Been Listening to: All Kinds of Creatures… Big and Small
The music that has been occupying quite a bit of my attention during the past month was some of my own. As I have been sharing on the homepage for the past month or so, several of my new, short original compositions were featured on a program for families called “Libraries Rock!” at the Cape Girardeau Public […]
Read MoreEaster Morning Music Blog
I have had the privilege to make a lot of music on Easter Sundays during the past 25 years as a part-time church musician and to lead dedicated and hard-working choral and instrumental ensembles for those more festive holiday services. During the past few years, I’ve put more time into preparing original music or arrangements […]
Read MoreNjal’s Saga: Literature and Leadership
By Stan Pelkey In mid-January, during the last few days my two children were home for winter break, my son and I began to watch the first season of Vikings (Michael Hirst, 2013–2018) on Amazon Prime’s streaming video service. We’d watched The Last Kingdom on BBC America in 2015, and we’re huge fans of Game […]
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