Spring Graduation
The end of the Spring Term in Uppsala is marked by the Spring Graduation Ceremony, including cannon salutes. After a solemn ceremony I biked straight to preschool to pick up my son.
Carols and Readings
More music, this time together with my wife. We played and sang (yes, even I did sing) in a Service of Carols and Readings in two small countryside churches.
Christmas Concert
Some concert venues are more festive than others. The Christmas Concert by Kungliga Akademiska Kapellet was held in the Rikssalen/Hall of State in Uppsala Castle. Very fun music to play, not least for the trumpet section!
Happy First of Advent
Today’s Festive Sunday Service in St. Ansgar Church, included a brass ensemble, a solo trumpet and a tired boy.
To remember
In April I read that a museum and a memorial were opening, on one of the darkest parts of our history: “about the legacy of racial inequality and for the truth and reconciliation that leads to real solutions to contemporary problems”. The museum and memorial are in Montgomery, Alabama, and during this year’s travel to
Christmas Morning Trumpet
I was happy to have the opportunity to bring my trumpet to the Christmas Morning Service in Kila church, a rural church in the region of Värmland, this year. My father in law led the service, and my wife had the opportunity to join in with the local church choir for the occation.