Old Riga
Today we had a "free" morning, meaning we didn't have anything scheduled until noon. At noon we met Simona, a member of Matthews (I think), who was to be our guide around Old Riga. We saw everything from St. Peter's to St. John's, from The Three Brothers to the Occupation Museum, and everything in between. Simona was a joy to be with, and she was very knowledgable about the historical points of interest she was showing us.
After sightseeing, we had a two-hour rehearsal with our group alone, then attended the youth worship service at Matthews church (where Brad, Dan, and Paulis played). Then we rehearsed again, this time with the Matthews orchestra—two violins, a viola, cello, two flutes, an oboe, clarinet, two trumpets, a saxophone, an electric bass (Paulis), and a drummer. Four of those instrumentalists are Maris' children. We got along very well with them as we prepared for Sunday's worship services.
Afterwards, we spent some time conversing with them. I spoke at length to Arturs, the oboist, who is a member of the Latvian National Opera. He told me that the one thing hindering young would-be musicians is the lack of instruments, particularly quality instruments. Good instruments are expensive and many teachers will not teach students when only poor instruments are available. Please pray with me that God will show us how we can make instruments available to Latvian students, perhaps to those at Aloja Music School.
posted by Don @ 1:00 PM
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