The Forum: Frikki Walker

Last Sunday the speaker at our Forum meeting was Frikki Walker, St Mary’s Director of Music.

His forum was a tour de force and kept the audience entranced as he educated, opined and inspired us. Together we talked about favourite music, the composer he would most like to be locked into a church with, what makes a musician and what makes music at St Mary’s so special.

We thought about what matters most, the music or the words. And we had a go a the question that was raised in a forum a few weeks ago as to whether it matters whether a church musician believes.

Take a look.

The Forum with Michael Bawtree

We had a good Forum meeting after the 10.30 am service yesterday. This time I was interviewing Michael Bawtree.

Michael is an international musicial and conductor based in Glasgow but frequently travelling the world.

Some of the things we talked about were:

  • Can you tell a musician’s faith by the music they make?
  • What is Spirituality and is it the same as Religion?
  • Why commission new music?
  • What makes a musician?

We also discovered Michael’s guilty secret – he revealed which composer he just doesn’t quite get.

You can see it all in the video below.

(Note that the sound is considerably improved from last week).