Eat in Harmony

Eat in Harmony is not a cookbook. The author a musician/conductor/lecturer leads the reader on a journey through fascinating adventures that made his life unique and rewarding. More than an autobiography of his career as a university music professor it touches chance meetings history philosophy works of art influential composers revelations and philosophy. Compelling topics like the following: Almost murdered in a deserted underground city in Turkey Sibelius in a vegetable garden A life changing baseball accident Vaht gut qvestions did you ask t'day? 1989 in Poland and Hungary: Cathedral Crucifix and Congregation Olga Dimitri Smolny: Soviet Union 1965 Russia 1993 What I learned from Beethoven and a piece of wood What I see in the mud and scum of things Medieval France meets Country Western Mendelssohn on a bus If I forget thee O Jerusalem On stage with the Wagners in Bayreuth Bach the man who made all the wrong decisions and many more. Throughout the book the author takes an alternate path in a series of Reflections that have formed his view of art from a Christian perspective. It also includes comments from students colleagues and music critics that reflect on the influence the author had on their lives. Gregory S. Athnos author of two award-winning books is a retired professor of music from North Park University in Chicago. His choirs performed across the United States Canada China and Europe. He was guest conductor of the Pushkin Chamber Orchestra and the Estonian State Symphony in the first performances of Handel's 'Messiah' since the Bolshevik Revolution. His university classrooms were filled. Students called his lectures on music the arts and culture 'lessons in life'. His unique approach to the arts has garnered invitations to speak in colleges seminaries churches art museums retirement communities Road Scholar programs and con