Road trip to Burlington

My last week at home with Graham was a busy one. Two days after our train trip to Greensboro we drove to Burlington, N.C., to spend time with my piano teacher, Dick Apperson.

Mr. Apperson is a former professor at Elon University and still serves as music director at the United Church of Christ in Burlington. We visited his church, where he provided a crash course in music theory and played a few songs on the organ. Somehow Graham managed to take a nice long nap as the organ resonated throughout the church. The stained glass windows were literally rattling at one point, yet still he slept.

The first song we heard was Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor. Here's a clip of what it sounds like:



Afterward, we headed to lunch at a local Italian spot where Mr. Apperson is a regular. We finished the trip with a tour of the Elon campus, including a visit to the performance hall where my teacher played as a student many years ago.

I've come to very much enjoy my Monday piano lessons with Mr. Apperson. It was great fun learning more about him and more about music with my little boy in tow.

Mr. Apperson's music set-up at his church