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Honoring the Power of Music
As students and faculty prepared to leave for Spring Break, they gathered in Callaway Chapel for our annual Music Vespers, which celebrates the power of music in our daily lives. During the service, three seniors spoke about the song they were about to perform. See excerpts below:
Mac Halm ’25 on “Power of Two” by the Indigo Girls, while talking about his mother, EHS counselor Joey Halm: “...in essence, the song is about unconditional love and support. ‘Multiply life by the power of two,’ it says. Which makes sense, yeah? Life is hard when it’s just you, and I am grateful knowing that I’ll never have to go through my life without my mom.”
Liv Hanson ’25 on “Angel from Montgomery” by John Prine: “When life is tough and things are going poorly, we can rewrite the lyrics however we wish. We can gain a new perspective, whether the perspective of an older, wiser woman, a coal miner, or a priest. A new perspective can help us think of all the bad things going on as a little less bad. A new perspective allows us to romanticize our lives and see things from another angle.”
Angel Inirio ’25 on “Hey There Delilah” by Plain White T’s: “...whenever I feel stressed or upset, I remember my excited five-year-old self listening to my brother play, and I hum the tune. I imagine him telling me the lyrics, ‘I'm right there if you get lonely, give this song another listen,’ and all my troubles go away.”
Thank you to all the talented musicians and singers for such a special Vespers: Darya Campi ’25, Ruby Gonzalez ’25, Erik Olsen ’25, Nathaniel Familua ’26, Jack Knutson ’26, Jeremy Lin ’28, Warner Blunt ’07, Joey Halm, Mike Schmidt, Louis Smith, Lauren Spears, and Phil Spears.
Watch the Service.
Liv Hanson ’25 on “Angel from Montgomery” by John Prine: “When life is tough and things are going poorly, we can rewrite the lyrics however we wish. We can gain a new perspective, whether the perspective of an older, wiser woman, a coal miner, or a priest. A new perspective can help us think of all the bad things going on as a little less bad. A new perspective allows us to romanticize our lives and see things from another angle.”
Angel Inirio ’25 on “Hey There Delilah” by Plain White T’s: “...whenever I feel stressed or upset, I remember my excited five-year-old self listening to my brother play, and I hum the tune. I imagine him telling me the lyrics, ‘I'm right there if you get lonely, give this song another listen,’ and all my troubles go away.”
Thank you to all the talented musicians and singers for such a special Vespers: Darya Campi ’25, Ruby Gonzalez ’25, Erik Olsen ’25, Nathaniel Familua ’26, Jack Knutson ’26, Jeremy Lin ’28, Warner Blunt ’07, Joey Halm, Mike Schmidt, Louis Smith, Lauren Spears, and Phil Spears.
Watch the Service.
