Shane Shuma is a 2022 graduate of Dickinson College. He graduated with a B.A. and has completed significant coursework in German, finance…
Key sources of stress at work include heavy workloads, no support, over-promotion or unrewarding roles, poor management, blame culture and bullying
Bruce Nolan is recognized as a master of his instrument. Dale Shepfer, writing in The American Record Guide, has described Nolan's playing style as, 'eminently mellow, lyrical, sensitive and restrained.' And a review in The Clarinet magazine comments: 'Bruce Nolan is a very sensitive player and a particularly musical one. He is also an excellent clarinetist with an impressive command of the instrument's complete dynamic range and a wonderful ability to spin out very long phrases with a single breath.' Robert Spillman, a native Kentuckian, graduated from the Eastman School of Music with degrees in piano and theory. He has toured extensively as soloist and accompanist for Rita Streich, Barry McDaniel and James Galway, among others. Mr. Spillman has held faculty positions at the High School for Music in Berlin and at the Eastman School of Music. He was for many years a member of the performing faculty at Aspen Music School and is currently Chairman of the Piano Faculty at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Davis Barnett is a free-lance artist in the Philadelphia area, and a member of the Bethlehem Bach Festival and the Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra. The Woolsey String Quartet was in residence at the Yale School of Music in 1981. Since then, the members of the quartet have pursued individual careers in chamber music and as members of major American symphony orchestras. The Trio was recorded at Lafayette College's Williams Center for the Arts. The equipment used was a Sony 16 Bit Digital recorder, Crown PZM microphones and a Helffrich Custom Pre-Amp. The Quintet was recorded in performance at Yale University using Ampex 440E recorders and Neumann U 87 microphones. Both recording use the Dolby Noise Reduction System. Our thanks to both Yale University and to Lafayette College for the use of their outstanding facilities. Engineers: Pete Helffrich, Gene Kimball Graphic Designer: Liz Turner Cover Photo: Jeff Gallagher.
What makes life work? I have often asked that question. And how do you go from living in a ghetto in a small 5 room house with 5 kids and parents, to living in a suburban house with 5 bedrooms and a pool? How do you go from being a downcast minority to feeling good about yourself and succeeding in life? I'm glad you asked those questions; because you may start out as a poor minority, but you don't have to end up that way. I wish there were a magic button that I could tell you to push and all would go well. Unfortunately, there is none. Life is long, hard, challenging, and arduous.My book will show you: How to live a successful life, despite its ups and downsHow to push through trials and tribulations to the better sideHow to apply and lean on Biblical scriptures to make life work for youLife is not all fun and games; if anything, just the opposite. But, be encouraged. Read through this book and see how you can live a successful and more abundant life -- now, today, and going forward.I have also added some of my writings at the end of the book: Poems, Skits, and Plays, appropriate for church workers, looking for fresh and creative material for children and adults. They will surely give you a lift, and even a chuckle or two. I was raised in Philadelphia, PA, and graduated from Cheyney University, PA, in 1962. While there, not only did I learn how to write, and became the Editor of the College Newspaper, but I met and married my husband, Walter McDaniel. Together we co-founded the Faith United Christian Church, in Berlin, NJ, where I honed my writing skills and wrote poems, skits, and plays; and had a Traveling Theater Ministry. I recently retired as President of the Winslow Township Senior Citizens' Center, in Atco, NJ, where we took our members to theaters and plays. We have three children and five grandchildren.
