Scott Shoemaker:
CLASS OF 2001
Coe CollegeClass of 2001
Cedar rapids, IA
Scott's Story
Scott is from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Scott later attended Coe College (Music, Music Theory and Composition) . Scott works(ed) at Nebraskans For Civic Reform, Kirkwood Community College, Christ Presbyterian Church.
Music Scott likes includes Styx, Kansas, AntonÃn DvoÅák. Books Scott likes include Harry Potter series, Catcher In The Rye, The Sun Also Rises. Movies Scott likes include The Great Gatsby, The Queen, Citizen Kane.
One of Scott's favorite quotes is:"â¦strive to be a Mason, not merely in formâ¦but in character; and so to help realize some of the beauty we have all dreamed⦠Everyone can do a little, and if each does his part faithfully the sum of our labors will be very great, and we shall leave the world fairer than when we found it, richer in faith, gentler in justice, wiser in pity â for we pass this way only once, pilgrims seeking a country, even a City that hath such foundations.
-Joseph Fort Newton "The Builders"
"Polyphony Sucks" - Morton Feldman
Now this thing that judges between two instincts, that decides which should be encouraged, cannot itself be either of them. You might was well say that the sheet of music which tells you, at any given moment, to play one note on the piano and not another, is itself one of the notes on the keyboard. The Moral Law tells us the tune we have to play: our instincts are merely the keys.
-C.S. Lewis "Mere Christianity"
...There is nothing of any importance in life - except how you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from that. It's the only measure of human value. All the codes of ethics they'll t...Expand for more
ry to ram down your throat are just so much paper money put out by swindlers to fleece people of their virtues. The code of competence is the only system of morality that's on the gold standard.
-Ayn Rand "Atlas Shrugged"
How good and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in unity!
It is like precious oil poured on the head,
running down on the beard,
running down on Aaron's beard,
down upon the collar of his robes.
It is as if the dew of Hermon
were falling on Mount Zion.
For there the Lord bestows his blessing,
even life forevermore.
-Psalm 133
If a man teaches composition in a university, how can he not be a composer? He has worked hard, learned his craft. Ergo, he is a composer. A professional. Like a doctor. But there is that doctor who opens you up, does exactly the right thing, closes you upâand you die. He failed to take the chance that might have saved you. Art is a crucial, dangerous operation we perform on ourselves. Unless we take a chance, we die in art.
-Morton Feldman
It was through music alone that I know God exists, and through composing only that I could worship.
-Peter Schaffer "Amadeus"
We are taught too much to respect music - we should instead be taught to love it.
-Igor Stravinsky
Oh Death, where is thy victory? Oh death where is thy sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore my beloved brethren be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
-I Corinthians 15:55-58
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