Jon Schmidt in Jerusalem!

I've decided that if you ever want to 'happen' to run into any Mormon celebrities in you life, come live at the Jerusalem Center for a few months. Cause everybody wants to visit the holy land and the JC is the only LDS church meeting around. So I was sitting in a lovely fast and testimony meeting only to discover that Jon Schmidt was sitting there with us! Who knew! So I'm not exactly sure how it came about but he had a concert in the Augustus Victoria church for free:D Well I certainly wasn't going to pass that one up so we got permission to leave after dark and all the JC students walked over to hear the infamous Jon Schmidt play the piano. I found it ironic that all this most beautiful and elaborate church had by way of pianos was a dusty little upright, but when you play like this guy apparently it doesn't matter what kind of piano your using because it was spectacular! The acoustics in that church are amazing and added a whole level of awesomeness to the performance. I love his music. He's pretty much a hero in my eyes, gives me something to aspire to :D Mostly what’s inspirational about his playing is that you can tell that he just absolutely loves doing it. His joy and passion are contagious!

 

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