The following is excerpted from Faith Today Magazine, words by Melissa Yue Wallace:
Between four jobs, side projects and finishing a double major in piano and vocal performance at Trinity Western University (TWU) in British Columbia, 23-year-old Chloé Thiessen exudes joy when talking about her favourite subject.
"I love music," she says. "I love writing music, arranging things and doing fun projects so to me, this isn’t really work."
One of her projects was composing music and playing chimes for a global music marathon in June celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Ellacombe Chimes – a unique technology that allows one person to ring all the bells in a tower. Involving more than 50 churches and towers worldwide, the event began in New Zealand and over 17 hours worked its way across the world, finishing in Vancouver.
"When I heard it was happening internationally, I thought how it was such a beautiful example that we are all together in something," says Thiessen. "I don’t know if people felt a certain emotion just from hearing my little piece in the marathon, but I do hope they were able to contemplate what it means for Christians to be part of a global community and take the peace, comfort and grieving they feel, and apply it to our friends and neighbours."
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About Trinity Western University
Founded in 1962, Trinity Western University is Canada’s premier Christian liberal arts university dedicated to equipping students to establish meaningful connections between career, life, and the needs of the world. It is a fully accredited research institution offering liberal arts and sciences, as well as professional schools in business, nursing, education, human kinetics, graduate studies, and arts, media, and culture. It has four campuses and locations: Langley, Richmond-Lansdowne, Richmond-Minoru, and Ottawa. TWU emphasizes academic excellence, research, and student engagement in a vital faith community committed to forming leaders to have a transformational impact on culture. Learn more at www.twu.ca or follow us on Twitter @TrinityWestern, on Facebook and LinkedIn.
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