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a few of those names. But you’ve not stopped
there. You’ve conducted the Royal (London)
Philharmonic, the Tokyo (Japan) Philharmonic,
and other notable orchestras. Many orchestras
globally have performed your works. How have
you “processed” the extensive opportunities
that have opened up to you?
[Henry] As I look back on my life’s experiences,
I am happy to report that I still feel as excited as
I ever have just to have someone reach out to
me and ask me to do anything musically. I still
feel the need to get up every day and make it
count. If anything, I feel that the opportunities
I have had and still have require me to “step
up my game” to the next level - seriously. Most
of the great leaders in the Bible achieved their
most seminal work well into their “mature” age.
As long as the Lord allows me to use what he
have given… and it’s truly his gift that I work
daily to perfect… I will press on until he calls
me home. I will never forget when I turned 50
almost having to repent for thinking I could just
retire and rest on my “laurels.” It seems that in
the course of one week I heard three different
sermons that rebuked that thought, one by T.D.
Jakes, one by Joel Osteen, and the other by
Pastor Art Sepulveda of Word of Life Hawaii.
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