Good afternoon, Blogging Family! Thank you again so much to all of you who prayed for, attended, or expressed interest in our recital last Saturday! It was a sweet time of celebrating the Lord’s faithfulness over the years, and we were so humbled and blessed by everyone’s support, both in person and online! We would not be here today without the prayers, and love of far more people than we are even aware of, and Saturday was a vivid reminder of this reality.

We wanted to share this recording with those of you who were unable to attend in person but asked about a recording. If you tried to livestream, you’re aware that we ran into some unexpected network issues. Because of this, the version posted above is missing a few songs. However, I’m very grateful that Ivan could reconstruct the large majority of the recital and we hope you will enjoy the overall feel of the event! 🙂

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Update on 1/30/26: We’re continuing to get comments that some of you are having trouble viewing the embedded video. We’re working to figure it out! In the meantime, please follow this direct link to the performance. Thanks so much for your patience!

11 thoughts on “ICYMI: Recital Recording!”

      1. I was able to listen to your recital today and I was amazed at how you were able to play your violin. I teared up when I first heard you play. The Lord has given you so much ability after your accident. Thank Ivan for working to put this together so we could listen to it.

        I am so thankful to the Lord and you for your hard work and determination to get your ability back to playing. You have such a gift and I’m grateful I have been able to follow your journey after so many years. May the Lord continue to give you even more use with your hands.

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      2. I had time today to listen to your violin recital. It was amazing to see the ability that the Lord has given you since your accident when you couldn’t play your violin. It made me tear up when you started playing. I found it to be very worshipful and loved having Ivan play along with your friend on the violin.

        Do you have any feeling in your left hand or did you just learn to manage without feeling?

        When I was able to attend the rehearsal of the UCO when my husband Walt was in the Trustee Executive session with the trustees, I would sit where I could watch Ivan play the piano. Such amazing skill to be able to accompany the UCO.

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      3. Thanks so much for listening! We appreciate it so much. I still don’t have feeling in my left hand, but thanks to God’s help and help from friends and therapy have been able to learn to play using my eyes. We appreciate your support over the years, and your support of UCO so much!

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    1. Hi Dr. Vickers! We’ve done more research and it looks like this is message reflects a YouTube bug that has popped up in the past few days that might be related to the user’s browser or ad-blockers. Some tips are to sign out and sign back in, clear the cache and cookies, or temporarily disable ad blockers. Hope this helps! 🙂

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  4. Hi Grace and Ivan! I was looking forward to listening to your recital this evening but it’s telling me it’s no longer available. Bum! I hope you can fix this issue; I SO want to hear you play!

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    1. It looks like this is message reflects a YouTube bug that has popped up in the past few days that might be related to the user’s browser or ad-blockers. Some tips are to sign out and sign back in, clear the cache and cookies, or temporarily disable ad blockers. Hope this helps! 🙂

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