My professional name is Donald M. Wilson, but my friend Doc Knowles (see "Doc" elsewhere on ShoutLife.com) calls me "The Professor"--mainly because I really AM a retired music professor (having been a teacher of music composition and theory for over 30 years at Bowling Green State University in Ohio). So when I needed to come up with a name for this blog, it seemed to me "The_Professor" would be appropriate. And since no one else had (as of 1/03/07) signed up for the Classical category under Music, I decided to try and be the first one there. So you can call me The Professor of Classical Music here at ShoutLife.

But I am above all a Professing Christian. That is, I profess Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I was saved at church camp when I was 13, but it didn't "click" with me until about 40 years later when I started attending the church where my wife-to-be had gone for a long time. (You can see her photo next to the Nocturne on my Music Player.) It was only then that I started learning what it means to "live for the Lord."

Now, after years of on-again/off-again service to the Lord, I am finally living for Him. Special thanks are due the Doc (whom most of you seem to know) for the loving kick in the pants he gave me on January 3rd to sign up here at ShoutLife.com!! Best thing I've done in years. Thanks, Doc!!

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