Growing Musicians

Student recital and chamber music reading with some wonderful musicians.  One of the pieces that we read is one that I have known since early in my music studies.  How wonderful to no longer worry about coming in wrong, to have my mind fully engaged with the deeper meaning and emotion of the piece.  I remember the panic of trying to get the pulse right (is it in 2 or 4?) and then being faced with a series of rests and being unsure about when to start, or questioning if I was with the violinist or by myself.  So many little things to fret over, just to get in time and play the right notes, and in tune, and gracefully.  It takes so much to get to the point in music of being able to read and perform fluently.  To replace worrying and counting with listening and transforming.  After a day of helping others take steps toward this goal, it was nice to sink into it at the end of the day.

Today's performers