I loved this and went back to read the original you referred to also.
My mother graduated as a pianist from the Vienna Conservatory, my Dad always wanted to play the violin, but never had the chance until he was over 50 and bought one at a pawn shop.
I was a cellist. I learned piano, but it wasn't my instrument. My cousin, on the other hand, was an excellent pianist, graduated with an MA from the Boston Conservatory, and taught piano her entire life (still does, to the best of my knowledge). I played cello throughout High School and was VERY good at it, but let it drop in college. Carrying a cello to an archaeological dig site was unfeasible.
I miss my music sometimes, I have a portable keyboard, but it's in a closet. I have too many other things taking my time. So I listen - to music and to books, and I think about how different my life might have turned out, and I express gratitude for the way that it did. My choices were the right ones.
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Date: 2021-11-22 10:19 am (UTC)My mother graduated as a pianist from the Vienna Conservatory, my Dad always wanted to play the violin, but never had the chance until he was over 50 and bought one at a pawn shop.
I was a cellist. I learned piano, but it wasn't my instrument. My cousin, on the other hand, was an excellent pianist, graduated with an MA from the Boston Conservatory, and taught piano her entire life (still does, to the best of my knowledge). I played cello throughout High School and was VERY good at it, but let it drop in college. Carrying a cello to an archaeological dig site was unfeasible.
I miss my music sometimes, I have a portable keyboard, but it's in a closet. I have too many other things taking my time. So I listen - to music and to books, and I think about how different my life might have turned out, and I express gratitude for the way that it did. My choices were the right ones.
- Erulisse (one L)