“I’m learning to play the bagpipes.” is quite possibly the last phrase I ever thought I would utter.
I noodled around with the university pep band and played a few scales on the guitar from time to time, but I just didn’t commit to it like my earlier years. As I embarked on my undergraduate education, music quietly faded into the background. As poetic as I can be, I don’t think I can do justice to the sheer impact that music had on me, as well as the various music educators who it has been my privilege to learn from. I spent about 8 years playing violin and tuba, from all-county orchestras to jazz band to national marching band competitions. Never a professional by any means, but music was nevertheless a significant part of my youth and my identity as a young adult. I’m the shorter fellow on the left with the beret.
The section leaders from my high school marching band during an awards ceremony (wearing black/purple) circa October 2012.
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