Musical Art

Listen! Music fills a room Like soft sunlight through sheer lace curtains And those simple youthful melodies are played Time and time again. At first with fumbling fingers And then with practiced perfection The work soon becomes second nature. The notes have not changed but the student has. With each lesson learned another page is turned And the... Learn More

The hidden price of artistic talent is practice. The seemingly unexciting exercises performed over and over again will later play dividends in the form of proficiency, dexterity, skill, and the hope of attaining perfection. Michelangelo said, "Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle." Equipped with well-honed skills, we can be fit instruments through which... Learn More

Loving moments, like family heirlooms, are precious keepsakes and memories that intertwine to become the melody of our lives. We keep near us treasured tokens of cherished days that pass all too quickly. Cedar-lined chests hold souvenir dolls and dresses, mementos that bring back to life the wonder of toddlers talking to themselves in a world of their own... Learn More

A blossoming young musician sits in quiet anticipation of her approaching performance. Tentative but talented, her music is waiting to be released. Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out." Beware of spending... Learn More

Travel has provided me with some of my richest experiences and most memorable education. Walking the streets of cities and towns in distant parts of the world has emphasized a pleasant paradox - we are all so unique, and yet in so many fundamental ways, we are all the same. Learn More