A love of music can last a lifetime
Billie Shelton
One of the little perks of working in a middle school is the occasional opportunity like the one that presented to me recently. The instrumental music teacher came to where I was working to see if I could be the audience while the young man with her played his saxophone solo as part of his preparation for this year’s middle school instrumental contest. So, taking a break from my work, I went with them just down the hall and sat listening for about five minutes. It was a pretty piece, especially when the young teacher accompanied Nico on the piano. He did just fine, with a minimum amount of squeaks. And I was back to work. It made me remember the instrumental solo contests when I was a young saxophone-playing musician about that age.
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