GRATITUDE - July 26, 2012

I AM GRATEFUL FOR HAVING MULTI-TALENTED CHILDREN.

 In today's world, with all the possibilities for distraction and mindless uses of one's valuable time, I am thankful my teenage daughter carves out time (with sure handed guidance from my wife) to be involved in ballet and play the cello.


Yes, she does seem to live for texting and Facebook, but she is, after all, 14 and she must keep in touch with her peers, even more so than her parents.

That said, I love her abilities in the world of music and dance and am grateful she continues to pursue these activities.  I am confident it will become an important part of her life in the future, however she chooses to use it.

Recently, she recorded a piece playing cello at my music teacher's studio and then used the CD as background music for an original dance choreography.  She had to perform for a panel of judges to decide if she had the talent to continue on at the high school level of her performing arts charter school.

YES.  She does and will start 9th grade there next month.


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GRATITUDE - June 10, 2012

I AM GRATEFUL FOR KNOWING TALENTED FRIENDS.



Had the  pleasure of attending a sold-out Classical Concert Series concert in the performance hall at the Crocker Art Museum (longest continuous running museum in the West) today.  

The featured artist: Richard Andaya, cellist.  Truly amazing talent. Richard is a cellist in the San Francisco Symphony. His wife is a cellist in the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra and is Sarah's cello teacher.  Sarah babysits their youngest daughter.They are both wonderful examples of dedication to be the best at what you love.

06/10/12

Classical Concert: Richard Andaya, Cello Crocker Art Museum

Inspired by dedicated artists at the top of their game.


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Fritz Kreisler, the famous violinist, once said, “Narrow is the road that leads to a violinist. Hour after hour, day after day, and week after week, for years, I lived with my violin. There were so many things that I wanted to do that I had to leave undone; there were many places I wanted to go that I had to miss, if I was to master the violin. The road that I traveled was a narrow road and the way was hard.”

In fact, a woman once came up to Fritz Kreisler after one of his concerts and said to him, “I’d give my life to play as beautifully as you do.” To which Kreisler replied, “I did.”

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