2018 was a year of experimentation and growth and it brought me many new opportunities.
Some of the things I did were a lot of fun and new and interesting. In the spring, I enjoyed presenting songs on nature and environmental themes to children at Wildrock in Crozet, Virginia.
Over the summer, I rented a saxophone and tried my hand at playing a new instrument. My ultimate goal was to learn an instrument to play in a band. I learned that there was a beginning band (wind and percussion ensemble) at the local senior center. I went one day in July to watch their rehearsal. I found out I knew one of the percussion players and she invited me to join their team. It turns out, I used to play percussion in high school band, so it would be a good fit for me. I came home knowing that would be a better choice for me since my saxophone studies were going so slowly, it would take months to be good enough to play in a band. I joined the band's percussion team in September and I played my first concert with them in December (see previous post about this).
In August, I was selected to be a panelist at the Music & Cochlear Implants Symposium in Montreal. As one of the panelists, I met with some of the leading researchers and developers of cochlear implants to help ensure the continuing improvement of musical satisfaction and proficiency for CI recipients. It was a great experience and one I will never forget!
I closed out the year working in the county schools teaching songwriting to two classrooms of 5th graders.
Of course, December was filled with holiday concerts and sing alongs with many groups.
I am full of optimism for this new year of 2019 and I wish you all a very good year!
Thanks as always for stopping by!
The picture above is from my travels up north for the holidays when I went up to the Ashokan Reservoir. It was beautiful!
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