Yesterday I was in Boston, speaking to a lovely group of people at Indian Hill Music School. During the course of the workshop, I asked people to chat among themselves about music that had been significant in their childhoods. One gentleman reported that when he was a child, his mother had bought him an LP of Saint-Saens "Carnival of the Animals" and had played it "incessantly" for him. He further stated that as an adult, he learned that his mother had bought the record with money she saved from quitting smoking! I thought it was very interesting and definitely made this gentleman even more grateful but also more understanding of why perhaps she played it incessantly! What do you think?
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Yesterday in Boston
Yesterday I was in Boston, speaking to a lovely group of people at Indian Hill Music School. During the course of the workshop, I asked people to chat among themselves about music that had been significant in their childhoods. One gentleman reported that when he was a child, his mother had bought him an LP of Saint-Saens "Carnival of the Animals" and had played it "incessantly" for him. He further stated that as an adult, he learned that his mother had bought the record with money she saved from quitting smoking! I thought it was very interesting and definitely made this gentleman even more grateful but also more understanding of why perhaps she played it incessantly! What do you think?
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