Improvisation

Tonight at Opera Workshop we had a visitor, David Darling. It was the most wonderful time! Improvisation for 2 hours! I have recently been in extreme need of this. Teachers telling me to play music the "traditional" way. That's bologna! We spend our lives with sets of imposing rules telling us how things should be. Improvisation makes everything beautiful. I should have the right to play Schubert how I want and how I think it beautiful no matter what Dr. X says. Although I do pay him to tell me what to do. Or do I? Anyhow...the improv session tonight was so freeing. You can really see right into someone when you watch or hear them improvise. It's like they rip their soul out and set it on fire with methane...I mean, BUTANE right in front of your eyes. Some people clammed up when they were asked to solo or to give it a try but others shined like crazy. It made my day instantly better at the get go when we began chant like tribal primates...yes monkeys. It's like we dug realllly deep down and everyone in the room connected and opened up in such a natural way. "Natural" is the key word i think. Then to top it all off a fine tuna fish sandwich and bowl of raisin bran. MMMMmmm good.

And another thing! It makes me sad when I walk around the school of music and hear the same ten pieces being studied. Why!?!?!? I'm determined to program such an avant garde work that less than 10 people in the school have actually listened to before.
Hmpf!

P.S. I would really like a sunburn