@twalker201 We had a music department Christmas concert that featured a cello solo that he played beautifully. One of his coaches came and he told him later that he brought him to tears.
@twalker201 One of my former principal cellists was also a starter on the basketball team. He sometimes had to take his cello to practice after school and it made him nervous around the other players.
$30,000: The cost to send a California student to UCLA
$75,000: The cost to send someone to prison in California
Maybe, just maybe, we should be investing in education rather than locking kids up.
I've gone back and forth whether this new piece should be for string quartet or brass quintet. I've decided on the latter. It's y'all's job to keep me from changing my mind again.
I want #upandout to be our rally cry! This is a complex issue that deserves a multi-pronged approach. Yes, we want to change school culture AND we want to end gun violence. One movement shouldn’t squelch the other.