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Jacob Ming-Trent - "My Problem Right There" (Hands on a Hardbody)

Jacob is one of the many wonderful students I have had the great fortune to work with. 

He also is one of the great voices.   Expect to hear more from him.

That music always round me Walt Whitman, from Leaves of Grass That music always round me, unceasing, unbeginning - yet long untaught I did not hear; But now the chorus I hear, and am elated; A tenor, strong, ascending, with power and health, with glad notes of day-break I hear, A soprano, at intervals, sailing buoyantly over the tops of immense waves, A transparent bass, shuddering lusciously under and through the universe, The triumphant tutti - the funeral wailings, with sweet flutes and violins - all these I fill myself with; I hear not the volumes of sound merely - I am moved by the exquisite meanings, I listen to the different voices winding in and out, striving, contending with fiery vehemence to excel each other in emotion; I do not think the performers know themselves - but now I think I begin to know them.

Holiday Performance Party Invitation 2009.mov

It is time for the Holiday Performance Party, something I look forward to with great joy. It has become a tradition that brings my current students and many of those who have gone on to college or professional careers in a bigger market, together. There is a nervous excitement for my newer students hearing the more seasoned and then a chance to talk about it at the party after. It is a chance for me to spend some quality time with parents and partners of my students. I always enjoy this, finding I gain some new insight on the student I see every week. And of course I love making music and having people come to my home for a good meal.