When you teach 35 students a week, you tend to bury yourself in the grind of just getting through all of those lessons. Sure, you do realize that you are teaching an amazing gift to younger people but not all lessons lend themselves to such a beautiful ideal. I mean, lots of kids don't practice or care. Most of the time (well, a LOT of the time) students are not prepared.
I would like dedicate this post to two of my newest of students, Ethan and Nicolas! These two fine young men are sixth graders who just signed up for lessons and their enthusiasm and excitement of learning how to play a long metallic slidey thing has truly been an absolute joy to be around. This is probably the happiest I have ever been while playing simple tunes such "Jolly Old St. Nicolas" and "Ode to Joy" in the most simple of rhythms! These two kids remind me EXACTLY how it felt to first hold the trombone and with their pure excitement comes a newly found love of quarter notes on my part!
