Music From The Heart

Frank did indeed, have to work today, but not anything to be done about that. I just sang for a good long while from my book of favorite hymns, and practiced for a good long bit. I really need to practice all my music real good, because I have a string of concerts and engagements to play next month that I do not feel ready for. And if I don’t feel ready because of lack of practice it’s going to show in my music. The point of playing music is because one is confident in the music and in one’s own ability to perform it due to prior practice. Otherwise one might as well be trying to make a brick wall sing. Music without feeling is empty. There is only one thing I hope to accomplish as a music teacher. And that is not to make my students sound good. If I can teach them only one thing, it will be this: to feel their music with all their hearts no matter what. And in doing that, they will always sound good.

Well then, teacher needs to go get some of that feeling into her music now…I must confess I am very hard on myself. Frank’s mom tries to tell me how to do it, but the last time she said something to me was indeed, the last time she’s ever going to tell me how to play music. No one can tell you how to play music – because it has to come from your heart.