St. John
St. John
Saint John or St. John usually refers to John the Apostle of the Bible...
art who-we-are next
Music is art, art is life, and we are who we are, and all of these aforementioned women, unless they should choose not to, will be performing well into the next many decades because they are great artists.
children eye imagination
Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.
art years government
For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.
grateful past links
I am very lucky and grateful to have this living link to a past era, the violin presumably having much more history to it than the later portion that I know.
canada incentives benefactors
There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
years remember scales
I had been playing since I was 2 years old, never remembering a life without music, always playing everything naturally and mostly by ear, and all the grownups wanted were more scales and drudgery out of me.
dad guy never-forget
Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him.
crowds strange concerts
Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong.
people pay attention
When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag.
play voice trying
There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try, to be tempered.
violin laptops boards
Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop on board I would fly that airline all the time.
player cards orchestra
Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.
children believe journey
Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure.
who-i-am looks reason
I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.