Tag: teaching
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A Thank You Letter (My Ode to Mr. Gaillard)
Dear Mr. Gaillard, I wanted to take this time to write to you. Albeit my feelings are disheveled because I know that this is a letter you’ll never get to read, I’m still writing it anyway. Where do I begin? You had such a profound impact on me as a beginner band student and ultimately…
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Before you Speak…
think. Sometimes, we lie to ourselves. We’d like to believe that what we say have no merit, as if the words just fall to the ground never to be heard from again. But words have great power. Words have value. Words create. We cannot escape words. Words are everywhere. Yet, and still: we don’t take…
