Oh for that Look in their Eyes!

What a wonderful thing it was for me this week to watch each of my students as I presented them with their new music. Many of them have been waiting with earnest anticipation for their music to arrive from the company I order from. And what a difference in last week and this week. Last week, I had to announce to each of them that it had not yet come. Oh the disappointment they showed.

Not this week though. The brightness! The excitement! The eagerness to go home and look through their new books! Oh the look in their eyes!

I remember those days, even as a college student, getting ready for exams and recitals. Ordering new music was a highlight of my week!!!!! To get that brand new book without wrinkles. To look through the endless pages of things you have never seen before. To come across music that you had spent hours listening to and eagerly waited for! I remember. And it is with childish giggles that I still experience those feelings---for myself and for my students! What a joy and thrill it is to be a musician.