[TPIN] A personal note

[Wilmer Wise]

Bravo David!
This puts the pursuit of those high notes in true perspective.
Wilmer

On Aug 4, 2007, at 11:08 PM, Eric Bolvin wrote:

> A short time ago, the topic of leukemia and trumpet came up and I  
> mentioned my 12 year old student who suffers from it.
> Some asked to follow up on him, so here it is.
> I just finished teaching a music camp and suggested to David and  
> his parents that he attend. I had a brass class and each student  
> got to
> play a solo piece in a small concert at the end.
> So David climbed the stairs on his crutches with trumpet in one  
> hand. He is so frail he can't carry the case or even open it  
> himself. He's also never really played in front of people before
> He propped himself up on the crutches and played Brahms' Lullaby 
> (who wrote Brahms' Lullaby???) perfectly and sounded great. He got  
> a rousing applause at the end.
> I was really proud and fighting back the tears and David was very  
> happy. He wanted to play again at the finally concert.