[TPIN] A personal note

[fields at stanford.edu]

blessings, blessings...

ken fields


Quoting Wilmer Wise <wiseone2 at verizon.net>:

> 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.
>
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