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As I answer, please keep in mind that I have an advantage over most of you because I've had a lot longer to be involved with music than most of you have...iow, it's just age, not talent.
I play or play with; all the woodwinds except bassoon, piano and guitar.
I am a vocalist, and when I finish (soon!) my degree, that is what it will say. When returning to school I decided to choose voice because I knew I would be traveling a lot back and forth to campus and also that I could sing while driving.
How long have you been playing? Since I was 8, which is 40+ years...but although throughout my life I have always been involved in music in one way or another, I have not become truly proficient in any instrument except voice.
Have you performed in public? Many, many times. My daughter and son and I even did public performances for pay for awhile...with me on flute, daughter (linatariel from these boards, actually) on harp, son on bodhran or other percussion. We had a celtic-inspired sound and played a lot of Christmas music. Dr. Elwin Ransom from these boards broke up the group, however, by marrying linatariel and taking her 1000 miles away. I'll forgive him one day, maybe.
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Right now I am in the process of finishing up my degree, as I said. This semester I'll be giving my senior recital. Lots of practicing!
Are there instruments you don't play that you would like to learn? Hammered dulcimer...
What type of music do you prefer to play? The best stuff for the instruments I play is classical or jazz. Mostly I play for fun--but I teach as a vocation.
Do you write music or lyrics of your own? Have a few snippets I have never developed. Wrote 'em down for posterity, though.
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