tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post609486931490336980..comments2023-06-07T05:36:30.935-07:00Comments on See www.nurturedbylove.ca for the active version of this blog: Stealing the show times twomoominmammahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561834420653149624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-80196769170490374702008-04-04T17:00:00.000-07:002008-04-04T17:00:00.000-07:00Deborah, that's good to know. Still I wonder whet...Deborah, that's good to know. Still I wonder whether everyone would react the same way -- with the grace and humility and optimistic enjoyment you felt. Especially if they weren't relative beginners but had been studying for at least as many years as Erin. Still it's reassuring to hear how you felt.moominmammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561834420653149624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-14049781799814837222008-04-02T17:47:00.000-07:002008-04-02T17:47:00.000-07:00Oh, I dunno...when I was a beginner (I started a c...Oh, I dunno...when I was a beginner (I started a couple of months before I turned 14), I loved attending the performances of really competent peers. If Erin is the most advanced student on two instruments, her playing may show a less advanced student what is possible. The principal cellist of our high school orchestra gave a stunning performance of "Kol Nidrei" (Bruch) , yet I also saw him playing first violin in a string quartet, with a borrowed violin held upright on his lap. I didn't hold a grudge that he could play "my" instrument better than I, without ever having studied it! (As a grownup, his "day" job is cellist of the Muir String Quartet.) <BR/><BR/>DeborahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com