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He is writing about himself: I have known from a very early age that music would always be a part of my life. I discovered during my college years that music would be the focus of my life’s work. I took a couple of piano lessons when I was in the first grade until my teacher left the country. In Chicago while I was in the sixth grade, a man came to my school and demonstrated all of the instruments that were typically in a wind band. I knew I HAD to play the trombone. I was so fascinated with the slide and the warm, rich sound. So, that was it. I was in the band! I enjoyed it so much that it became all I thought about. My parents even arranged private lessons to keep me motivated and learning at an accelerated pace. They were very selfless to provide funds and transportation to professionals in the Chicago area who agreed to teach me. One of my best experiences was studying private trombone with a female teacher at Concordia College while I was in junior high school. I learned more from her in one lesson than anyone else the entire time I had studied privately. This was such a sacrifice for my parents, and for that I am eternally grateful. I played the trombone all through school and eventually majored in Music Education in college with an emphasis on trombone. All during this time, I was spending a great deal of time on the piano as well...on my own, playing by ear. It was not until I had music theory in college that I really began to understand how to make the piano d