Fostering Creativity In Children Is As Important

I've Lived In New York All My Life, And We Went To The Mormon Pageant Each Year In Upstate New York. It Still Is A Wonderful Production. I Remember Going And Seeing The Performance And Listening To The Music. My Father Had Mormon Tabernacle Choir Music, And We Would Listen To It And Sing With It.

The More You Put Into It, The More You And The Audience Will Get Out Of It.

I Think Singing It When Its Done Well Is Extremely Natural. It Feels Great.

It Is Our Responsibility To Learn How To Speak To An Audience That Is Less Informed About Music, To Give It A Reason To Want To Come And See Us Instead Of Going To The Movies.

Among The Important Realizations I Had In My Own Days In The Practice Room Was That If Any One Route To Any One Phrase Didn't Work After Days Of Trying, Then The Exact Opposite Route Should At Least Be Explored, As Well As Every Alternative In Between, As Counterintuitive As That Often Seemed.