I hope everyone is healthy and being as comfortable as they can be both mentally an physically. There's a duality of our current conditions as I see it and how being "uncomfortable with uncertainty" (Pema Chodron) is how I'm dealing with it. In many ways my life hasn't changed all the much and yet it has changed drastically. Since I've been living in two places for the last five years, NJ and HI, my travels have made my life full of constant change. I minimize that, I regula

As a musician who plays in an orchestra, work may not always require you to play what you were trained to do in music school. I've had an interesting few weeks here in Honolulu. We have had one traditional masterworks program and a few pops programs which were quite varied and fun. One week, we played with a Queen cover band. Another week I was paid to play Harry Potter 4, and sort of watch it backwards. This past week I used my knowledge of a Harry James vibrato while playin