Recital

Here's a quick entry to brag a little bit about Tom. Early this week we were able to go to a recital where Tom had a piece debut for English horn and piano. For those of you who don't know, this is an English horn--basically an oboe on steroids, not what I had pictured in my mind at all.He got rave reviews from the audience members, and it was amusing for me to watch my humble husband squirm slightly with the compliments thrown his way. For me (and I'm sure much more so for Tom), having his pieces played is both a beautiful musical experience and immensely gratifying. It's satisfying to see his work have a stamp of completion on it, by being played by live musicians as intended, not just a computer program on his laptop. It brings a level of legitimacy to a somewhat obscure field--"Composer" is not exactly as tangible in this small town as something like "Welder" or "Dentist." Basically, I'm just proud of him, so I'll shut up now. If I can figure out how to post an audio recording of the piece from the recital, I'll do it when it becomes available to us.