I was in charge of locating just three Saint Louis Symphony
Youth Orchestra musicians for a photo shoot with their
conductor, Ward Stare, for an
upcoming St. Louis magazine article. I figured, no
problem. So I started making phone calls.
"Sorry, he'd love to do it but he's at music camp in Colorado." Or, "oh dear,
thank you for calling, but she's at Tanglewood," or Interlochen or making music
with other fantastically talented
teens in the mountains of North Carolina.
I did manage to find three fantastically talented teens who
were still at home in St. Louis
this summer. I thought, when I was their
age, I spent the summers watching
dust blow across the Montana Hi-Line.