The Late Starters Orchestra Quotes

“We must find a common language and that common language for us is the key of E, English. You understand, right? In music, like in language, we must find common ground. When an orchestra tunes, that common ground is A.”
― Ari L. Goldman, Late Starters Orchestra

“I told him that I liked “light” classical, such as Mozart, Handel, and Tchaikovsky. I didn’t really know what I was talking about since my exposure to Mozart was Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Handel meant Messiah, and Tchaikovsky meant the 1812 Overture.”
― Ari L. Goldman, Late Starters Orchestra

“All the great cellists I revered played on this stage, including Casals, du Pré, Rostropovich, and, most of all, Mr. J. I was blown away by the thought of the impending concert. Like the old joke about Carnegie Hall, there is only one way to get to Avery Fisher and, that is, “practice, practice, practice.” Robert put”
― Ari L. Goldman, Late Starters Orchestra

“getting into the rhythm of nightly homework. Cello practice became part of his nightly routine—and mine. Just ten minutes in the beginning, but then fifteen and even twenty as he moved up through the grades. It was never onerous; always fun. Playing music became as natural as dinner, homework, and bedtime. The Suzuki books start easy but quickly accelerate to more”
― Ari L. Goldman, Late Starters Orchestra

“As the conductor played her A, I strained to listen to my cello’s A. I could hear that it was off—my ear was that good—but I wasn’t sure if I was too high or too low. I suddenly remembered a trick that”
― Ari L. Goldman, Late Starters Orchestra

“Trombone lessons?” I asked. “I couldn’t resist,” Eve said with a smile. THE NEXT CHAPTER What Eve was experiencing in her late seventies—and what I was”
― Ari L. Goldman, Late Starters Orchestra