Hi gang! As I continue to wait for more responses from all the magazines to which I have submitted my music, I think about my conservatory days. I would not have been able to orchestrate ANY of my CD, Dreamwalk ,without being educated by Thea Musgrave, a renowned world-known composer of Opera, symphonic, and chamber works. She helped me unlock all the hidden secrets in my brain that would allow me to go beyond just putting all my ideas on a tape recorder. I am hooked now and forever on writing them on manuscript paper! I am forever greatful to the one whom I call the Scottish Queen for all she has done for me. I just read in the German magazine, STERN, that Katarina Wagner, the great granddaughter of Richard Wagner, is now the new director of the famous Bayreuth Festpielhaus in Germany(Wagner's personal theatre for the performance of his operas). Not only is she beautiful but is very smart as well! Anyway, I was thinking about how listening to Classical Music changed how I thought about music forever and I became a better musician because of it. Going to a conservatory also gave me the discipline to study and study HARD! All in all, I would not change the experience for the world!:) There is more to come so please stick around! BKT