Nearly 19 years of listening to him teach. Same lessons. Same stories. Same jokes. Scheduling and rescheduling. Added adjunct jobs. More email addresses. More inboxes filled with more scheduling and rescheduling. Hundreds of irrelevant emails (cafeteria menus). Each a different system for recording hours. Apps for those hours. Paid by the hour (not admin). Students show up fulfilling non-music requirements. The insult of grades.
But this weekend’s student: good heart, working-class, close to family, caregiver, changed majors every few weeks first year-and-a-half, made up his mind, stayed curious, asked questions, did the work, home-studio Friday-night hour lessons turned to two, three hours. Yesterday’s final recital: Frescobaldi transcribed by Segovia and Villa-Lobos Preludes. Detailed program notes. Mistakes: a few. Tone: excellent. Seats: filled. Small auditorium, small music department, small college…And accepted to graduate school in arts-friendly neighbor state for more of same.
Husband’s natal:
Chiron 11° 22′ Aquarius rising (orb 5° 39′ )
Chiron semi-sextile Mercury 11° 46′ Capricorn
Chiron sextile Saturn 11° 37′ Sagittarius
Whole signs (Chiron, Mercury, Saturn): 1st, 12th, 11th
Equal signs: 12th, 11th, 10th
Placidus: 12th, 11th, 10th
Image: “The centaur Chiron teaching Achilles how to play the lyre, Roman fresco from Herculaneum, National Archaeological Museum of Naples.” Public Domain