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Music "Opening Doors"

Author: wjk
Date: 2004-06-20 02:28

I'm intrigued by the concept that music "opens doors." This occurs on many levels---I have had "doors opened" literally to new jobs/gigs/roles simply because of a shared love of music. I think music has a great ability to heal--perhaps it facilitates the opening of a physical/spiritual/psychological door that all of our souls harbor. What doors has music opened for you?

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Re: Music "Opening Doors"

Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2004-06-20 15:59

Well, being involved in amateur music groups over the course of my lifetime has very literally "opened doors" for me. I don't know how else I would ever have gotten to be backstage at the SF Opera, rubbing shoulders with Carol Van Ness and Samuel Ramey, if I hadn't been in the "extra" chorus in "Aida". Likewise for the Kennedy Center performance of Britten's "War Requiem" -- would I ever have otherwise had a chance to work with Julius Ruedel? Or. many years ago, I am certain I would not have made a tour of Southeast Asia (this was pre-Vietnam War, actually) had I not been chosen to tour with my college choir.

Weston Noble talks about bringing a special world into existence through musical performance. Although I can enjoy listening to certain music, I have never enjoyed listening to any music as much as I enjoy being a part of making it myself. And that's the biggest door that music opens for me -- the door to that special realm that I inhabit only when I am making music. Hands down, it is my favorite place to be.

Susan

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