Watch Him Work

Well, it's time for an update...haven't talked to you guys in a while...let's see.....what's new?

Well, I finished my first Senior year as a music major. I found that the performance major was a lot more difficult than I originally expected because of the history requirements. Piano literature and Wind literature almost killed me...I thought I would have a nervous breakdown taking those two classes, but I finished the semester with like 7 A's and 2 B's, so I am satisfied. Moreso about that fact that it's over. This summer I went through a period where I wanted to change life plans and not go to grad school for music anymore...that changed about two weeks ago.

I was talking with a coworker about life and I told him all of my plans, and they sounded really great on paper. And then he asked me a question that changed the way that I thought about EVERYTHING. He said, "Did you pray about it".....I paused and thought for a minute even though I knew the answer to that question. Of course I did not pray about it but promised myself that I would that day. On the drive home, I asked God to guide me to where he wanted me to be and I would listen and do what I had to do to get there. I exhaled and let go of all of the stress and expectations and plans and everything.

Then a strange thing happened....everything started falling into place. I planned on visiting my best friend since High school in New York and booked my tickets a few months ago. A few days before the departure I was informed through facebook that there would be free seminars for music at Juilliard with the Imani Winds. The hornist for the Imani Winds, Jeff Scott, would be there so I decided to facebook him and tell him that I would come and I was excited and such. I didn't think he would facebook me back, but he did and was really excited that I would be there and told me to come and audit the master class that David Jolley was going to do.

Once I got to NY on friday I woke up early and a few subways and city blocks later I was staring at THE Juilliard School....THE Juilliard School....I have looked at their website too many times to count and have wished to go and visit there school for more than 10 years, so to finally have the chance to walk in the building was arguably one of the best experiences of my life. I made my way to the Morse Recital Hall...heard clapping....opened the door, hurried to a seat and looked left...and sitting RIGHT next to me was none other than Jeff Scott. After the performance he gave me a hug and immediately I told him that I wanted to study with him, and I was ready to get things moving forward with that. We had a great short discussion and I left. As soon as I walked out of the door to Juilliard, I knew in my heart that God was working and showing me..."look how much better I handle things than you can". I could have started crying/shouting/praying at that moment.

Later that night I went to the Broadway show "In the Heights" and was absolutely blown away. At that moment I knew I wanted to be a broadway musician. Even better, Jeff, has been playing on broadway for the Lion King for the last 13 or so years. This whole experience wasn't planned by me, it was all of a sudden, and I think is a testimony to how good God is.

It doesn't end there! My best friend who I visited sister works in Human Resources for a health conglomerate and while in casual conversation I told her I was in the army and that I was a pharmacy specialist. She told me she just hired a pharmacy tech. last week with 4 years experience starting at 50,000 a year, and that she would hire me as well starting between 50-70,000 a year! I have 5 years experience!

I am thankful that HE has shown me where I need to be, what I need to be doing, how I need to be doing it, and how i'm going to finance it all.

Praise him...I just had to share this with someone who would appreciate it!