Have you ever wondered what compels a person to chose their career or hobby? Something they enjoy, that invigorates them? I sometimes wonder why a person would choose to become a dentist and yet my own dentist is very happy with his career and he has at least one satisfied patient.
I am currently planning my wedding. Anyone who has been involved with a wedding knows that there are so many details and yet I am enjoying the planning process. That's right, I'm enjoying it. That has resulted in bewildered stares from others and comments such as my friend Krista, "I would rather study for the bar exam again than plan another wedding." For some reason I find looking at different flower options a release from my Monday through Friday desk job, I find creating my invitations a chance to expand my creative ability and I find looking for less expensive alternatives to details enjoyable. My fiance, Charles, is even wondering what I am going to plan after the wedding and has hinted that I should consider making invitations a career.
When it comes to music I can't help but think that someone had or is having a similar experience that I am having. I have a vision of Beethoven suddenly having an idea about a musical passage and being so focused on getting home to write it down that he nearly runs over several people on the street in his haste. I'm not sure why I have this vision, perhaps it is because no one in Hollywood has given me an alternative idea. I would like to think that Beethoven sought music as a release from his reality or for some inexplicable reason just found it enjoyable.
It is rather fitting that I am reminded of this idea that I have about Beethoven. Just a few years ago at Towson University, it was because of Beethoven that three musicians created a trio. On March 4th this same group, The Lenore Trio, will be featured during the fourth concert of the St. Louis Concert Series 2011-2012 season. The Lenore Trio started with Beethoven and have continued to provide music for DC/Baltimore area for fourteen years. Personally, I am excited to hear a trio that is different from the piano/violin/cello combination that I frequently hear. Also on the concert will be the talented Ennio Cominetti. He is an organist, composer and conductor from Italy and this is just one stop during his many worldwide engagements. I am continually amazed at the musicality of the organ and I am looking forward to hearing Signor Cominetti play the organ at St. Louis. While Beethoven will not be performed at this concert, there will be performances of Bach, Bossi, Bizet, Boismortier, Bruch and others. Fortunately for anyone attending this free concert, they will be able to see and hear the results of what happens when someone, in this case four, is compelled to choose their career.
