Let Me Be Very Honest And Just

I Had Been Playing Since I Was 2 Years Old, Never Remembering A Life Without Music, Always Playing Everything Naturally And Mostly By Ear, And All The Grownups Wanted Were More Scales And Drudgery Out Of Me.

Music Is Art, Art Is Life, And We Are Who We Are, And All Of These Aforementioned Women, Unless They Should Choose Not To, Will Be Performing Well Into The Next Many Decades Because They Are Great Artists.

A Good Example Of How It Must Have Been Is Today's World Of Conducting, Which Is Still Utterly Dominated By Men, And The Prejudice The Few Female Conductors Have To Battle Even Today Is Astounding.

Although I Do Not Have A Family, I Have Eyes, Ears And Imagination, And Know, As Most People Know, That The Importance Of One's Children Is Paramount.

I Am Very Lucky And Grateful To Have This Living Link To A Past Era, The Violin Presumably Having Much More History To It Than The Later Portion That I Know.