Back when we were cute ape-like creatures, I think we used to yodel back and forth to each other from tree to tree. That was before we could even say, "hi". Music came before language and is deeply embedded in the more ancient layers of our brains.

From the experience of many years teaching music and witnessing the upwelling of music in children unrelated to their IQ scores, language or reading levels, I have come to the conclusion that music is one of the most inexplicable talents that we as humans possess.

The cello, "Angel of Grief", you see on the left was recently completed for Aaron Baca. May he pass on his gift for music and this cello to his own child someday.