School Concerts

We're in Seattle most of this week playing a bunch of concerts in schools in addition to our performance at the University of Washington tomorrow.



Playing for kids is both challenging and fun. Challenging because if they don't like something, they are more than happy to tell you so. (They won't pretend to like Beethoven just because it is generally accepted that Beethoven is great.) Fun because they don't have preconceptions about music. (Most notably, they're not scared of new music.)

Kids also ask all of the questions that adults won't. (How old are you? How much money do you make? Why do you move your head so weird? Why don't you look like your picture? Why aren't there any boys?)