I am one step closer to my dream of playing the piano. The Music Academy here in town called me up today - they had several openings available for students wanting lessons.

So starting next week, 3 pm Tuesdays, I will be learning to play the piano.

I am SUPER excited about this. The teacher is pretty highly recommended and when I spoke with her earlier, she mentioned two things that are definitely a win in my book: first, she wants people to learn to play the kind of music THEY like - so I will probably be working on mainly "little" classical pieces, with perhaps some jazz or gospel thrown in for variety (The truth is, I like MOST music, with the exception of some of the 20th century atonal stuff, and most current pop/country pop/alternapop/"urban" pop). Second, she is very into teaching music theory along with technique - and one thing you know about me, if you have read the blog for a while, is that I am fascinated by the "how things work" or the "why are they this way" as well as the "how do I do it?"

For the first few weeks, I will need to "borrow" a piano (either down at church or maybe someone in the Music department on campus will let me sign up for a practice time there) until mine arrives. But that's good - I like the idea of having my feet a little wet by the time the real piano arrives, so I can sit down and transfer the little bit of knowledge I've already gained to it.