The first time I picked up an instrument was at age 7, when I was in third grade. You can call it fate, luck, or destiny, but I was one of three students who was able to join my elementary orchestra. Of course, like any child, I was afraid if I had the ability to do such a thing. I mean, it's not every day you recruit people into the arts. I kept asking myself “can I do this? Will I fit in with this group?" in other words can I be part of the culture of classical music? It was only at my first school concert, where I performed my first solo of "My Heart Will Go On", the love theme from Titanic, that I was able to express the countless hours put into a 15 second solo. After that experience I never asked myself if I belonged to that culture, I was instead focused on the next story I would tell on stage with the column sound inserted