Music is the medium through which I view the world, and is
probably the most important thing to me, whether I'm performing or
listening. I study baroque cello, modern cello, and viola da gamba. Though I love all types of
so-called "classical" music, I'm definitely a fan of early music and
Historically Informed Performance. I've been playing piano off and on
(but mostly off) since I was about 6--these days I'm relegated pretty
much to playing show tunes and bad renditions of the PianoGoddess
Herself, Tori Amos (yes, the embarassing truth
comes out.) Back in elementary school, before I played cello, I did a
two-year stint playing viola, but
I knew I couldn't live with being a violist. (Just kidding, and my
apologies to any violists out there. Violists aren't all that bad. I
actually have quite a few friends who play viola and still lead fairly
normal lives.)
As much as I love performing and musicology, I am definitely
interested in a lot of aspects of music, from instrument-making to folk
instruments to composition, and I figure that if I attack music from all
sides, I'll eventually get a handle on it.
But don't think I'm a classical music brat or anything-- the
more popular music that I listen to has just as much importance to me as all
the stuff that I play (or wish I could play.)