When I returned from the UK, I was eager to begin my music career and found a teaching job at a ‘commercialized’ music school where free lessons were provided for pianos purchased. Sadly, instruction in that school was not what I genuinely felt that serious music lessons should be! No one bothered about technique or the art of music making. I did not feel good about that and took the courage together with my dad to begin a proper music specialist school.
From that day since, I have never looked back. It has been such a tough and winding road with trials and tribulations along the way, but it showed me that deep and sincere passion for music would prove fruitful.
A music career is ideal for a person like me who also has family responsibilities to keep. I had flexible work hours and being in education has also taught me parenting skills. My kids benefited most being in an environment with an educated lot of music enthusiasts and educators.
Among the many things that music taught and/or developed them was humility, seeking perfection, artistry, patience, hard work, imagination, individuality, etc…the list seems endless!
I did wonder what my character would have been like if I had chosen another career. Music certainly has taught me patience, perseverance and dedication. It has heightened my awareness and sharpened all my coordinating skills. Through teaching, conducting, arranging, composing and performing, music has given me gratification. My interaction with my friends, staff and family has benefited from my interaction with parents, customers and students. It has been an exciting and educational journey for me, and with God’s grace, I have managed to keep my career in music flourishing.
Dr. Geraldine Law-Lee, Fri 29/02/2008
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