Colorado author James Mitchell will present his new book Musical Chairs. A 76-year-old’s quest to learn every instrument in the orchestra. It is a breezy adventure story of just what happens when a non-musician decides to tackle the orchestra one instrument at a time.
There are the struggles and eureka moments that come with serial learning, but it is a surprise when the book weaves in tales of Tarzan and Jane, doing surgery on a Double Bass, falling in love with a cello, and spying between the Stradivari and Amati families in 17th century Tuscany.
These flights of fancy do not detract from the central theme of learning the instruments, but it gives the book another dimension that makes it a good read for anyone with a healthy curiosity and a touch of the adventurer.
The book is Musical Chairs. A 76-year-old’s quest to learn every instrument in the orchestra. It is a breezy adventure story of just what happens when I, a non-musician, decide to tackle the orchestra one instrument at a time. There are the struggles and eureka moments that come with serial learning, but it is a surprise when the book weaves in tales of Tarzan and Jane, doing surgery on a Double Bass, falling in love with a cello, and spying between the Stradivari and Amati families in 17th century Tuscany.