Violin playing, graduating with a doctorate, yoga, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ballroom dance, reading, teaching music and life to students of all ages, spending time with friends and family, the arts, astronomy and science, chamber music, traveling, swimming, hiking, eating and cooking good food.
People who make me laugh, think, and care about others.
CLASSICAL- esp. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart but including anything from Medieval to 21st century. Artists: Anyone who can make a beautiful sound! Seriously!! Lately: Montreal Symphony, Stephan Grapelli, The Real Group, Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, Placido Domingo, Time for Three ...
Women in Lavender, Amazing Grace, The Other Side of Heaven, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Master and Commander, Spiderman, Superman Returns, October Sky, Chocolat, Chicken Run, Incredibles, Fiddler on the Roof, Ben Hur, Mulan, Music of the Heart, Meet Joe Black, Harry Potters 4 and 5, ...
Don't watch- not enough hours in a day.
Everything except horror and pessimism. Really enjoy reading a good mystery, light science fiction or fantasy, biographies on early American history and ancient history, the Book of Mormon and associated scripture, and music education research. Currently: The Living Christ by Skousen, Hamilton by Chernow, Le Livre de Mormon... Just Finished: Deathly Hallows, A L'Ecole des Sorciers both Rowling
Jesus Christ, my mom, my dad, my grandma, my grandpa, my sisters. Joseph Smith, Golda Meir, Yedudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, Niel A. Maxwell, Bruce R. McConkie, James E. Faust, Marjorie Payne Hinkley, and my many friends.