Beautiful Island Resort of Sentosa Inspires Musician
Posted on December 14, 2009 - Filed Under Travel
Miles played the clarinet and he was actually pretty good at it. He began playing when he was small child and showed an immediate aptitude for the instrument. At the tender age of ten he announced to his parents that he was going to become a famous clarinetist and he would make it his career. And although his parents thought it was possibly a grandiose childish wish they also supported his interest and thought maybe the bravado was necessary to establish such a career. They never pushed Miles in one direction or another though both of them hoped that he would continue with the instrument and study music in college, which he did.
However, after graduating Miles’ interests took on what his parents considered to be a disturbing direction. He showed no inclination to audition for orchestras and quickly began playing with a local jazz group. It wasn’t that his parents had anything against jazz they just assumed he would be pursuing a career in the symphony and this was something new to them and very risky sounding. Miles however had developed a strong love for jazz while he was in college and that was really all he wanted to play. In addition, he wanted to spend some time traveling the world and decided that playing his clarinet in city parks and public places would be his ticket across Europe.
That summer his parents planned a trip to Singapore and invited Miles to join them. They planned to spend some time discussing his future with him and Miles was eager to visit this major urban center. They spent some time on the beautiful island of Sentosa and his parents planned to have their discussion after spending the day at the Universal Studios Singapore. However, that morning they woke up and Miles had already left their room in one of the hotels Sentosa. His parents stepped out to look for him and were guided by the beautiful sound of a clarinet. They didn’t realize that Miles had brought his along and as they turned the corner they noticed the crowd that was beginning to form around his son and they realized that his gift was his to do what he wanted and they would support whichever direction he took. Then they stood and listened to the beautiful jazz improvisation their son played.
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