Special
Taking Note Preview
Taking Note is a new digital series spotlighting rising classical instrumentalists who have received Career Grant Awards from the Avery Fisher Artist Program. The premiere season features pianist Clayton Stephenson, Sandbox Percussion, violinist Njioma Chinyere Grevious, the Balourdet Quartet and violinist Julian Rhee.
TRANSCRIPT
When I first got the cal that I was an Avery Fisher Caree Grant Recipient..
I was walking down the hallway and I got a New York caller I.D.
phone call, and something told me it was important.
I'm not particularly sure what told me that, but I picked up the phone and...
They gave one digit wrong and they had apparently bee trying to reach us for a while and no one was calling back and they had to find out if we wanted to accept this award or not.
And I just heard all these words come out on the phon and I just couldn't believe it.
When I got myself together, I realized that my friends were next to me just looking at me like, what's going on?
- On the floor.
- On the floor.
Whats going on?
Because I was I was just like sitting on the floor with my violin in the back.
I was just blown away and so excited for the possibilities of wha this means for me and my career.
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