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It looks like there's a chance that I'll start promoting myself as a piano tutor. Although I will always continue along my career path in IT and software engineering, everyone knows that stuff can get pretty dry. I have always loved offering private piano instruction to aspiring musicians. In the Bay Area, I have tutored three student pianists, all of which are now pursuing music in school. I will never forget how rewarding it was for me as well as these few students. I want to continue to help people of all ages to realize their natural flair for music, so I will most likely offer instruction for instruments I know well: piano, organ, xylophone, glockenspiel, and possibly carillon (if there are any open carillon slots in the local cathedrals).
Carillons
I will try to concentrate on piano instruction, but I hope to interest a few students in playing the carillon (church bells). Playing the carillon is an intriguing course of study that I began in high school, as my academy's church happened to have a 51-bell carillon and a music director to teach it to students. It is also a complicated form of expression, since almost no two carillons are alike. Depending upon the church, the carillon tower may house anywhere from 23 to 78 bells. My favorite carillon in San Francisco, inside Grace Catheral, consists of 44 bronze bells. The more bells in the carillon, the more pumphandles needed, and all the more skill required to play them. But unless you plan to be a church musician or music director for a big congregation, that skill is nearly useless other than to recall the pleasant memories of playing them. And considering that I've turned atheist over the years, I have almost precluded myself from any carillon playing. But who knows. Someday I might be able to charm the locals in a non-denominational church or in my retirement or something.
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