who wants to play with college music students in england?

Hi all, we just got the nicest invitation!

Laura Ritchie is a professor at the University of Chichester, a kick-ass cellist, and an eternal optimist who uses only one knife in her kitchen.  (Kind of.  Well, maybe not really.  That's a longer story.) Laura is a creative powerhouse of ideas and a dear friend of mine.  When I taught at Righetti her students and mine teamed up to create a once-in-a-lifetime experience in Yosemite.

Just now on Twitter I saw that Laura's at it again! (You can read her blog post here.) A couple weeks ago, I spoke with Laura on Skype about isolation and loneliness, and how we can create community around the world with simple online tools.  I even wondered what it might be like to create a soundtrack of what it's like to be a young person in today's world.

Now her class is inviting us to learn and perform music with them, and who knows where the collaboration will go from there?  Please comment to this post with any ideas or questions.  We will discuss in class tomorrow.