OPEN MIC
OPEN MIC
EVERY MONTH OPEN MIC WILL FEATURE A Q&A WITH A GIULIANO'S INSTRUCTOR
ITS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SEE OUR CULTURE & UNDERSTAND WHAT DRIVES US
JILLIAN NARAYAN
STRING INSTRUCTOR
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Q. What do you love most about teaching the gift of music?
A. I love sharing something I’m passionate about, which connects us to our highest selves, our community, our society and our history. I love it when you see a student’s face light up; I love it when through concentration and focused practice, they break the hurdle. For me its very special when someone sees something as hard, and then realizes, 'no wait I can do this.’ For me, the moment when they begin to believe that they can accomplish anything they put their back into- thats the magic.
Q. Who is your musical inspiration?
A. I am particularly inspired by my harp teacher, who plucked success string after string, by always challenging herself. She is my inspiration and when I am with her we are always learning something new; no time for naps.
Q. What’s the greatest advice you’ve ever received?
A. Believe in yourself! As cliche as it sounds- the power of self belief is the tallest mountain to be climbed. In an ocean of naysayers, the power of belief will make a difference between sinking and floating over it all. Belief is powerful; surrounding yourself with positive thoughts and words can be transformative to positive action and achievement.
Q. If you could have dinner with any musician/singer, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
A. It would have to be my all time favorite Johann Sebastian Bach. Through studying his fugal works, his inventions, his works for choir, his masses, his works for cello, he inspired me to no end as the master to meet. Just one conversation with him would have my mind forever on another level distinguishing cacophony from dissonance as it turns into contrapuntal motifs.
Q. What’s your idea of perfect happiness?
A. Happiness is one of those essential but hard-to-define things; better tasted ripe and sweet, better heard as laughter between friends, as the first breath of spring after a long dark winter. But I’ll take a cue from the great jazz master Herbie Hancock and say that happiness, is about being in the moment.
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