Posted by:
Space Toaster
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Date: November 16, 2010 07:19PM
Here's my story of one of the things that irked me the most while in the Morg.
I've always been "blessed" with musical talent. I put it in quotes because anyone can be "blessed" with special talent should they work hard enough at it, which was the case for me.
When I was around 16 years old my current piano teacher referred me to her old teacher who taught university level students because she felt she could no longer help me progress (this was such a huge boost to my self-esteem, and still is!) So the teacher at the univesity took me on as his student, and all was going great!
The one problem with my studies was that I didn't own a real, acoustic piano at home, so my teacher suggested I try to get in as much acoustic practice as possible.
So every week I would show up to mutual about an hour early to get in some practice on an acoustic piano. I had asked my young men's president if that was ok, and he said go for it. But one week the old guy who takes care of the church (I forget his official title) came in furious and sat me down for a good 10 minutes berating me about how I was "defiling" the chapel with my worldly music, and he told me I was never to touch the Chapel's piano again (which was pretty difficult as I was also the priesthood pianist). This confused me because I was playing Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata, which certainly doesn't seem very disrespectful to me, and would always stop playing before anyone else showed up. Needless to say, he and I never really got on with each other well after that.
This experience has always been one that upset me the most. But who knows, maybe I was just a selfish kid trying to take advantage of the church and defile the chapel!