<p>Son just got off a major european youth orchestra waitlist! He will spent his July and August in France and Spain, “complements” of the local government! We are celebrating tonight!</p>
<p>Congratulations to your son Overseas - that sounds so exciting! What a terrific opportunity for your son.</p>
<p>Thanks! His oboe sound (reed) is european which didn’t stand him in great stead in the states. (But they like his sound here.) That’s why they took him at all the schools with composition and oboe as the side skill. He is looking forward to learning the US sound starting this fall. Anyway, this is a real boost since he will be playing with much older students. He has pulled out his French dictionary. He is already conversant in Spanish.</p>