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Breathe: My Unexpected Journey

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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The School Trombone

The trumpet is my ticket out of this desolate, extreme poverty that surrounds me. I earned a scholarship to come here, the university of central arkansas, where band and orchestra are taken very seriously. Being good opens up possibilities that i never imagine. Perhaps i can play the trumpet for the chicago symphony surrounded by a world class orchestra playing a big gustaf holstpe. It feels like we're in another century. This is the university's brand new, multi million dollar concert hall. There's nothing else like it in the entire college. And to night is the very first concert in this space. We wear black suits, stiff shoes. The grand room, the rigid clothes

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