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"All the time I was in school,
I was playing professionally,"
he said. He continues to prac-
tice four hours a day. "I started
teaching before I finished my
degree credits, so when I was
done with school it was just a
matter of continuing what I was
doing.
"After I got my master's de-
gree, I moved to Germany and
again was teaching and per-
forming. I had a girlfriend who
eventually became my wife
(Andrea Mensch, an English
teacher), and she was German.
Her family had been living here,
and they moved back.
"She asked me if I wanted to
go back with her, and I did that.
After two years, I felt I wasn't
getting where I wanted to be as
a performer, and I thought I'd
give the United States a try
again. I came back here and
started getting established."
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whole picture of what they're
doing, the whole feeling of what-
ever piece they're playing," he
said. "I don't want them to just
read the notes correctly."
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