Chance Encounters

Working at Capitol Music has always been much more than a job for me. It's a wonderful network of musicians, and even a source of great friendships.

The director of the Market Street Singers is actually a regular customer who became a friend, and later invited me to sing in his new choir. We have a concert coming up, by the way, June 25. Check out our website at themarketstreetsingers.org for the details!

One day I mentioned to a customer that I played viola. I forgot all about it, but a few weeks later another customer was here in the store and said he was forming a string quartet. He said they needed a viola player, and had heard there was one who worked here - so now I am in a great string quartet! No concerts to shamelessly plug, but I will let you know.

In both cases, I wasn't trying to find a new musical experience. I was just "doing my job," and the experience found me!

You must have similar stories you can share. Post a comment! I know you are out there, silently reading, unwilling to be the first to post. But who knows who you might meet if you do? It may bring you your next gig, or you may even meet that special someone, and you can tell all your friends that you met, just by chance, through a blog you found on the Capitol Music website!

Ron B