Adapting as a Performer to Later-Life’s Challenges

Adapting as a Performer to Later-Life’s Challenges

Abstract by Franck Avril:

“I was fortunate to enjoy a long and fulfilling career as a solo performer and chamber music collaborator while teaching full-time, later overlapping with work in Arts Administration. While we may become deeply absorbed in the life of a reed—rarely pausing to consider that Nature has plans for our bodies as well—life eventually steps in, first with a gentle nudge, then with more insistence, demanding that we bring all our experience and creativity to bear. In my case, this moment came when I had to have all of my teeth removed at once. I truly believed my career was over…”

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