Return to Mozart: The Chronicles of Music Majors

By Ashley Rescot

After graduating from Belton with a degree in harp performance, Lisandra begins her studies as a graduate composition student at Johann Conservatory in New York City under renowned composition teacher Amadeus Gruber, a descendant of Mozart. When the city is devastated by the pandemic, Lisandra must choose between returning to her family in Estonia, or continuing to work with Gruber in the city under quarantine. Does Lisandra possess what it takes to finish Gruber's Symphony and continue Mozart's legacy?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ashley Rescot
• Release date: May 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201035549

Ashley Rescot

Ashley Rescot is a professional violinist, educator, writer, and Fulbright Scholar. An aficionado of music, pedagogy, family, faith, and language, she writes about her life as a musician. Stay tuned for her music novel!

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Return to Mozart

Return to Mozart

Amadeus Gruber lowered his heavy frame into the chair at his desk. Johann Conservatory wanted him to transfer all of his classes from in-person to online by the end of next week. Would he ever figure out how to navigate the technology? How could they expect this of a sixty-eight-year-old professor? He’d only recently learned how to send photos to his nieces and nephews back in Austria. He needed someone with a better grasp on technology. Perhaps Lisandra, his graduate assistant, could help? Why in the world had the department sent him a female graduate student? Over the course of his career, he’d met very few women interested in composition. Performance, of course, always seemed anxious to show off their fancy dresses at recitals and concerts. But the behind-the-scenes, solitary work of a composer? Not a chance.

He opened his computer, pulled up his email, and began to type.

"Dear Lisandra,

Would you be available to help me with my online classes? I am confused by all the new technological requirements.

Best,

Amadeus