[0:05] ryan actually flew here to Minnesota

[0:07] he's based in Kansas City and he spent a

[0:10] day working with the students um hearing

[0:12] them rehearse it and present what we

[0:14] learned in class and just giving some

[0:16] fine details and little tweaks it's the

[0:18] first time that I've ever heard that

[0:20] song all together in real life of course

[0:22] and that's that's always such a magical

[0:24] experience

[0:26] i think it's through these experiences

[0:28] that students lives are kind of changed

[0:31] and they're opened up to the idea of new

[0:32] possibilities that they could write

[0:34] music that you know through meeting

[0:38] someone and uh asking questions and

[0:40] getting to understand my compositional

[0:43] process that maybe they could find their

[0:45] own creative process we oftentimes see

[0:47] the end product you know students on a

[0:49] stage singing for the audience which is

[0:51] great but we don't always turn the clock

[0:53] back and kind of get to see where it

[0:55] started so just the fact they could meet

[0:57] you and pick your brain about the

[0:58] creative process that was awesome it's

[1:00] just so engaging for the kids they pick

[1:02] up the score and they love it right away

[1:04] so the learning process is a lot easier

[1:06] it's a lot of fun to just sink your

[1:08] teeth into it musically the audiences

[1:10] love it too so

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