Slow Progress

When people ask me if I like what I do for a living, I tell them (truthfully!) that I absolutely love what I do, I would just like to do a bit less of all of it. 

I like that I have a varied work week. I spend about 33 hours practicing music therapy (24 with people with dementia, 9 with very small children with development delays, speech delays, motor delays, etc.), and about 11 hours teaching the piano (roughly 13 students). Maybe a little more teaching and a little less therapy? But generally, it works out quite well. And I am quite gratified by my work.

However, what is hard is finding the little times here and there to play the piano and to compose my music. I have several pieces in progress: a 16 movement song cycle (11 songs complete, 3 in progress); three lullabies for SATB choir (1 in progress); a set of three "meditations" for solo piano (1 in progress); and a piece for speaking pianist (in progress). I have to say that my average of 2 hours a week makes for some slow going composition. But I'm moving forward, little by little, until a time that I will have more time to devote to my own music. 

Patience...