IMPROVISATION CLASS – Ghetto Classics students
Mukuru Ghetto, Nairobi, Kenya. November 30, 2024

This was my last day to work with the students from Ghetto Classics. Due to unexpected scheduling conflicts, I had to improvise from what I had planned to do and it could not have gone better. We just collected this group of students and started improvising with me playing keyboard. Be sure to check out Leaky, the young clarinetist in the green shirt. I found out later that he was about eight years old and playing clarinet about a year. He had never improvised but he was more than willing and he did great, so musical and fearless. He became emotional after finishing because he got to do something on his own and succeeded. So proud of him. They all did great, just look at their smiles. What a great way to end my six weeks working with these very deserving students.