A
Tale to Tell:
Once upon a time, in a Native American community in
Oklahoma, there lived a Native American family named the Harmans. Mr. and Mrs. Harman were hard-working
parents. They worked hard in order
to provide the best education and environment for their only daughter – Magic
Flute.
Mr. and Mrs. Harman worked hard day and night in their
own restaurant. Their goal was to
make enough money to send Magic Flute to a private teacher to study English and
music. They were very scared to
send Magic Flute to a regular American school to study because their community
had not opened enough to accept other’s culture and education yet. For this reason only, they sent Magic
Flute to a private teacher, Ms. Smith.
Ms. Smith was white and a British-American, who was a world-renowned
English writer, composer, and musician.
One Thanksgiving day, Mr. and Mrs. Harman prepared a
big pumpkin pie and made some special food which they sent with Magic Flute to
Ms. Smith as a token of appreciation for her many years of teaching music to
Magic Flute. When they arrived at Ms. Smith’s house, Ms. Smith told them that
she had bought a flute as a gift for Magic Flute, and she had purchased it from
London last week when she performed with the London Symphony. Mrs. Smith had planned to tutor Magic
Flute for next November’s concert in London. Needless to say, that from now till next November, Magic
Flute had to practice very hard in order to give the best performance that she
could. Ms. Smith’s gift was
excellent for Magic Flute to practice with, and Magic Flute was excited about
performing in a concert in London.
She practiced day and night to prepare for the concert.
The
time passed quickly. On the day of
the concert, Magic Flute performed a flute solo she had composed – “ To My
Loved Ones.” She dedicated
the solo to Ms. Smith and to her parents. After Magic Flute’s performance, the
audience applauded and gave her a standing ovation; they respected her talent
and her excellent performance. Magic
Flute became very emotional and came out from backstage and returned to her bow
before the audience. For a brief
moment, she had broken down and paused for a second, but then she remembered
that she was a Native American, born in America, and loved by her parents and
teacher enough to be given an opportunity to perform her music and share her
thoughts with many other people.
Magic
Flute was also grateful that Ms. Smith had given her a chance to study with
her, and the flute was a beautiful gift in her life. Magic Flute knew that she wanted to be a creative and
effective teacher like Ms. Smith.
Thanks
to God and all of you…END
Note:
The theme of the story is
about love, gratitude, and sharing.
Also, “To My Loved Ones” uses jazz modal harmony combined with a
romantic melody and a slightly swinging rhythmic style. I hope all of you enjoyed this story
and music as much as I did.
