David Aydelott

David’s retirement posts.

I’ve been hesitant to post about my retirement. (I didn’t want to ask Chat GPT to write it for me. lol.) It’s a lot, as they say, lots of people, lots of successes, some disappointments, and lots of incredible students, parents, and colleagues. And for much of my career, band time was family time, evenContinue reading “David’s retirement posts.”

How we got here

The past 27 years have been a whirlwind for David and me. Starting his first job a month before he even had his degree in hand, David has had an incredibly successful career after leaving this little house on the hill. From his start at a small school smack dab between Nashville and Memphis, TN,Continue reading “How we got here”

Overcoming feelings of failure

“What the work of art looks like isn’t too important. It has to look like something if it has a physical form. No matter what form it may finally have it must begin with an idea. It is the process of conception and realization with which the artist is concerned.” — Sol LeWitt Oh, ifContinue reading “Overcoming feelings of failure”