Cultivate this vital something by "living your music." If you are playing a pulse-quickening, brisk-stepping march, lose yourself in spirit of piece. Can't you see band, resplendent in their new uniforms, marching proudly down street? Join crowd at curb and listen to tune.

When you have finished playing and "come back to earth," you will find that you have gotten a thrill; and your listeners will feel difference too. This is but one illustration. Play one of beautiful serenades, and find yourself rambling through a moonlit night listening to strumming guitars and whispered vows of love.

Put soul into your music by giving your imagination a free rein.

The youthful face looks to be fresh out of high school having originally hailed from Northern California, yet is face, voice, and actor of a well-trained virtuoso in his thirties. Six years ago without any training in German, nearly six-foot tall, handsome, golden-eyed, fair-skinned performer headed for Germany to hone his craft on stages of several smaller opera companies. According to producer and promoter TR Cutler, Damkier will make his recital debut in South Florida.

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