During the year 2020, a pandemic known as Covid-19 changed the world as we knew it causing several daily life occurrences to vanish and forcing many to completely change their lifestyles. While this hit many people in different ways, musicians were hit with a situation that made it so we cannot play together anymore, nor could we perform due to a nationwide quarantine. Many might ask what we would do in a situation like this, many musicians instantly jumped to the challenge and began to heavily change the way we view music.

On the Week of April 9th, my quintet, the [REDACTED] Brass Quintet and I went to the country of Colombia to visit around the northern region of Colombia to spread joy in music and give several clinics for students in the area. The main location we stayed was in an apartment in Cartagena. The scenery was beautiful and a sight that only seeing with your bare eyes can you understand the beauty. We stayed for a week and had incredibly packed days full of performances and clinics. During my stay I learned an incredible amount about Colombian culture.