Music Is a Difficult Instrument

A collection of information, anecdotes and opinions related to music, accumulated over the author's 80-plus years of existence.

The author describes himself as a "Jazz-oriented" musician who has played in three symphony orchestras, Broadway shows, and club dates. He has Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Music and Education from Northwestern University, with a major in Marimba under Clair Musser; directed bands at two high schools, and taught at eight colleges. He has toured with Henry Mancini, Chet Atkins and Tom Jones and was a marimba soloist with the Nashville Symphony. He was Assistant Conductor, percussionist and arranger for the Atlanta Pops Orchestra. Along with children's author, Roxie Gibson, he composed and produced the music for three musicals which were recorded and published in the late 1970s. Ken Krause was born in 1929 in Belleville, IL He now directs the Williamson County Community Band, based in the Nashville suburb of Franklin.