Summary of Richard Antoine White's I'm Possible

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#1 I began professional auditioning in 1996, ten years after I began to play the tuba. I was invited to audition for the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and I scraped together money for the plane ticket, the overweight luggage fee, and the oversized luggage fee to fly my two tubas in their hard cases.

#2 I had gone from homeless on the Baltimore streets to studying for my doctorate in tuba at one of the most competitive music programs in the world, but I still wasn’t on the level. I had to practice more.

#3 I walked down Carrollton Avenue, and when I reached the corner store, I saw a coin on the ground. I picked it up and took it to the corner store owner, who told me that my mother had been there earlier that day. I walked to Grandma Bernice’s house, but my mother wasn’t there either.

#4 I would hunt for coins at night, sometimes crawling through the drain to get them. I would eat the chicken gizzards from the market. I was ready to play.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822537187

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#1

I began professional auditioning in 1996, ten years after I began to play the tuba. I was invited to audition for the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and I scraped together money for the plane ticket, the overweight luggage fee, and the oversized luggage fee to fly my two tubas in their hard cases.

#2

I had gone from homeless on the Baltimore streets to studying for my doctorate in tuba at one of the most competitive music programs in the world, but I still wasn’t on the level. I had to practice more.

#3

I walked down Carrollton Avenue, and when I reached the corner store, I saw a coin on the ground. I picked it up and took it to the corner store owner, who told me that my mother had been there earlier that day. I walked to Grandma Bernice’s house, but my mother wasn’t there either.

#4

I would hunt for coins at night, sometimes crawling through the drain to get them. I would eat the chicken gizzards from the market. I was ready to play.

#5

I was always announcing my full name: Richard Antoine White. I was born in Lafayette Park, between my two grandmothers, and I would always walk with Mama. We would go to Rocksey and Mama’s house, and they would pass a green pack of Kool 100s between them.

#6

Rocksey and I had a running debate about