Elvis van Beethoven

Since childhood, I had always been afraid of the water. Thrown into the deep end and expected to swim, I never learned and remained terrified... until my young son Thomas began taking lessons. He loved swimming and gradually I began to catch on and to enjoy moving through the warm clear water. That was the beginning of learning through my son, a development that has given me deep personal pleasure. And not just through Thomas either but his many friends and, more recently, all the young musician...