@0x56 My middle school music teacher, Mr. Correll, followed our class to the HS. I then had him for 4 years of chorale, jazz and madrigal singers, show choir, and music theory. I scheduled my lunch to be in the music room where I could listen to everything from Bach to Ellington to Beatles to Dylan.

I was always frustrated that he would just wing the set lists for our public gigs. But with a rating of 6-O at state levels, he just believed in our abilities & I started to believe in myself.