Occasionally, he returned to the theater to play piano in the pit orchestra for his children’s high school productions. Now he coaches singers during the summer at the same summer stock theater.
He says learning to be a conductor taught him how to deal with large groups of people, which proved valuable when he became a chief resident at Bellevue Hospital, New York. He says it helped him bring different groups of people together to “play in harmony.”
Joyful Experience
Dr. Rosenstein says living on a farm has been challenging, but it has also “been physically and intellectually rewarding. It’s my gym membership and my grandchildren’s personal petting zoo. It has been a wonderful experience and [an opportunity] for my family to learn responsibility, compassion for others and respect for nature.”
Carol Patton, a freelance writer based in Las Vegas, writes the Rheum After 5 column for The Rheumatologist.