I continued my education at the High School of Economics in Novo mesto, and in music school I continued with piano-accordion lessons with Ivanka Benković, as I did not meet the criteria for solo singing. Geez, how many rejections in such a short time. A normal person would have given up, but you can’t do that if something is pulling you forward from the inside.

So I spent some very interesting years at the High School of Economics. The school was great, because I was involved with the flute in many events at the school and outside. The professors were understanding, but they didn’t indulge, one of them, who was an amateur musician, even allowed me to print out a big pile of sheet music after I had finished my IT-class assignments (A/N the internet back then was just getting so widespread that there was a really big collection of free sheet music at my fingertips, which of course I took advantage of), and when December came around, my classmates loved to see me in the role of a musical genie, fulfilling their musical wishes. My improvisation and playing by ear definitely found their place again. 😃

During my high school years, however, the desire to study music did not and did not give me peace. Playing the piano-accordion was great and a real pleasure, the instrument itself has different possibilities of expression and from that point of view it was both a pleasure and a challenge, but with the flute I felt stronger, more confident, somehow “more at home”, so it was only a matter of time before the final choice and the complete focus on one instrument would fall.

My 2nd year of high school was slowly coming to an end, and by chance I received information that there was an organ school in Novo mesto where I could gain additional musical knowledge. I went home with this news, overjoyed that there was a light at the end of the tunnel and a solution that was close to me. When I asked if I could enrol, the answer was, again, NO.
You know, you get something from every parent, and if I have a great ear, a good heart and patience from my mum, there is definitely stubbornness from my dad’s side. And that night, when I heard the resounding NO again, I broke down completely. I cried all night, and in the morning, after a sleepless night, I suddenly felt strong. I can’t describe the feeling, but the result was that early in the morning I went to Novo mesto and enrolled in the 1st year of the Novo mesto Organ School, and after arriving home, I calmly told my father, scared inside, “I’m enrolled”.

That’s the way it goes, when you really want something with all your heart, nobody can stop you. No one.

To be continued . . . 💛