CONTENTS

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Welcome
4. Dedication
5. Epigraph
6. Foreword
7. Prologue
8. PART I
9. CHAPTER 1 The Debut
10. CHAPTER 2 The Rehearsal
11. CHAPTER 3 The Students
12. CHAPTER 4 The Concertino
13. PART II
14. CHAPTER 5 The Viola
15. CHAPTER 6 Academic Overture
16. CHAPTER 7 The Mendelssohn
17. PART III
18. CHAPTER 8 Baba
19. CHAPTER 9 The Audition
20. CHAPTER 10 Stage Fright
21. CHAPTER 11 “Mr. Jerry”
22. CHAPTER 12 Yesterday
23. PART IV
24. CHAPTER 13 The Conservatory
25. CHAPTER 14 The Gig
26. CHAPTER 15 Duets
27. PART V
28. CHAPTER 16 The Disappearance
29. CHAPTER 17 The Gift
30. CHAPTER 18 Meditation
31. CHAPTER 19 Finale
32. CHAPTER 20 Coda
33. Photos
34. Acknowledgments
35. Mr. K’s Black Russians
36. Bibliographical Notes
37. Photograph Credits
38. Reading Group Guide
39. Introduction
40. Discussion Questions
41. Newsletters
42. Copyright