{"id":836,"date":"2020-03-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/?p=836"},"modified":"2022-01-02T12:52:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T18:52:06","slug":"the-ivory-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/fr\/2020\/03\/30\/the-ivory-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ivory Touch: The Chronicles of Music Majors, Short Story No. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The_Ivory_Touch_Cover-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The_Ivory_Touch_Cover-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/The_Ivory_Touch_Cover.jpg 563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pauline, a senior piano major at Belton University, nearly lives at the music school as she prepares for her capstone recital. Her boyfriend Trenton, a jazz trumpet player, convinces her to perform an insane duet with him for the final number. While they dedicate themselves to rehearsals, the Coronavirus sweeps the globe. The worldwide pandemic jeopardizes everything Pauline holds dear, including her recital, family, and romantic relationship. How will she adapt to this devastating twist her senior year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/21qO3uKTVS8\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Available for purchase at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" type=\"text\/html\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?asin=B086JYG6GB&amp;preview=inline&amp;linkCode=kpe&amp;ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_ymHGEb5WFTA9J&amp;tag=rcdc0a-20\" width=\"336\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Other eBook stores and libraries, including <a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/u\/4j2p6v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Barnes &amp; Noble, Apple, Kobo, Tolino, and more! (opens in a new tab)\">Barnes &amp; Noble, Apple, Kobo, Tolino, and more!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Music Playlist for The Ivory Touch (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLUhhyFY2dpoPkTVPQw8-dXnupMtFtmNNr\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube Music Playlist for <em>The Ivory Touch<\/em><\/a>, which includes my rendition of the Chopin Waltz in c# minor for a recital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoy music fiction, join <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Chronicles of Music Majors Facebook Group (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/ChroniclesofMusicMajors\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Chronicles of Music Majors Facebook Group<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d greatly appreciate it if you can write a review on your preferred bookstore site. These help make it possible for me to write more music fiction for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pauline, a senior piano major at Belton University, nearly lives at the music school as she prepares for her capstone recital. Her boyfriend Trenton, a jazz trumpet player, convinces her to perform an insane duet with him for the final number. While they dedicate themselves to rehearsals, the Coronavirus sweeps the globe. The worldwide pandemic jeopardizes everything Pauline holds dear, including her recital, family, and romantic relationship. How will she adapt to this devastating twist her senior year?<\/p>\n<p>Available at Amazon and other eBook stores and libraries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,103],"tags":[63,59,46,58,61,60,62],"class_list":["post-836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literary","category-the-chronicles-of-music-majors","tag-brass","tag-coronavirus","tag-musical-literature","tag-musical-short-story","tag-piano","tag-recital","tag-trumpet"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"fr","enabled_languages":["en","es","fr","de","it","br"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"fr":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"de":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"it":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"br":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4728,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions\/4728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescotcreative.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}