"Ah, thank you, Sarah." He makes a point to know his fellow teachers' names, and has his own court's down pat, at the very least. "I don't get as many chances as I'd like to play, but conducting is wonderful too - if the orchestra wasn't largely indisposed, I'd have gotten them in to show a REAL symphony."

He laughs - a surprisingly legitimate and wholesome chuckle - and extends a hand towards his cello. "Can you play as well?"