New Jersey Stage 2017: Issue 40 | Page 113

INSIDE MUSIC by Rosemary Conte SHARE BUTTON Your dentist or doctor may be a closet musician Many people hate to go to the dentist. I like going to the dentist. I look forward to my visits because my dentist, John Mamoun, is also a pianist and composer of 21st century “classical” music. There’s always a little time to chat about music---like his newest com- position; his performance on YouTube; that he reads NewJer- NJ STAGE 2017 - Issue 40 seyStage.com; or that I’ll be a guest singer in an upcoming concert and I hope he’ll come. I recently had a root canal. I was wide awake and didn’t feel a thing. My dentist is gentle. And I like that, as musicians do, he works on weekends. It’s con- INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 113