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Day 46. There’s no place like home.

With everyday that goes by in Kenya, I feel more and more comfortable.  I feel that I am in a cross between college and at home.  

When I’m home watching ESPN eating breakfast, I am just waiting for Max to walk through the door, or Eva running up the stairs, or Dave, Bob, Christian, Eric, and all the rest of those hooligans.  But then part of me says to myself, to just call Jason to come over, or call my mom or dad, but none of that is possible being halfway around the world.

It doesn’t make me sad, but it makes me realize how much my friends and my family mean to me.  I make friends here, and I am close with the students because in all honesty they are probably closer to my age than anyone here. 

The good from this is that I feel at home, and I am very comfortable on campus here.

We had pizza at Ms. Waru’s house with her two children Alex and Michael.  Zach and I probably ate eight slices of pizza each, and it was so great!  At one point I almost thought I was home, and I got a feeling of jumping in my car, and driving back to 20 Shinnecock. 

Photos are all taken by me, unless noted otherwise.


On June 5th, I leave to Nyeri, Kenya to be the string director at the Mt. Kenya Academy.

I love music, traveling, education, longboarding, photography and if I can do any of these together, sign me up.


Biography.

Andrew Kromholz born in New York started playing the cello at the age of 9. His teachers include Iris Winter, Maureen Hynes, and Dr. Mathias Wexler. He has been actively engaged in chamber music, by attending the C.W Post Chamber Music Program, and the New York Youth Chamber Music program. He has worked in masterclasses with celebrated musicians such as, The Shanghai String Quartet, Timothy Eddy, The Guarneri String Quartet, Ani and Ida Kavafian, Lawrence Dutton of the Emerson String Quartet, and members of the Orpheus Chamber Ensemble.

He began his undergraduate study at the Crane School of Music under the tutelage of Grammy Nominated Mathias Wexler. During that time Andrew has gone on to be a winner of the Crane School of Music Chamber Competition with a convincing performance of Schubert's Quintet in C Major for Two Cellos. His quartet was invited to play at the Governor's Inaugeration at the Governor's Mansion in Albany, New York. He was a member of the Crane Symphony Orchestra, String Ensemble, as well as the Crane Opera Ensemble.

Upon his recent graduation from the Crane School of Music, he has received his Bachelors of Music in Music Education, concentration in Cello. Since then, he has received his New York State teaching certification, K-12, and is a Center for Diversity Scholar.

Andrew is a former elementary strings teacher at 5 of the 6 Bethlehem Elementary Schools in Delmar, New York, teaching 4th and 5th grade strings.

Since then, he was chosen to be the string director at the Mount Kenya Academy in Nyeri, Kenya.

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