In May 2024, I went on tour to Italy with Collegium Musicum. Slightly inconveniently, my thesis deadline was set for the week after the tour. So, on the bus to Italy, I was still proofreading and editing my thesis. Annoying, I thought, until I found myself sitting in the sun at 25 degrees Celsius. By Lake Garda, laptop on my lap, espresso in hand. The sound of the waves accompanied my thesis on its way to my professor’s inbox, while the sound of our orchestra led me that evening to the nearest Aperol Spritz.
