For many parents, having their child take music lessons sounds like a nice idea—until it’s time to get said child to sit down and practice. Suddenly, that nice idea turns into something more like the final round of a wrestling match, with Dad or Mom the exhausted victor and little Johnny the sullen child on the music stool.
Fortunately, that’s not the case for Marc and Amber de la Motte. If it was, they’d have to endure multiple wrestling matches every day with their 10 children, 9 of whom are burgeoning classical musicians attending such prestigious institutions as The Juilliard School and The Manhattan School of Music.
