A friend recently asked if I could write an arrangement for piano trio of the national anthem. A local doctor/surgeon will assume the presidency of a national medical organization. She is a well known and well respected doctor in her field, but what her colleagues don’t know is that she considered being a concert pianist before choosing to become a surgeon. Her boys studied violin and cello in our Suzuki School. This Dr. Mom was their accompanist as they were learning and growing up. She wanted to surprise her colleagues at the opening of the convention by playing the national anthem with her sons. Here is the arrangement I came…