When Joshua Met Michael

Joshua Robison and Michael Tilson Thomas met in their junior high orchestra in NorthHollywood when they were 11 and 12 years old (Robison is a year and ahalf younger). “I played cello, and across the room playing the oboe was thisJewish, nerdy looking guy,” says Robison of his first memory of Thomas.“I really remember him because at recess I’d hang around and he’d playpiano. I never heard piano playing like that.” – San Francisco Chronicle