If you could play any instrument, what would it be and why?

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  Leigh Schaeffer Walsh

  5 years at UT

  Research Engineering/Scientist Associate III

  If I could play any instrument, I would choose the guitar. I took lessons as a child, and I've always wanted to improve. I'm drawn to playing Jack Johnson's music because I love his mellow, acoustic style. His songs have a calming vibe, and it would be rewarding to be able to play them myself.

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  Matt Largey

  18 years at UT

  Projects Editor, KUT

  I've thought a lot recently about learning to play the piano. I played the trumpet in fourth grade, but gave it up after a year. I'm not really sure why — I think I was pretty good! I wish I hadn't stopped.

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  Justin Havird

  6 years at UT

  Professor

  Electric guitar — it's just the coolest instrument by far, although it sounds like a dying cat when I try to play one.

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  Megan Hildebrandt

  6 years at UT

  Director, First-Year Core Program in the Department of Art and Art History; Associate Professor of Practice

  I wish I could play drums so I could be in an all-female rock band.

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  EmilyAnne Skinner

  15 years at UT

  Executive Director of Development

  If I could play an instrument, it would be the piccolo or clarinet — solely to be a part of the Longhorn Band!

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  Bret Anthony Johnston

  7 years at UT

  Director of the Michener Center for Writers, Professor of English

  Because I can't play any instruments at all, I'll take whatever you're offering!