When I was in elementary school I had the most wonderful music teacher.  She loved what she did and her enthusiasm spread to me so profoundly, that music was my favorite class of the day. We learned to sing the popular music that we liked.  We learned to dance. Each spring she would choose a musical for us to perform.  She directed and produced each one herself, and my favorite was Oliver Twist. If you don’t already know, Oliver Twist is a tale written by Charles Dickens.  It’s about an…