Hi! My name is Brant W. R. Walterman. I’m eleven years old and in fifth grade. I started playing golf with First Tee when I was six, and it is the only sport I’ve ever really enjoyed. So far, the driving range is my favorite activity. I’m super tall, so that helps me hit the ball really far. Golf has helped me learn to keep trying when I get frustrated and to concentrate on my goals. I love getting to hang out with my First Tee friends every Saturday on the golf course.
When I grow up, I want to be an Astrophysicist and a Composer. I’ve been fascinated by space since I can remember. I love to stay up late and use my telescope to look at the stars. Hopefully, someday, I’ll get to travel somewhere with less light pollution so that I can see the sky as clearly as it appears in a planetarium. I also love music. I started begging to play piano after I saw one at my great-grandma’s house when I was two. I’ve studied piano since I was three and have been composing my own music since I was eight. For the past two years, I’ve had the opportunity to perform pieces I’ve written at my recitals, and once, I even took over a piano in a coffee shop. They gave me free cookies for playing them my song. Someday, I hope to write amazing music like my favorite composers, Beethoven and John Williams.
Faces of the First Tee portraits: New Orleans Snapshots by Andrew J. Cohoon Brant W. R. Walterman: Faces of the First Tee November 2020
Hi! My name is Brant W. R. Walterman. I’m eleven years old and in fifth grade. I started playing golf with First Tee when I was six, and it is the only sport I’ve ever really enjoyed. So far, the driving range is my favorite activity. I’m super tall, so that helps me hit the ball really far. Golf has helped me learn to keep trying when I get frustrated and to concentrate on my goals. I love getting to hang out with my First Tee friends every Saturday on the golf course.
When I grow up, I want to be an Astrophysicist and a Composer. I’ve been fascinated by space since I can remember. I love to stay up late and use my telescope to look at the stars. Hopefully, someday, I’ll get to travel somewhere with less light pollution so that I can see the sky as clearly as it appears in a planetarium. I also love music. I started begging to play piano after I saw one at my great-grandma’s house when I was two. I’ve studied piano since I was three and have been composing my own music since I was eight. For the past two years, I’ve had the opportunity to perform pieces I’ve written at my recitals, and once, I even took over a piano in a coffee shop. They gave me free cookies for playing them my song. Someday, I hope to write amazing music like my favorite composers, Beethoven and John Williams.
Faces of the First Tee portraits: New Orleans Snapshots by Andrew J. Cohoon