Rubato: n. pl Rhythmic flexibility within a phrase or measure; a relaxation of strict time. [It.] (Mus.) Borrowed time; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are proportionally curtailed.

In music, when the word rubato is written above a passage of music, you are to play that section, with the notes give, freely. To freely express what you’ve been given. To play freely.

That is the inspiration and the mission for Rubato Coaching Company and founder April L. Burge. Life is borrowed time. Relax, enjoy, play with what you’ve got and express yourself freely, because time is only an illusion we put upon ourselves. In truth, our true souls live eternally.