Beethoven's Major Accomplishments

Ta-Ta-Ta-Taaa; Ta-Ta-Ta-Taaa. The famous motif and most iconic piece from Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, it was considered as “fate knocking at the door”. Beethoven’s greatest work captures the serene brightness from the major keys and the sheer chaotic force the piece has. When I was a child, probably around four years old; It was my first encounter with classical music. The film was Disney’s Fantasia 2000, featuring the world renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra. I was in awe how cool the music sounded and wanted to do the same thing. Get the same instrument no matter what; that’s probably what I thought. Of course, it never happened and I went on with my life. It was just 7 years ago that I was choosing what to play for the first time, I guess you could call that fate. Out of all the instruments that I tried out, the violin was the only thing I made a …show more content…
I never thought much about seating tests. They are basically a rank from best to worst in orchestra or anything in general. Top players in the front, the not so great ones in the back. Can you guess where I was? Yep, dead last…At first I just accepted the fact I was last but then the concerts started to roll in. At the end, we all stand up and watch the audience applaud. Since I was in the back, no one could see me, it didn’t help that I was short. I felt bad that I couldn’t see my parents when I play and they can’t see me. Adding more sadness to the situation was the other players. They said “You suck at playing, maybe you should quit before high school”. I was prepared to wallow, but I didn’t; I just thought what could I do to improve these circumstances. Of course, the answer was to practice. I worked and worked and worked, I was shocked how far that amount of dedication took me. I got first chair at the end of 8th grade. It doesn’t seem much but I felt like I made myself and family proud of this