“We are the music makers, and the dreamer of dreams”- Gene Wilder . This quote describes who I am today and why i’m so passionate about music. In my life I have experienced great times, and also experienced hard times, but music has brought me closer to myself and I want to share my small journey of music that I have experience in my life. In my earlier years I was a big fan of Michael Jackson. The renown pop artist was first introduced to me by a magazine I had looked at in a corner store where I used to live. On the front cover was a picture of the famous king of pop wearing his signature outfit “Bad” which consisted of his leather jacket, pants, and boots. Its headline read “ 25 years of Being Bad”. As a curious kid I was, I had to look
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I walked into his room with great fear and excitement. “Did I make it or did not?” This question ran through my head endlessly until the day I would find out if I got accepted to the biggest choir I would have auditioned for. The ACDA (American Choral Directors association) not many people made it in, but when my choral director was reading off the numbers I just couldn’t believe the numbers that where given to me where read off. I sat there with disbelief, my stomach dropped, tears where flooding my eyes, and joy was filling my whole body. Me a hispanic boy from Iowa who would be the the only person from my school to make it into this astounding choir! When I arrived in South Dakotah there was a large group of young singers who shared the same passion to choral music as I did. I will forever remember my First ACDA choir rehearsal. All the music that we made was so beautiful and soothing that my hairs on the back of my neck where standing straight up, so much joy and comfort filled my body that tears where running down my face. Everyone there came to notice how much we all shared and loved the passion of music together and our bond as a choir could not be every broken. The last day when our concert was over, our choir director told us this. “Music can fix wars but also make them”. At first I didn’t know what he was implying but time can only bring the answer. It was bitter sweet leaving everyone at such a short time, but the experience will forever be in my knowledge and
I walked into his room with great fear and excitement. “Did I make it or did not?” This question ran through my head endlessly until the day I would find out if I got accepted to the biggest choir I would have auditioned for. The ACDA (American Choral Directors association) not many people made it in, but when my choral director was reading off the numbers I just couldn’t believe the numbers that where given to me where read off. I sat there with disbelief, my stomach dropped, tears where flooding my eyes, and joy was filling my whole body. Me a hispanic boy from Iowa who would be the the only person from my school to make it into this astounding choir! When I arrived in South Dakotah there was a large group of young singers who shared the same passion to choral music as I did. I will forever remember my First ACDA choir rehearsal. All the music that we made was so beautiful and soothing that my hairs on the back of my neck where standing straight up, so much joy and comfort filled my body that tears where running down my face. Everyone there came to notice how much we all shared and loved the passion of music together and our bond as a choir could not be every broken. The last day when our concert was over, our choir director told us this. “Music can fix wars but also make them”. At first I didn’t know what he was implying but time can only bring the answer. It was bitter sweet leaving everyone at such a short time, but the experience will forever be in my knowledge and