Personal Essay: Chamber Music Analysis

I am a person who feels a lot. I usually spend a great deal time processing the events around me or recognizing how I feel. Typically, the concoction of emotions I feel manifests itself into anxiety or depression, but I have been working on turning this negative energy into art.
All throughout my life I have been drawn to music in numerous ways. When I began playing the violin at age seven, I was enamored by it. Even from a very young age, the instrument captivated me. I loved the sound and the way it felt to hold it in my hands. I learned where the notes are and the mechanics of the instrument. It took several years before the unnatural contortions that I had to make with my body in order to correctly the instruments became second nature. …show more content…
Chamber music is music that is played with small groups of musicians. It requires members of the groups to really interact with each other by reading body language, and physical cues. To connect with other people on such a complicated and deep level is the most exhilarating thing that I have ever had the chance to take part in. When walking in a rehearsal, everyone brings baggage from their daily life, but once the music starts everyone get to let it all go and turn whatever energy they brought with them into art. Chamber ensemble playing also requires each member of the group to be extremely proficient at their part of the music. Not only should every note be correct, but no note should be played without care. Each note must be thought out and each physical motion must be decided with fellow group members. It is way more complicated on the inside then it is on the outside and that is part of the reason why I love it so much. When performing this music, it allows me to completely disengage from my surroundings and give 100 percent focus on what I am