Personal Narrative: A Music Analysis

Music. Music has been a huge aspect in my life since I was young. It has depicted whom I interact with on a daily basis, and how my life so far has fallen into place like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. From growing up listening to my dad’s music, to joining my elementary school choir in third grade, to moving to the middle school choir and joining band, learning my first instrument, moving up and getting better, meeting people, all up to now. Part of the school’s band program as a bass clarinet, pushing myself everyday to get better, and to overall be better. I joined my school’s choir program in sixth grade knowing that that’s what I wanted to do, considering I had already been part of a choir since third grade. I signed up for band as my second elective knowing …show more content…
I spent a good chunk of my time in the band hall either socializing or working to get better. The end of my sixth grade year has begun to reach its ending point, and I had signed up once again for both band and choir as my electives. Which meant that I had auditions sneaking right around the corner, a lot closer than most people anticipate. For band we go into the director’s office one at a time and play the director’s choice of scales and a sight reading. For choir we record alone in a practice room of us singing an excerpt from our music and a sight reading. We receive both results for our band and choir placements on the same day, the last day of school before summer starts. I take my first period exam. Wait. Take my eighth period exam. Wait. The bell rings and I am free to stop by the choir room to check my placement on my way to the band hall. Azul, the second choir, that’s what the sheet of paper hanging on the door said anyway. A little disappointed in the outcome of that audition, I