One of my most significant challenges I had to face was actually from this year when I decided to join my high school’s marching band. Although most high school students join the band their freshman year, with many coming from musically experienced backgrounds, I on the other hand joined in the last year of high school, with no band experience coming in. My first weeks in band was stressful, as my peers had to teach me all the intricacies of band, from marching technique, how to play my instrument, and memorizing my music as well as field positions. Joining the tuba section of the band only added to my piling stress, as tubas are not only the heaviest instrument in the band and therefore one of the hardest to march in, tubas serve as the backbone
