Will Macintosh I am a practiced musician. I have competed in many chamber music competitions and played in some shows with Shadowbox Live. My parents have influenced me in not only a musical aspect, but also academically. I’ve had a relatively easy school life so far, and it’s because of the help I have received from my parents over the years of my life.…
I was in marching and jazz band for 2 years in high school, but I started playing the trumpet since I was a 6th grader. During 7th grade I signed up for jazz and I loved it.…
Eventually I learned to play the piano as well, at age twelve in the seventh grade. That same year, I enrolled myself into the school choir. This decision changed my life because I learned that music is where my heart is. I realized that no matter where life put me, no matter where I lived since I had frequently been moved around to different schools and different states, music was my foundation. I could express myself in the choir room and pour out my emotions through my choral performances and as a soloist.…
I look down and see my mother smiling proudly at me, and I am taken back to where it all began. Rumour has it that I have been singing since the day I was born. In truth, my first experience with vocal music came at the age of two. I had listened to a song on TV, and I couldn’t help but fall in love with it, singing it over and over. My parents knew from that day that I had musical potential, and they encouraged me…
It was the day before spring break where I knew my life would be forever changed! I was in the 10th grade and I have dreamed of always performing in the school talent show and winning the title of ‘’ Most Talented’’ and of course the cash prize. I knew this day would come where I would have to show my true talent of singing and confront my stage freight. Everyone in the school knew I can sing and they also knew I was shy but I followed my gut and signed up for the show anyway.…
During my 8th grade year i wasn't doing very well in an art class and i wasn't enjoying it at all. I asked if i could be put in a different class. One of the options was choir. I had always been a good singer according to others but I had never sang in a choir or been in any music class of any kind before…
Having courage is probably one of the most important things to me. We can refer to it as two different ways. One is it courage to face danger and the second way is having courage to do something you are afraid of. In this case, it’s having the courage to sing publicly. Ever since I was little, singing and dancing has been a talent i’ve had since I was about 5 years old.…
Vietnamese Christmas By: Logan Did you know that Christmas Eve is more important than Christmas Day in Vietnamese culture? Vietnamese Christmas traditions are different than American Christmas traditions. First, in Vietnamese Christmas, they say merry Christmas by saying Gia’ng sinh(Jing-sing.)Their Santa delivers small gifts and they exchange gifts like new clothes.…
I joined the Chorus and the Vocal Ensemble at the high school and continued to try and better myself as a musician. My music department also offered me other musical opportunities such as festivals. I have attended several festivals such as the Lakes Region music festival and the All New England music festival. These festivals allowed me to come together with other students from different schools that loved singing and performing as much as I did. Every time I perform at one of these festivals I am overwhelmed by how beautiful music can be when everyone I am working with is just as passionate as I am about the work we are doing and also extremely talented.…
My father always tells me that I was born with a unique talent. This talent helps me perfectly match the pitch of any song which comes in handy when I play by ear rather than look off of sheet music. Being able to match the pitch of a song really helped me when it came time to learn different pieces that I had listened to. When sheet music was unavailable, I didn’t have to worry as long as I listened to the song and found out what key the song was in. Soon enough, I’d have the whole song memorized and written down.…
LT391: Essay (2) “To write is to love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice.” Sometime it is devastating that broken relationship can never be fixed and this is presented in this short story, “Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice”, in which the protagonist learns the genuine significance of writing by the loss of his story which is destroyed by how it is made. Nam Lee is portrayed as a writing student who takes writing too casually and engaging the past with his father entirely changes his attitude toward writing within the act of love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice of which he eventually learned they are the metaphor of writing.…
Chopsticks – a Vietnamese folktale – retold by Marilyn Bolchunos The story I will be sharing is Chopsticks –a Vietnamese folktale – retold by Marilyn Bolchunos and illustrated by Dick Brown. This short story displays the theme unity and relating to the quote once said by Aesop, an ancient Greek story teller. “United we stand, divided we fall” The old father is wise and smart shows the kids, Thu, Hai, and Ta, the importance of unity in everyday life. He gives a demonstration using chopsticks, which are normal considered very weak, and stacks them together to show them the strength when stacked together.…
The singing and the the basics of music seemed like child 's play to me now. The only thing missing was the writing of music and understand all of its complexities. I had joined the choral program at the school and was immediately placed in the advanced choral group. We had many amazing concerts and adventures. With every moment that I was there my musical literacy would improve even greater than before.…
Happiness is a surprises contain sincerity by holding hands, a reunion dinner, children's handmade card, a sense of belonging, family to hold on to, and above all- the privilege to never have to doubt your value in somebody's heart. I was born in Nha Trang, Vietnam into a family full of happiness on a beautiful sunny day. My family is a big family, with a total of up to twenty-one members lives together under one roof. Despite being a big family, had a fight is inevitable, but each person has always shown appreciation and love to each other in a fair manner because we got influent with our culture, Respect. The respect you show to others is an immediate reflection of yourself.…
When I was six years old I was first introduced to the concept of music. I sat down on the floor next to the warmth of the fireplace and listened to my stepdad strum the guitar. I was instantly entranced by what he was playing. Some blues melody that had me engrossed. Looking back the desire to play the guitar, had really just come from me looking up to my stepdad as a father figure, and perhaps wanting reciprocate what he was doing.…