Life was less than desirable. My parents had just gotten divorced, and I was starting the sixth grade. With middle school comes maturation. With maturation comes emotion and hormones. I was a mess of both. I found myself walking around the halls with no happiness whatsoever. I sought refuge in my music, for the lyrics and poetry spoke to me on a level that no one else understood. One day, I was walking in the hallway during transition, when I noticed a kid my age wearing a shirt of a band that I
Music has had an impact on my life in numerous ways, it has always been a part of my life as long as I can remember. As a small child, I remember being in a booster seat singing along, at the top of my lungs, the words of my favorite song. Whether I was on beat and in tune was a whole different question. The music that I have been exposed to in my life varies greatly in genre from Christian music to country music to pop music to rap music to classical music. My favorite music is Christian music.
I continued music through high school because I knew high school band will be something I would never give up. I love playing challenging music every day, seeing people everyday who have the same interests as I do. I continued music to challenge myself as a musician, and not just “to get better” but to have something in my everyday life that is both challenging my mind and something that I enjoy no matter what. Music has helped me in high school for many reasons, but the most helpful reason is a
A hush falls over the audience, the expectations rise in my gut-Will I mess it up? Can I make these people feel something? I place my hands over the black-and-white keys, take a breath, and begin. I start out slowly, pushing the keys deeply, trying to listen to the music that is in my imagination. What story do I want to tell today? In which direction can I turn the audience's hearts? My fingers pick up the pace, louder and louder, the music soars-don't mess up!-and dies back down again. I begin a
pitch, but I struggle with even simple melodic dictation. I have been told that I have a natural inclination for music, that I have ‘talent,’ but here’s the thing – I don’t. I am where I am because of struggle; I have struggled to learn music; I have struggled to practice music; I have struggled to accept this part of me. What I have never struggled with, however, is loving music. My music developed like a bud emerging among a maze of vines and blossoms; nurtured by its root, surrounded by an abundance
Music theatre: an art through which to lose oneself and find oneself simultaneously, tell essential stories, cathartically influence people, and deliver joy to performers and audience members alike. Growing up in an artistic household, full of music, theatre, and dance, I discovered these truths firsthand. Music became a favorite pastime early in life, and dancing around the house, singing songs, reading, and drawing soon consumed the majority of my childhood. I grew to relish the challenges the
Music has a significant impact on my life. From beginner piano lessons in first grade to performing in the front ensemble of the Miami University Marching Band, music has shaped my personality and has helped me become more creative and open minded. Everyday I experience music in some form, whether on the radio, through my cellphone, or even sometimes at a live performance, and my listening habits have evolved over the past few years. For the most part, I listen to music through my cellphone. Apple
knew that was my destiny. The way the music flowed similar to waves, crashing against rocks and then slowly pulsing on the sand. The way the flags put color into the air, explaining the story of a show of music for people that cannot hear. It had entrapped me. The music and its visual representation sucked me into its spiral of happiness and some lessons of life. There’s loads of ways music can transform someone's life. Here's how it transformed mine. When I was in sixth grade, my favorite class
in some way. The different aspects of life that we surround ourselves with shape the kind of people we become, even if it does not seem like it. To me, culture is: family, religion, and music. My family has had the biggest impact on my cultural identity. Family is what surrounds us the most in our daily lives. I grew up with my mom, dad, and two older sisters. We have many traditions, such as going camping every summer, or just cooking dinner each night. My mom grew up camping and being outdoors
Noe Aguilar Lopez Common Application Title Music is something that has been around my entire life. From watching my dad play the drums in church to actually playing an instrument now, music has had a big effect on me. My life without music would be incomplete. I have gone from starting on the clarinet in the fifth grade to playing Tuba, which is now my primary instrument. My musical journey goes all they way back to the fifth grade when I started band at Claggett Middle School. I started on the