College Admissions Essay: A Career As A Music Teacher

With a degree in Vocal Performance from UNCG I can finally take those steps to turn a child’s fantasy into a young adult’s ambition. The accredited vocal professors at UNCG will equip me with the tools I need to succeed in my profession and achieve my every whim throughout my lifetime. During my time at UNCG, I will make connections, both personal and professional, that I can call on throughout my life. I can’t begin to imagine where my path will take me, what career I’ll choose to follow, or even where in the world I’ll end up, but I know that the only way I can find any of that out is following my heart at

The career I wish to succeed at is music education. The fascination and passion had started when I was seven years old. My mom who was a saxophone player had started this passion when she first handed me her old saxophone. Even though I wasn’t very good at first I still couldn’t put it down. I practiced a lot to get better at playing that old saxophone. Eventually band for fifth graders had started and I had wanted to learn more about the instrument I barely knew about. I found out how to take care and set my amateur. Then we learned more of the basics like how not to sound like a goose. Finally, I’m here in high school I’m taking music theory to further my passion and prepare myself for college.

Music has been a passion of mine for many years. The sonic power of frequency captivates me entirely along with the depth of theory that goes behind it all. Nothing is as integrated with art, human expression, and science as music is. You have sound and frequency as itself, and then the physical, tangible applications that allows us humans to harness and mold the sound into whatever we want. I have been playing music since I was young, and as time passed I grew more curious about the way things around me worked. I began to wonder how the tools of the art work. This curiosity has driven myself to knowing the ins and outs of the physical realm within the music world. I want to know how the amplifiers that I use on a day to day basis function.

As a musician, I view medicine as a career path that reflects my identity: someone who pays attention to the meticulous details of my craft. One of my favorite activities is setting up my guitars, a monthly process that involves changing the strings, checking for intonation, adjusting the action of the fretboard, and polishing. I do so with the utmost attention to detail. This takes hours, yet I gain a sense of satisfaction from it, knowing that my guitars are in optimal playing condition. I know that whoever hears my music will hear it in its best form and I hope that they leave feeling profoundly impacted. I saw this same dedication and attention to detail during my shadowing experiences in the operating room as I watched a team of doctors and nurses prepare a room for surgery: lining the room with sterile drapes and intubating the patient. I was told that this long and seemingly tedious process was so crucial to preventing infection as well as to ensure that the surgery runs

My teachers once said to me “There are no wrong notes but how you play them, the feelings you put in and how you play them in time. It’s all about your timing.” This advice has stayed with me the most and looking back over the last year I can see that timing is everything not just in music.

“Which is it today, Baylee,” my mother said, “an actor or an author?” It was career day at my elementary school, and I was having a hard time deciding which profession to dress up as.

I would consider myself a musician. I’m not a professional artist, but I’ve been playing the cello for about 8 years. I started in 5th grade with the violin, but I really did hate it. In middle school my music teacher said I could start with a new instrument and there goes tiny Fatima reaching for the huge cello. That’s when I fell in love with music. I absolutely loved how the cello had a high pitch and a super low pitch. I just thought that music was a hobby but then I started to realize that music can do so much more. In 7th grade I applied for a scholarship at a music center. I was super nervous and 3 other students were competing against me. I got in, and I chose the Latin music group. That’s where my eyes opened and I learned that music

I had never been a part of a choir, but the school gave me a chance to be a part of one. Not many would imagine a career starting in a small average school auditorium, a creaky cracked wooden stage and cold metal chairs, but I saw an opportunity. I felt at home in this space. This choir class was more than a part of the community, it felt like a family. From the wholesome melodies and vocal exercises that I felt from my head to my core, to the wardrobe decisions and endless practices for every concert, it was an irreplaceable

I know how much of a cliche it is to begin this essay with the same, “I knew I wanted to be music ever since I was a little girl”, line in which you’ve probably heard over a thousand times, but I can honestly say that music has been the only passion I have continuously stuck by. I began writing songs when I was nine years old and I knew then that this was something I wanted to pursue. Therefore, when I heard there was an opportunity for me to participate in a program that allowed me to learn and practice not only music production, but the music industry itself, I couldn’t help not to apply. I think I could fit in well to the Tisch Summer High School Recorded Music Program because of my experience in collaborative environments, creating

praise I received reassured me of two things: that practice truly makes perfect, a life lesson I have learnt as a vocalist, as a

I love teaching. I love to walk into the class and letting my light shine bright for my students, because I know all people, regardless of race, creed, or shade, are attracted to light. I'm talking about the light of learning and the light of love. Students don't care how much you know till they know how much you care. And I do care: deeply. My heart breaks now because I know that I will have to leave this job unless our lawmakers make laws that lift up our children, instead lifting up their constituents. I say our children because they belong to all of us; and they will one day be our citizens. They will bake our bread, build our homes, fix our plumbing and electrical issues, engineer our communications, and save our world. If we don't raise them up right, when we have the chance, we doom ourselves. Our children need teachers: all we can muster. Yet the prospect of being a teacher is becoming more and

Considering ten years in the remote future, I only have a minuscule idea of what I could be doing. I hope to be graduated from the college of my choice, working at a job I love. As of now, I am interested in either becoming a teacher, working in Forensics, or doing something in the creative field.

I am interested applying for a position as a music education teacher in the Dublin City School District. I am currently a music educator at Wilcox Elementary in the North Ridgeville City School District in North Ridgeville, Ohio. My degree is a Bachelor of Music Education from Kent State University. I am also a graduate of Hilliard Darby High School.

I knew no one at all and had to make all knew friends. I continued with chorus, but it was a completely different ball game. It was really hard at first, not knowing anyone and being all of sudden in a much more advanced class. Guys and girls had separate class periods and I was no longer a soprano, I became a soprano 1, expected to be able to hit the highest notes which wasn't always easy. I had to learn to sight read, know key signatures, intervals and a lot more that I was never taught before. Although I was behind many and didn't know anyone I was accepted into this huge family, who I now love more than anything and don't know what I would do without. For almost a whole semester at the beginning of each year we learn huge piles of Christmas music, that we perform before the holiday at a magnificent church in our dress code. Yes, a dress code because this is the big leagues now. No more T-shirts and jeans, but a long expensive black dress, tights, ballet slippers, red lipstick, almost no jewelry, no nail polish and hair up in a bun. Thanks to our amazing teachers we've gone to state every year and two years in a row now we’ve gotten a choir distinction, which is the best one can get and is very hard to accomplish and we've done exactly that. Nothing could possibly describe me better than Chorus. I live for applying my red lipstick, slipping on that long

Unbelievably, the loud outgoing girl I am today is the product of my parents forcing me into theatre classes when I was six. Additionally, years of teaching and directing at local children’s theatres only fueled my desires to teach further. I want to help children in the way that my previous mentors helped me, and the best way for me to do that is through music. I want to inspire, to influence, and to foster a love of music in all. Furthermore, it is my goal to one day bring music to underprivileged communities to allow equal access to the arts. I am fortunate enough to live in a community was many scholarships and grants that allow me to participate in numerous classes and shows. Many people do not have this opportunity, and it is my hope to one provide everyone with equal access to the arts, who will in turn use these skills to better