Crane Youth Music Camp Analysis

Throughout my life, I have been taken by music. However, it was not until my 8th grade year in middle school that I realized that I could be a musician for the rest of my life. Before that, music just seemed like something to keep me out of trouble. I wasn’t the best player at that time, and I still knew very little about it all. How could something like that ever support someone? Still, it was the only talent that I could find any success in, and it was still very enjoyable, so I wanted to still give it a shot.

Music has always been integral in my life. During my childhood, when I was four years old, I pressed my fingers on an oven handle like a piano. Throughout my childhood years I listened to my mom’s old-school mix CD’s, along with the Pandora music app on my old Kindle. In fifth grade, I picked up the piano. My alto saxophone studies began in seventh grade. When high school arrived, I turned my focus to guitar and voice. The more knowledge I absorbed, the more knowledge I craved. My decision to pursue music was also influenced by the inspirations I’ve encountered on my journey so far.

I grew up in Washington D.C with my dad’s recording studio in the basement. Day and night, I would hear the beats of R&B and jazz surfing up through the floorboards. My parent’s were always listening to everything from Motown to John Lennon, Broadway musicals to Otis Redding. I loved it all - Etta James, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, The Supremes, Elvis, Billie Holiday, musicals. To this day, those musicians inspire me. The second I knew that I had to be a singer was the day I fell madly in

Although my formal journey in music had to be temporarily halted once I started high school, my musical background has allowed me to construct my own identity in the world. I have acquired a sense of admiration for both the elaborate and simplistic elements that exist within the vast depths of our perception. I realize that possessing a commitment to persistent study through a solid foundation is crucial. I realize that in order to pursue my own interests and passions, choosing to think for myself, is equally as vital. I have come to view life as an infinite climb in which I am constantly seeking new heights. Although my niche in this world is evolving constantly, my appetite for learning remains resolute. My desire to test the limits and boundaries of life is fueled, not by the notion of reaching the top, but rather within the journey of overcoming obstacles in my struggle to unlock the mysteries of this world. The need to satisfy this perpetual craving for knowledge inspires me to search for answers—to understand the depths of life and where I stand in the midst of it

An ambulance driver, a nurse, and the scene is waiting in line. The ambulance is crashed into the grocery store window, the nurse dies during the accident. The ambulance driver has to wait in line to save the cashiers life, while the man in front of him accuses him of cutting in line. This was an improv was performed at Forest City High School Spring Band Concert, to showcase and advertise the school speech program. Austin has always been well known for crazy funny comments, that get the hold room about to pee their pants laughing.

The song was performed by Sherwood High School Choir and was sung by Carmen Groenweghe. Carmen Groenweghe, who was the main singer, sang “Someone To Watch Over Me”. In the beginning of the song, she started to sing articulately and very beautifully but the whole choir group didn’t. Well, they did but didn’t gave it their all. Some of them were too distracted and some were even lip syncing which that is unacceptable. Every choir group has to be ready and sing their hearts out. They have to be very energetic and enthusiastic. Even though they messed up a little bit, they performed pretty well.

On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 4:00 pm, at the Carpenter Theatre Dominion Arts Center, the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra played side by side with the Richmond Symphony. The instrumentation of the youth orchestra consisted of ten first violins, ten second violins, four violas, nine cellos, five basses, three flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, three trumpets, three trombones, a tuba, and two harps. The Richmond Symphony has twenty-one violins, seven violas, ten cellos, five double basses, three flutes, one piccolo, two oboes, one English horn, two clarinets, two E-flat clarinets, one bass clarinet, two bassoons, a contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, two trombones, one bass trombone, a tuba, a timpani, three

By the sixth grade, I knew that I was going to be a musician - I wanted to leave others with the same sense of wonder that music left with me. While my parents urged to me explore other options in high school, I couldn’t find the thrill that I felt from music in AP Statistics or British literature. Though I was dedicated to my music, I knew that becoming a rock star wasn’t the most realistic plan for my future, so I decided to pursue a backup degree in music production. I would dedicate my time to the band, but learn to record, mix, and master in my free time, so that if my band never made it big, I could still be involved with music. I found myself at a two-year community college trying to save as much money as possible while buying time

As a young child, I have always had a passion to sing. My mother always told me “You are just wasting your time, Justin.” I signed up for many singing competitions, along with spent my nights practicing and writing songs. Although I was discouraged by many, I never lost the determination to make a career out of my voice. One summer evening, when I was sixteen years old, the opportunity of a lifetime was presented to me. I was sitting on my couch watching the local news. The news broadcaster announced that they were having a Burnsville’s Got Talent, and that the winner would get to meet a record producer. I knew this was my time to show the world how good I actually was.

From a young age, I was always fascinated with the profession of teaching and knew that I wanted to grow up and become an educator. As I reached my senior year in high school, I determined that I would focus my undergraduate studies on music education and become a middle school chorus teacher. I studied the craft of music teaching and dedicated myself to become the best music educator possible. While I completed my studies, I began to have a fascination with instructional technology in the classroom and researched the implications of including technology into choral and band music instruction. I was also given the opportunity to present multiple workshops to college students and in-service educators about implementing new and exciting technologies in their classrooms. While at Wingate, I assisted in the founding of the Center for Teaching and Learning where I helped design and implement a training program for professors to implement the use of an iPad in the collegiate classroom. Natalie Ayambem, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, said:

When I left my sequestered neighborhood of Cote-Des-Neiges’ school to attend my father’s alma mater, La Maîtrise des Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, a school founded upon the ancient traditions of European choral music, little did I know at the time that I would be blessed with a deep passion for music, an incredible learning experience, and a long-lasting brotherhood.

Music has been apart of my life since I was born; everyone in my family had been a student of music in one way or another. As a young girl, my grandmother would wake me up with the sound of Indian Classical music on our cassette player. Music was a necessity in any car-ride; we would always sing along to something, whether it be English nursery rhymes or old Hindi music. By the age of five, I started learning to sing Indian Classical music and before long, I was on stage performing at our local festivals alongside my best friend. At the age of seven, I picked up the violin for the first time, going on to be apart of the orchestra in middle school, high school, and college. Although I have gained experience and confidence by performing

When I was little we had no money so the local parks were the fulcrum of my summers. Whatever the City Parks and Recreation offered, I was there, a stranger, as I was at UNIS (originally on scholarship). An only child of a single mother, we went to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for free concerts and later lessons. The Botanical Gardens, Coney Island and the Park’s Little League Sports were my world until the Metropolitan Opera Company hired me. Then the Children Choir occupied all of August to train for performances, costume fittings, music lessons, and perfecting my solos.

I’ve aspired to be a professional musician for over ten years now. From the beginning, I knew that I wanted to study music on a university level as part of my journey. When the time came, I only auditioned for one school. It was the only school that I wanted to attend. I was accepted with a scholarship for music composition, and master’s degree track for music education.

Extra-curricular activities had enriched my life and I believe that my enthusiasm for different subjects would help me to deliver fun and lively classes to young minds. As a singer of the singing club in my university, I sang in ceremonies and for charity campaigns. I was also a member of the student union in charge of poster design on campus. These experiences not only developed my talents in music and art, but also enhanced my interpersonal skills. Rather than being a maverick, I had