For the second time, I tried to advance to the finals of the Minnesota Piano Contest. This year, I finally achieved my goal. Early this year, I competed against other people in my age category. There are two rounds involved in the Piano Contest, a preliminary round, and a Final Contest round. If you make it past the Final Contest round, you get to participate in the Honors Concert. This year, I should have been in the Junior B level (11 - 12 year olds), but instead, I ended up in the Intermediate A level (13 - 14 year olds). This was because the previous year, I had made it past preliminaries, and to the Final round, so I had to be moved up to the higher level. This was a challenge for me, because the music that I had to learn was above …show more content…
It got to the point where I wanted to drop out. I considered it for about a week before I brought it up to my mom. My mom, of course, said that if I didn’t really want to participate in Contest, that she wouldn't force me to do it, but that I should talk to my piano teacher first, to see if she could help me. The next week at my lesson, I discussed with my teacher that I was having trouble with the piece and that I didn’t feel that I could play it. We went back to the beginning, she walked me through it, and wrote some notes in my music. Instead of having me work on two sections of the piece like I normally would, she had me focus on the first section. We did the same with the other two sections of the piece. It was a lot easier to learn, but I was still having a lot of trouble with it, and I was not …show more content…
I learned that you should not underestimate yourself, because you are capable of so much more than you realize. I also learned not to jump to conclusions. I immediately jumped to the conclusion that I wouldn’t make it past the preliminaries, but with hard work and determination I was able to make it to the Honors Recital for the first time. The third and most important lesson that I learned was to not give up. To give up is to lose before you even start. You cheat yourself out of what you could have accomplished. Growing up, I’ve always been told not to give up. Sometimes these words are easy to say, but hard to accomplish. This experience has shown me what can happen if you apply yourself and work hard. Had I given up, I wouldn’t have gotten to experience the once in a lifetime opportunity of the Honors Recital. Whenever I’m in a situation where I’m ready to give up, I will just remember how I chose to keep going during those difficult months to help me get through it. Don’t ever assume that you know that a situation is going to turn out bad, because sometimes, you just never
The most important lesson learned from this class was to never give up. I took that class
Based on your existing knowledge of American Indian–colonial relations in North America, write an argument to use as the basis of your research.
While the failures everyday teenagers go through pale in comparison to that of an adult, if I were to pick one instance of failure, and the lessons entailed, it would be my rejection from becoming my high school band’s drum major. During my sophomore year, I signed up to try out for drum major. There were five of us total, and only one of us could be the next drum major. The audition was during band camp, and we have trained all summer for it. Unfortunately, I did not succeed in becoming the next drum major. From this experience, I have learned that failure can be a valuable teacher, to commit to areas where I find the most passion and to manage my tasks at hand more effectively. My lessons started with failure.
In summary, I’ve learned that being confident and working hard can make you overcome your obstacles. Also you need courage to overcome your obstacles and by working hard, you can now do things that you couldn’t because you’ve learned it over your hard work that you put into
Morihei Ueshiba once said, “Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.” Throughout my life, I have experienced countless failures; nonetheless, the lessons that I learned from my failures prepared me for the numerous successes that I have had. My most significant failure was not making the All-City Honors band. My failure was due to me not taking a challenge and trying to find an easy way out of the situation. In the end, I learned to humble myself and to not be afraid to take on a challenge. My lesson helped shape my future decisions and successes.
On August 28th, my mother chanted so loud that I could hear her from outside of the house and I ran as fast as a cheetah trying to catch its prey because, after all, it was my goal worth chasing. I read the letter calmly, then jumped up, and touched the ceiling. “We hereby announce that Eugenia Trakal has been selected to participate in the EVYS Concert Orchestra.” My tears fell to the ground, my dad picked me up, and threw as high as the sky. My family was vastly proud of me and, in my perspective, hard work really does pay off and the only way you succeed is to first feel confused but then start committing and striving for what you
There was one day in the summer of my 7th grade year, it was a little different than others because I was about to head to Orlando, Florida to play baseball. This was a very exciting time for me and my entire team because we had worked so hard to get to this very moment at this very tournament. After a short flight we arrived in Orlando. This was a great sight because you could see ESPN World WIde of Sports complex from a mile away. This was a start to an absolutely great time and tournament in Florida.
Now the whole earth used only one language, with few words. On the occasion of a migration from the east, men discovered a plain in the land of Shinar, and settled there. Then they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. " So they used bricks for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city with a tower whose top shall reach the heavens (thus making a name for ourselves), so that we may not be scattered all over the earth. " Then the Lord came down to look at the city and tower which human beings had built. The Lord said, "They are just one people, and they all have the same language. If this is
Frederic Chopin was a Polish pianist and composer who integrated both the Romantic tradition and technical characteristics of the piano in an innovative and expressive way. (Oxford Music) “Chopin was the Romantic composer most closely identified with the piano” (Textbook) He combined beautiful melodies, inventive chords and harmonies, and virtuosic technique in a natural and eloquent way to create a tremendous collection of piano works throughout his lifetime. (Oxford Music) Of his many prominent works, Chopin’s collection of etudes has been one of the most revolutionary. This paper will delve into the historical and musical aspects of Chopin’s Etudes Op. 10.
That doesn’t sound like a positive start to high school, and it wasn’t. After years of apathy, of ‘it doesn’t matter if I fail, nobody cares, it doesn’t matter,’ of aspiring to nothing, I was suddenly confronted with ‘it does matter.’ I faced real consequences for my decisions. Where before I been up to my neck in pure academic diffidence
There are many things that can hold people back from goals that they are determined to accomplish. Despite these hardships and dilemmas that we face, if we have fight in us and the correct work ethic we are bound to succeed. I personally have faced my share of obstacles in my life and have been through plenty of hardships. However, I always overcome them in one way or another. For example, when I first walked the halls of Harlingen High School I entered as a shy but ambitions freshman with a lot of friends and unfortunately a lot of enemies. I was always put down due to play playing ability in band. I constantly tried to get better and better and that’s when freshman region auditions came along. I was excited to be able to actually compete
Depression is a very low mood that lasts up to two weeks sometimes longer, depression is most common when an individual is diagnosis and when a change occurs in their condition. Being depressed can have an effect on your sleeping (sleeping to little or too much) loss of appetite, less energy and no motivation. Maintaining independence can be difficult as their condition continues to get worse they may require adaptive equipment such as a walking stick or wheelchair help with day to day tasks such as getting dressed and needing assistance getting in and out of the bath. People may feel embarrassed using the equipment provided, this could cause them to become socially isolated.
For musicians in love with the piano, deciding which model will best meet their needs can sometimes be a little trickier than they might realize. There are several facts that need to be taken into consideration. A good place to start is how much room do you have available for the piano. There is nothing worse than finally setting your mind on what to get just to realize it is too big.
The beautiful sound of piano music has captured the hearts of people since the early eighteenth century. Since then, many musicians have dedicated their lives to this instrument. Some players even play piano so well that it may seem that this instrument is easy to play. However, to be able to play the piano well isn’t easy; it takes a lot of skill. To become a good piano player, one must love music very much, have good finger techniques, and body flexibility.
What I didn’t learn from my highschool class is how to properly set goals. I didn’t know that there was a process and I didn’t realize how helpful it is writing down goals and physically seeing them. I was able to learn S.M.A.R.T goals which helps you structure your goals to a achievable standard. I also learned the different types of goals like long term, short term, and immediate. I learn how important goal setting can be and how it helps you better achieve them.