My Love For Music Education

I decided to take piano lessons at a young age. I have shared my music by playing piano at local churches and nursing homes. Platteville High School offers an outstanding music program. To prepare for my senior year, I learned alto saxophone and cello. I had never played an instrument other than piano and I thought that it was a good challenge. As part of the band program, I am also learning xylophone for an upcoming concert. This year my schedule includes Band, Orchestra, Cantorum and Music Theory. I hope to become involved with music in college as my schedule

There are so many things in my life, that I am overly grateful, appreciative, and thankful for. My family, friends, good health, a roof over my head, and being able to do the thing I love and enjoy most, dance.

Curiosity, undoubtedly, is one of the universal characteristics of a child. The innate desire to explore and understand comes just as naturally as eating and sleeping. For example, I was eager to discover how my mother was able to play such enchanting melodies on the piano. While she methodically pressed each key, I observed as the corresponding hammer struck a set of strings to produce a pleasant sound. My curiosity and the love of music sparked my desire to learn the piano; thus, leading me to learn and ceaselessly play for the past 12 years.

When I first started to dance my family was very supportive and helped me prepare. There was never dancing in my household, dance was an interest I developed on my own. I have a very small family so it's just me, my mom and dad so we do not have special events with music and dancing. My mom and dad is very supportive of my dance aspirations. Especially my mom has pushed me during the times that I no longer wanted to dance and she has encouraged me to keep dancing and keep trying my best. When I was in my junior year of high school I was questioning if I wanted to dance anymore because I wanted to feel the freedom of being a “normal” teenager and go out with friends after school and not go to dance rehearsals all night long. My mom encouraged me to remember why I danced and that I have a gift and I shouldn't waste it. Looking back at my experiences of balancing high school and competition dance I do not regret it. I am very proud that I stuck with it. When ever I have rough day at dance or am feeling frustrated with it I will always think back to what my mom had said to be and channel her words of encouragement.

After attending different schools throughout Texas, I have accumulated essential skills and strengths needed in order to be part of a functional and successful school community. Being a straight A’s honors student, I can contribute to The Kinkaid School’s excellence by bringing all my knowledge, high motivation, and energy to the classroom. Participating in classes since the age of five, I have explored a variety of different art media including acrylic, oil, drawing, clay and sculpture, sewing, printmaking, and more. My interest in instruments began at the age of 6, when I played the piano for two and a half years. I was also first chair clarinet in my middle school band during fifth and sixth grade, and I continued playing during eighth grade.

thus I entered the University of Michigan’s music school. However, I came to the realization that

I have always been a passionate advocate for music education. It is offered to practically every student in America, yet very few institutions put an emphasis on partaking in music classes or extra curriculars. I was placed in a program called Kindermusik when I was in preschool. It started with basic music classes, but then I took three years of piano starting at age eight. Around that time I joined my first choir and I’ve been in several since then. During middle school, I was a band kid for three years and took lessons in both guitar and trumpet. In high school, I chose to pursue chorus every year and participated in three annual school musicals. I was President of the Tri-M Music Honor society at my school. While my weighted GPA took a hit from taking chorus classes, I was having a blast and still managed to become my school’s Salutatorian. I even attended NC Governor’s school as a choral music student. Currently, I am enrolled in the mixed chorus, State Chorale, and the music minor program here at NC State. I’m also taking two other music classes this semester. Music is certainly an integral part of my life.

What I've learned from this experience are various lessons. I've learned that if I wanted to be a music education major, than I'd have to work hard at what I

The pursuit of attending college has been a personal desire and goal for as long as I can remember. While maintaining a rigorous academic course load, I also had a passion for excelling in my music endeavors. My superior GPA and yearly testing scores broadened my career choices but made it difficult to discern whether I wanted to pursue something in the field of medicine, education, or music. The academics, experiences, and activities that I have been involved with throughout my life, definitely have shaped and encouraged me to think deeper about what it is that I would truly love to excel in on the college level and pursue as a life-long career.

Seeking experience in music, I spent over half of my high school career invested in fine arts programs such as AP Music Theory, Patriot (honors) Guitar, and Advanced Chorus. The music community was all but uninviting and blossomed into a society I wanted to continuously take part in for as long as I could.

In other words, I learned to coordinate and work with a large group while also helping that group look for a deeper understanding of ideas, a crucial skill for a teacher. My love of music has given me strength of character, leadership experience, and a belief in my own ability to tackle any challenge set before me, and I remain grateful that I learned at a pretty young age that music is a exceptional medium to express

Music related activities fueled me, including senior counties, Reading Symphony Youth Orchestra, summer music camps and performing with ensembles as well. I also auditioned for districts, which had been the most overwhelming challenge, and merely missed it by one chair. I did not want the quality of an instrument to prevent me from continuing what I am passionate about however there were certain struggles that

Growing up in a small town, like I did, you struggle to find what you want to do for the rest of your life, but as I got older I started to realize that this small town life was not for me. So I decided to go big, and introduce myself to the music industry, which in my opinion is the most difficult industry to make it big in. So, day in and day out, I taught myself how to use different music programs to further teach myself what I’m getting into. When I was more comfortable with what I was doing, I started looking at different colleges that could also help me to further my career of being a music producer. My love for music originated when I was younger, and would eventually lead me to where I am today, the energetic, fun loving, hardcore music lover that I am.

Education is among one of the most important aspects of life; providing knowledge to our younger generations to help them find themselves and succeed in life. Over the past years I have found a love for learning and a love for teaching other’s the knowledge I have required; enabling them to also pass this information and achieve the goal’s they have set out for themselves in life. I have specifically found a passion in music; classical, contemporary, practical and theoretical. Teaching has always been a passion of mine. I enjoy seeing the excitement and joy of a child or adult finding something they love and achieve the task they have set for themselves, whether it be a practical or theoretical step forward

I plan to be a music education major and teach a High School band. I want to do this career because I want to teach others what I am so passionate about and maybe even help them become more passionate about it as well. Something I've also noticed is that not only am I good at it, but, I like helping people and helping them understand anything that I know. I believe I do pretty well as a leader in my section, I taught them a lot and helped them reach a higher potential.