I have played viola for about seven years, since I was eleven. As soon as I started playing, it was like nothing I had ever done before, every minute I played the more I wanted to learn. In the summer before seventh grade, I was leaving my family for the first time to go to a strings camp in Michigamme. I didn’t expect to be in the front of the section, I was just glad to be there, wherever I was in the orchestra. When we walked into the orchestra, I was astonished to be my name on the first stand, they picked me out of all the older students to lead the viola section. I was terrified, here was a little soon-to-be eighth grader leading a group of high schoolers. It was nerve racking, but after it was done, it was one of the best experiences