It all started at McKinley High School. Kendall Aaron, Carlton Phillips, and Corey Thomas they all was in the band for all 4 years. They enjoyed band and it was their main focus after their grades. McKinley High band was so important to them, they took it serious as it was reflecting their grades. They were so excellent in the band that they were offered 3 scholarships from 3 different schools.
Meet my Jazz band. This is a picture of us in New Orleans my junior year during spring break to play Jazz. I decided upon this picture because this band has had such a profound impact on how I frame my future. My connection with music through the piano has been fostered ever since I could reach those shiny black and white collection of keys. Starting at the age of four, playing the classical music of Mozart and Bach was what my musical background was founded upon, with tangible medals and accomplishments as achievements.
When I ended my sophomore year, I felt as if I was on top of the world. My grades were top tier, I had a successful soccer season, and I had just been assigned the drum major position in my school’s marching band. However about halfway through the following summer, I was diagnosed with depression. Instead of trying to fight through my condition, I allowed myself to slink deeper and deeper into an abyss. I knew that in my tenure as drum major, I would need to have a stable mind in order to be effective and have a possible impact on the band
The band program taught me how to push through the difficulties and struggles that would allow me to become a better performer in the end, and taught me the importance of respect and courtesy, whether it be for volunteers with the band, my bandmates, other bands, and so on, and how far simple manners can go. Most importantly, though, this band taught me what it was like to be dedicated and passionate about something. In the past two years, I have developed a love for playing music that has given me more joy in life than anything else in the last four years, and due to that caused me to learn a new instrument, get more involved with our music program, created friendships and relationships that will last, allowed me to become a more rounded person, that is better equipped to handle my future. I have grown greatly in the last few years, and this is all due to the band program, which I will never be able to repay for all it has done for
I auditioned for it and their Flute Choir on, Oboe, Flute, and Bassoon (picking up and learning only a week before auditions). When the results came in I found out that I had made all three parts doubling Oboe and Bassoon in the Central Illinois Concert Orchestra (2013-2014). The season was very successful but soon came to an end. I soon sold my Bassoon and purchased an English horn. I soon switched Oboe teachers, I went from Kylie Hankosky (2013-2014) to Alison Robuck (2014-present), Oboe professor at Bradley University in Peoria, IL.
Seeing Rascal Flatts in concert is something I will never forget. It was a rush from the start, I wasn’t even planning on going. At the last second my sister's friend cancelled, so I rushed to take her place. It was the first concert I had ever been to, so everything was new and exciting. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but when they started singing it blew my mind.
Ragamuffin She could not have been much more than four, this dirty little waif with big blue eyes; eyes that shined brightly as she walked toward our back porch. It was early, barely past sunrise. My parents had walked out into the field’s just moments before. As I sit here, I have tried hard to remember the child’s name, but it escapes me. Of course, I was but a child myself back then and some things are hard to remember from so long ago.
It’s fun to not go the way that the rest of the world is going. I enjoy forming my own way in this world, even if I do get weird looks for it. I like to be out of place, the stoic, the outcast, the weird kid. It gives me the opportunity to be as crazy as I wish and still get away with it. There is an event or style that defines every generation, but that’s not always the best thing, for example Woodstock or Y2K, and I do not want to be remembered as a part of that fad.
My Theme Song Songs can connect with how we feel and our experiences. Music has been a major part of my life ever since I was just a toddler. For me music has helped me express what I am feeling and who I am as a person. My therapy has been music, it has helped me through almost every problem I have faced. With listening to the song lyrics, we can get a true understanding of what the artist is trying to tell us.
Exercising gives me satisfaction and freedom, but soccer is even more so. Playing soccer makes me happy because it brings out the best in me. I have different experiences in finals, so I learn a lot of things and each one challenges me. With the help of my parents, it is easier to practice and learn more because they take me to the soccer fields. Playing sports is a very important exercise and activity for me
I quickly finished tying my shoe and hopped onto my purple mountain bike and we were off. Logan my brother who I love sometimes,Cassie My best friend, Easton Cassie’s brother,Sawyer Cassie’s brother, Mr. Wychers and I were going to ride our bikes through a trail off in the woods and go to Whistle stop and then cut through town and head to Houseman's. The sky was cloudy and the daylight was being blocked by a thick dark cloud, which looked a lot like a rain cloud. We started to cut through a dead cornfield, lifeless tall brown and crusty plants sat in a single spot and as the soft wind blew the once luscious herbs. I felt the dead greens slap me in the leg and burrs got stuck to my pant leg.
As a freshman, I joined the chorus as a soprano. It was slightly intimidating that year because I was the youngest person in my section. Everyone
Concert 2 is one of the lowest bands in the program. When I first entered the program, I had wanted to quit. However, after a while, I grew to really enjoy band. I started practicing more and put in more effort with what I did. I was first chair in concert 2, which is the principal player.
Joining band had an immense and almost immediate impact on my life. Before being in band I had never had a talent that I felt completely confident in. I enjoyed practicing and spent many hours trying to improve my musical ability. In
My brother and I were riding home one day after doing a job for my dad at his veterinary hospital. I was playing on my phone, awaiting my arrival to finally be home. Suddenly, I feel our truck start to fishtail. Thinking Kenny is just messing around, I tell him to knock it off. He looks back at me with terror in his eyes and I realize that he is not messing around.
