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My story through music
My story through music is I was coming into Mr. York’s office to try out some instruments to see which one I would want to play the following year. I was a little nervous because I didn’t know what was going to happen. I walked in and in front of me was about every instrument I knew. The way trying out for instruments goes is you get an instrument ,learn the embouchure and then play some and by that see if you can play it and learn it well. I started out a little discouraged because I can’t play a brass instrument on my life. Mr. York saw that and handed me a clarinet. I could play it pretty well so at first I thought I was going to play the clarinet but then he went to the back and pulled out an oboe. I had never heard of it before, but it looked a little like a clarinet to me,so I decided that I would try it. I took a deep breath and blew hard. It made a very loud and powerful sound. Mr. York said most people can’t make a sound out of an oboe on the first try, so he said I should play it. I thought about it, and decided to play oboe. The beginning of the year started and I really liked being on the oboe; I had no competition because no one in the school can play it but me, and I was different than anyone else. In the middle of the year, Mr. York tells me he nominated me for beginning honor band, and the GMEA directors accepted. I was excited. It was the first big thing I had ever done in music. The morning of the big band day, I was nervous but psyched. I got there and had the time of my life. I talked to other oboists my age and we gave each other tips, and a really cool conductor taught us a lot about music and showed us our concert music, and I learned a lot about music that day.
Article posted September 9, 2011 at 08:57 AM •
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