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Sunday, July 14, 2013

About My Talent..

So, when I did piano, it was more considered mine, I could come home and it was based on what I did there.  I was 9, and living there until I turned 12 learned pretty quickly apparently.  I have to go dig back and say I learned to read music in school, rather hard work.  I am so inspired by what I have and what I don't have that I want to contribute to the education of music in a theraputic way, via the psychological courses offered to a Masters in Music Education major.  I've taken a graduate education course, my 1st summer after starting college.  It was a week-long course, all day long, so 5 days, 3 credits.  I had health problems, though, couldn't find a place to eat..stationed by a subway in D.C.  I almost was a psychiatric office and learning assistant here in the Orlando area.  So, yea, I knew music.  I played "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" by ear with my dad assisting some.  I was an artist and had to switch to piano, too, though, and couldn't add theater..  I was gonna do it, too, when I moved, but I was too busy with school I thought...  Then, I was to go into organ, started by myself not even being allowed to practice, for some reason not have been putting in chords to songs they sang, was 15.  Got lessons @ 16 that were very good and helped me in college.  I did my time of foot pedal exercises but need more experience..wow what it is to have musical feet and legs.  So, I played things by ear from choir etc. for fun.  Eventually, I was taught to read chords and that gave me most of my experience, singing to songs with chords in classical, sacred, and Broadway music.  I was mostly considered a prodigy where I 1st lived with my 2nd teacher, a music teacher.  I'm not sure what I was gonna do if we didn't move.  Where I moved they had little prodigies of their own.  I started ballet finally, again, too, but apparently it was still too hard to remember lots of instruction at once.  I was still considered a big music person that I was like in band and accompanied 2 choirs, 1 being church..accompanied 2 musicals and 1 play but just the keyboard part it turned out, 1 line parts dubbed on electric keyboard like of flute or violin.  Then, in college, I was well-liked in the singing and organ classes.  Piano was my major instrument, and I got an A my 1st semester.  2nd couldn't remember all the stuff with that extra but easy history of music prep course we had to take.  I think it was Intro. to Music Literature, got a song from it, "Die Forelle" or "The Trout Quintet."  I also did bells in band my 2nd semester.  I got to sample the percussion, like the crash symbols.  I even ran into someone who wanted to be a Doctor of Drums, a cute boy, kinda nerdy with glasses.  I was also considered a talented artist and an exquisite actress or "beautiful" in the dresses.  I somehow managed to be pretty involved and got a scholarship from community theater, not sure why they quit at the Philharmonic Orchestra of New Orleans or the LPO.  They had this ***y 1st violinist and always brought in a Russian pianist.  I had a Russian piano and potentially singing teacher when I 1st moved there.  I was busy with homework.  The 2nd 1 went to Juilliard, an older Italian lady.  There was 1 other.  I also had a guy who said I was too advanced for him.  I knew a girl in dance who took from him who was jealous of me.  It seems there was an aura surrounding me as to why I wasn't like on dance team.. my mom's mom was over so I just said no and the cute boy left..was there to forget about his friend's death though..so sad.  I am definitely considered the best in everything I do and an accomplished musician|pianist and organist.  Most organists don't have much experience and seem to start as teenagers.  So, that's that.