Here is the link to Singsnap...more blog posts might come later about this place.
http://www.singsnap.com/
Tas
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Music in My Veins
Throughout my life I have always enjoyed music. From the age of ten I played clarinet and continued to play all through High School. I most likely would have continued in college, but the school I went to didn't have a band. In high school I was part of all the musicals. Boy those were fun days indeed. I now have carried my love for music over to my adult life. I was so blessed five years ago to find this really cool website where you could sing karaoke online. The name of the site is Singsnap. I'll post a link to it at the bottom of this post. Thinking about my life I realized that from a very very young age music has been woven into all aspects of my life. But when did I get such a passion for it? The answer to that question has to be when I was in Kindergarten. In my Kindergarten class at Bardwell in Aurora, Illinois..I had the best teachers. Miss Earle and Mrs. Settles. I vividly remember Mrs. Settles sitting at the Piano playing the various songs that Miss Earle would teach us. I'm sure these songs were meant to teach us something, but I just loved the joy of singing them. I think I transferred that same joy to my students when I was a preschool teacher. I would always weave music into each and every lesson. I realized the beauty of music in the sixth grade when I heard my choir teacher sing 'Oh Holy Night'. I remember being blown away by that performance and wanting to sing just like her. (Well I'm still working on that one). I couldn't write about music without mentioning Mr. Ed Nelson..our band director in High School. I loved how he would always push us to perfection. Some may of though he was mean, but I saw it as someone who was driven to make his students the best they could be. In College I took voice classes and even minored in music. Music is the main thread that is happily woven into all aspects of my life. Without it life would be quite boring. So I guess I just want to thank all of those teachers who helped to weave music into my life.
Here is the link to Singsnap...more blog posts might come later about this place.
http://www.singsnap.com/
Unitil next time..
Tas
Here is the link to Singsnap...more blog posts might come later about this place.
http://www.singsnap.com/
Tas
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ReplyDeleteG. Edward was a big influence on me too, Tas. And like you said, it wasn't just his love of music (which was obvious), but his striving for perfection.
ReplyDeleteI remember him telling a story one time about his mentor (a college professor at Iowa State, I think) saying that he lived to hear just one note played perfectly. G. Edward said he was looking for the same thing, and although he thought he'd never hear it, he was searching just the same.
In my younger days, I was quite a good singer (and the older I get, the better I was :)). In 2003 I was diagnosed with throat cancer and the treatments scarred my vocal cords. I can't hit a note now to save my life. I can't tell you how much I miss it. Singing was one of the true joys in my life, and sadly, I'll never be able to do it again. But don't cry for me Argentina. At least I can listen and enjoy the music I love.