I think I just realized how much of a band nerd I am. We had a “listening day” in my Vocal K-3 class, where everyone brings in one song and talks about it for a bit to the class. This is an excellent activity to do with any music class (or really any class at all). But everyone brought in popular music (everything from Michael Jackson and Journey to Ingrid Michaelson and Imogen Heap), and I brought in…Shostakovich 5. It’s one of my favs!
So it’s been a while. I’ve been off in Spain for two months finishing my Spanish minor. Yay for me!!
Now I’m back in the mued world. Woo. I’m one of the few dwindling juniors we have left in the mued program. We’ve lost many since freshman year. I look at the intro class that happens right before my mued class, and it’s at least five times the size. How quickly people become burnt out on what was once their dream. It makes me wonder, are the rest of us too crazy to realize that we really don’t stand a chance, too lazy to do anything about it, or too blinded by “influencing future musicians” to do anything about it. Whatever the case, we’re down to what I see as a few quality teachers, and a few duds. What keeps the duds in, when there were plenty of other students that have dropped that would’ve been amazing teachers? And what if I am one of those duds? Hopefully my tenacity and desire to teach and mold young minds will see me through the last two and a half years of my major.
“ You’re supposed to think outside the box. I prefer to be inside the box. Like a box of cereal or something.
theory teacher
“ Music either sings, or it dances.
I can’t remember, and I can’t find it. Anyone know?
So I’m finally excited about teaching again. After that one teaching episode debacle, I never thought I’d want to go up there again. But I’m actually really excited about my next lesson. I’m really going to have to work on my conducting, I kind of suck…a lot.
Oh and my interview for section leader of the marching band pit didn’t go too well. Oh well, we’ll just have to wait and see.
So I think I may have just pulled my first all-nighter ever. I’m a sophomore in college, how have I not done this before? But I slept for a half hour, and I’m going to sleep for an hour right now, so does it count? Does it matter? Probably not, this is probably sleep deprivation talking. Good night…morning.
