Days like these make me question my sense of direction. "The President's Own" Marine Corps Band came and performed for VT yesterday, and today I sat in on a brass quintet master class by members of the same band. Afterward I spoke to two of the musicians about playing marches, inducing dynamic interest when outdoors, and various other things that no one I know would really care about. A bunch of motivators made it out to the concert, and a very small number came to the clinics and masterclasses available today. I wish we had the time and passion to accomplish what a profession band could. But I guess that defeats our main mission of getting a college degree. Decisions decisions...
Hearing professional musicians live usually elicits two simultaneous responses from me- Joy and remorse. Hearing these concerts makes me so happy and yet very sad. At the end of High School I thought that I knew that I didn't want to make music performance my profession. But the path I've chosen at VT and the feelings that I get when I see these amazing spectacles of music cause me to second guess myself time and time again.
Maybe I'll use my GI bill to go to post-grad for music...
:)
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