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Goals 1. Work with my dyslexia to see the notes on my music better and not play the wrong note because of this. 2. Prepare for auditions for colleges. I want to get into a theatre program in college and most colleges require a singing audition. 3. I am only in concert band two days a week and I need to work on my sight reading so I am not behind in class. Also take my music home with me to practice my part so i can be prepared for the concerts.

These are good goals! The more you practice the better you'll get - there's no secret to improving!! Keep up the good work!!

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Music is part of my everyday life and it is something that I cannot live without. My favorite type of music is musical theatre and I listen to it almost every day. What I like about musical theatre so much is that there are so many types of music in a musical theatre genre. Not every musical is the same; it could be classical or even modern, because there are always new musicals developing. My favorite musical is Les Miserables. Watching Les Miserables 25th anniversary concert was my most significant musical experience so far. I was over at my grandparents’ house last year and they told me they taped something they thought I would like because they know my love for musicals. They taped the Les Mis concert on PBS for me to watch while I was there. I absolutely fell in love at that moment. The music was so powerful to me and since I love history the story line of the French Revolution was bonus. This live concert was the 25th anniversary of the show touring. It was absolutely fantastic because it was just the songs with a little acting. They had a full orchestra and a full choir singing and playing along to the leads on stage. Another very memorable part of the show was the last song they had the actors from the past touring casts come on stage sing with the current cast. It was like a Les Mis reunion and you could tell how much it meant to the actors. Thanks to my grandparents I now own this on DVD and I can watch it anytime I want. Les Miserables has really inspired my life and it will always be a musical that I will remember. I can’t wait till it comes out in theatres in December.