Gorman,+Marie

__**My Goals**__

My three goals for band are as follows:

Be able to play the end of Chant and Jubilo with accuracy Be able to play all of the runs in Jubilant Holidays with accuracy Become more accurate with tuning my instrument and the instruments (flutes) of others

In order to accomplish my first goal, the solution is largely to practice. In order to meet this goal, I aim to take my flut home each of the following weekends and practice each day this specific section. Before Concert band each I will review this section.

In order to accomplish my second goal, the solution is largely to practice. In order to meet this goal, I aim to take my flut home each of the following weekends and practice each day this specific section. Before Concert band each I will review this section.

In order to accomplish my third goal, when I have my flute at home I can play a note on the piano, play my flute, and adjust according to whether I think it was sharp or flat and attempt to tune it. Once I feel that I have tuned it as much as necesary, I can use a tuner to determine with how much accuracy I have accomplished this task. After tuning, I could take the head out fo my flute and put it back in a random place and repeat the process.

These are good goals, however you will need to update them when we get new music for Spring!! I like your plan of practicing more!!! Great essay! Keep making great music everywhere you go!


 * //My Most Significant Musical Experience//**

What I would consider to be my most significant musical experience is my participation in a Youth Band at my church called Joenah. We play more modern, Christian music once a month at an informal coffee house worship service, and practice every Sunday leading up to that, as well as for a little while before the service itself. The members have changed over the years, as people have come, go, and moved on to college. Emmett Eldred and I are the only two remaining original members, and we are in the process of looking for a few members to replace the two of us, as well as Ben Black, as all three of us will be graduating at the end of this coming year. I consider this my most significant musical experience because being a part of this group has not only helped me grow musically, but as a person, religiously and otherwise. I sing and play piano (keyboard) for this group, and being part of a band forced me to learn how to play a completely different style than what I am typically used to. I have been practicing and playing for many years now (10 years), however, up until that point, I was solely a classically trained musician. Playing based on chords and leadsheets alone was a very big transition from what I was used to, but I am now quite comfortable with it. Playing as part of a whole, you have to conform the group’s tempo, and be able to listen around the group—a slightly more complicated affair when there is no set one person directing. There is more responsibility for the tempo, and you have to pay attention more. Playing in a band in front of people helped me to gain a lot of confidence in myself, and become more outspoken and sure of myself and my opinions. I would attribute the experiences I’ve had with this group to many of the things I have accomplished today, such as being able to help lead the Flute/Picc section during marching band. Being in this group fostered my personality and gave me the confidence to be who I am. They helped show me that it was okay, no matter your individual idiosyncrasies—it’s okay. Leading worship also reminds me to remember what kind of a person I would like to be, as a person of faith and as a role model to others. It is something I like to try and work on continuously, especially in a school setting, where it can sometimes be hard to be kind and courteous to fellow students and teachers.