Musical Autobiography

My connection to music begins when I was a kid. Like a lot of children, singing was one of the things I enjoyed the most. I found myself singing along to Queen’s greatest hits when I was five years old. I could barely name all the months of the year in English, had no idea what Freddie Mercury was singing about, but I didn’t care. With my butchered English words, I accompanied Freddie anytime I was in my father’s car. He was the one who basically introduced me to the musical world. He is by no chance an artist, can’t sing, can’t play any instrument but, he enjoys a large variety of musical artists, genres and styles. So, his way of getting me interested in music was by quizzing me, whenever a song came on the radio, asking me for the song’s title and artist. Because of his little quizzes, I have always had an above average musical culture, compared to most Romanian kids.

I switched from acoustic to electric pretty quickly and soon enough I started playing in a couple of cover bands with my friends. Up until now, I didn’t get a chance to get a musical education, or rather I didn’t have the courage to pursue one. Because of Rhodes’ liberal arts education, not only do I now have the opportunity to explore the field that I am passionate about the most, but I am encouraged to do it by the liberal arts values. Music has always played a crucial role in my life and I truly believe that it plays the same role in everybody else’s lives. It shapes, follows, describes and supports everything we do, it lives with us. To me, music is the best professor I will ever have, as it often transmits thoughts, lessons, emotions and stories that no other teacher