Musical Autobiography

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Music has affected my entire life as I grew up and has grown to be a talent of mine. Starting in fourth grade, I joined choir and have moved up all the way to Chamber Singers at Bonita High School, the top choir available there. Though my years, I have learned music has a large impact on who I am, as it was implemented into my childhood. As of now, I sing and play percussion at my church, playing drums and Cajon. My musical ability has transformed as I have grown older, expanding as I mature. In fourth grade, with little music experience, I began to learn how to understand music. As an extracurricular, I spent time after school with choir to learn something new. This not only taught me at an early age to manage time with school, but also to …show more content…

The choirs at the middle school were of a higher caliber than the elementary choir. The new choir director, the large campus, and the increased ability extended the middle school’s capabilities. My ability grew in the days of practicing, which was every day. I obtained a few solos, which felt like a big accomplishment in my life at that point. Solos were very selective as most of the choir wanted one. With this expansion of my range occurring slowly, I became a tenor, or upper men range, in choir by the time I reached the top choir in middle school. At the time, it was incredible to have four parts in a single choir be able to sing memorized, as opposed to two parts previously. Also, the social skills learned in elementary helped me recover from being antisocial in seventh grade. I joined a group of people who have become my friends who were in choir and still are with me. Middle school opened my eyes to the possibilities of musical ability in my life with my …show more content…

I was able to first tenor for all of my years, which finally expanded my junior year to be able to sing lower as my voice finally dropped. During sophomore year, the top two choir, Chamber Singers and Concert Choir went to San Francisco for the Festival of Gold; I was in Concert Choir with my friends. Concert Choir achieved third place in the competition, while Chamber Singers obtained first, showing the choir’s ability of music. This trip was the highlight of my year as it was a new experience to travel out of Southern California for a competition we were invited to. For my senior year, I was placed in Chamber Singers for my ability in music vocally. This school year, Chamber Singers and Concert Choir is invited to sing on Broadway as the chorus in the musical “The Secret Garden.” This will be the first time I will go to New York, so I am excited to see that the ability of my choir has allowed us to be prestigious. Choir has been implemented into my school career and I found it interesting to see my ability vocally to

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