Once upon a time a gorgeous redhead was complaining to her best friend that she wouldn't be involved in anything musical her first semester of college. The amazingly fantastic best friend jokingly said something to the effect of, "Who knows? Maybe you'll end up playing the organ at devotionals as a Freshman." We laughed, and continued eating lunch.
Well, that amazingly fantastical best friend ended up being right. I was asked to play the organ for the weekly devotionals! I will be rotating with at least one other student, so it won't be very time consuming.
But that's only one of many things, musically speaking.
Earlier this spring, I had tried to contact the professor in charge of the orchestra about playing the violin, but no one ever got back to me. I didn't know who else to contact, so I just labeled it a 'lost cause'. But then...
That first Monday here, we had FHE at the bishop's house, and the people that gave me a ride ended up being a cellist and a vocalist. I found out that the orchestra professor is currently on sabbatical to finish his doctorate. His son, Stephen, is directing the orchestra under the direction of one of the vocal professors. To cut a long story short, through my friend the vocalist, I was able to talk to Stephen. He needed whatever string players he could get, so Stephen lent me one of his old violins, and I am currently playing First Violin in the orchestra! (I didn't even have to audition-how awesome is that?)
Well, that amazingly fantastical best friend ended up being right. I was asked to play the organ for the weekly devotionals! I will be rotating with at least one other student, so it won't be very time consuming.
But that's only one of many things, musically speaking.
Earlier this spring, I had tried to contact the professor in charge of the orchestra about playing the violin, but no one ever got back to me. I didn't know who else to contact, so I just labeled it a 'lost cause'. But then...
That first Monday here, we had FHE at the bishop's house, and the people that gave me a ride ended up being a cellist and a vocalist. I found out that the orchestra professor is currently on sabbatical to finish his doctorate. His son, Stephen, is directing the orchestra under the direction of one of the vocal professors. To cut a long story short, through my friend the vocalist, I was able to talk to Stephen. He needed whatever string players he could get, so Stephen lent me one of his old violins, and I am currently playing First Violin in the orchestra! (I didn't even have to audition-how awesome is that?)
Tone wise, it's the most gorgeous instrument I've played on. I've never played 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star' so beautifully before! The only problem is if you look closely, there is only a fine tuner on my E string. So in other words, it takes me about half an hour to tune with the pegs.
Third experience: One night I went down to the Institute Building to practice the organ, but the senior missionaries were locking up. Because of the conversation we then had, I am also the accompanist for the Institute Choir. I think our first performance is in November at the CES Devotional. Practices are only one night a week, and I get credit for it!
And that's not all! Well, I guess class wise, that's all. Okay, maybe not. There's a chance I might end up accompanying one of the choirs over at the school. And I was also able to talk to the piano professor. He had me put up my contact info for vocalists and the like, so that people can pay me to play for them. He also told me I'd be able to get a talent scholarship next semester, which means money (the amount varies), and organ lessons!
And so, obviously, I am not music-less this semester. The extra nice part of all of this is that except for orchestra, none of these things are very time consuming. And orchestra is only time consuming because I really need to practice my second and third positions. But adieu! The fire alarms in the dorms are being checked, and I can't stand the noise any longer.
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