When I was a freshman in high school, I wanted to be a doctor. More specifically, a cardiac surgeon. Well, I'm obviously not too interested in that anymore. At the time, I was not very good at trumpet, or any other musical instrument. I loved my high school band though. Over the next years greatly due to a devoted and inspirational high school music teacher, I found that I was becoming more and more interested in music. All I wanted was to understand music better. I began to play more and more, and through practice over a relatively short period of time, I became a much better musician. In eleventh grade, I decided that I wanted to study music. That year, I began to formally prepare for college auditions. That led to where I am now.
So now study trumpet with my dream teacher. In the last few months, I've made unbelievable leaps in my playing, and it's only getting better at this point. Next semester, I'll be studying music composition as a possible concentration. I can't say the work isn't exhausting; each school day is from sun up until well after sun down in the music building. I love what I'm doing, though, and I feel it's important.
