No music no life.
I love
music so much. My understanding parent knew that I loved music and decided to send
me to music school to learn piano. At first, I was so diligent that I reviewed
the music theorem and practiced sight reading .However, I felt lazy and bored after some time and stop practicing. Finally, I given up to it due to my poor willpower.
During my secondary school, I had the opportunity to relearn and recap my piano
skill yet I didn't do so as I thought it was time consuming. I promised my
parents to study well in my secondary school to obtain a good result as my
stepping stone to enter a well-known university. Once again, music and I, we
passed each other.
However,
each time I see people playing the instrument and hearing the wonderful melody, I felt regret about it. I always thought that I should have insisted on music that
time. If so, I should be able to play a beautiful piece of song!
A strong mind appeared and I decided
to join symphony in my university life.
I have
chosen Harmonica Symphony as my starting point as this is the only symphony
that no prerequisite is needed. In the first lesson, our conductor, Miss Koh
told us that she wanted to form a horn group for the upcoming concert. Every newcomer was requested to try out. Honorably,
I was chosen to be the part of horn group and I started learning horn.
As I haven't play music for a long time, I was like a freshman that I need to relearn
everything and this requires a lot of time. However, all this conundrums had been overcome as I have a very strong determination to learn music. Except the
official practice time, every day I spend at least one hour playing horn or
memorizing musical notation. Besides that, I also spend some time listening to
classical music to improve my music sense. At this moment, I can play some easy
pieces fluently! Even though I am not good enough in playing horn, I will still
keep on instead of give up!
In the
upcoming March, I will have my very first concert in UCC hall. The pieces that
we are going to present are very hard for me. Therefore, I need to put more
effort and time in it in order to receive a good result. I am going to increase
my practice time from one hour to two. Moreover, I will start memorize and get
used to the score for smooth performing. In order to fully understand the tone
and sentiment of these pieces, I look up the background of the author and also
check for the story beyond the song.
I
promise myself that I will never say give up to music again. This time, I will
persist in it! With the effort and determination, I hope I can perform well in
the upcoming concert!
