I wanna be...

the very best, like no one ever was!

Just kidding.

What do I want to be? It's nothing particularly grand, but something I really believe in, and I think that's important. You all probably know that music is pretty much my life, right? Well, if you didn't, you do now. My ambitions are all music related. Career-wise, I want to be a music teacher. I also want to continue to play the cello and compose music.

I love music. I want to be able to share music and my love for music with other people, which is why I want to teach. Right now, I'm in college studying music, and my life kind of revolves around it. I'm in orchestra, chamber ensemble, music theory, private cello lessons, and string pedagogy (a class on how to teach string instruments). I also work in the music office at the school. Yeah, it's a lot. I love it.

A rather shorter-term goal for my future is raising the money it will take for our college orchestra to tour China next semester. Although the trip has been confirmed, we still have a lot of fundraising to do, especially if we want to be able to fund the members of the orchestra who can't afford the expense on their own. To help raise money, I played at the local farmer's market with three other students this morning. I've never done street performing before but it was really fun and we made over $100 in two hours, which was pretty nice. (Also, one of the vendors gave us some snap peas for free--won't help us get to China but still).

I'm really looking forward to the China tour, as it will be a way to share the joy of music with people I would never otherwise be able to meet, in a place where I would never otherwise be able to go. The idea of going to China is, I'll admit, intimidating, but hey-- so is life. It'll take a lot of hard work, a lot of stepping out of my comfort zone, but ultimately it will be very very rewarding. And I have such good friends along with me for the ride. :)

That's all I have to say. It's 3am on Sunday morning and I can't sleep. And I have to play a concert in 12 hours... we'll see how that goes.

DFTBA,
Emily