College Admissions Essay: How Music Changed My Life

I was born in Ohio on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to two musicians in the Air Force Band. My mother was an airman, and my father was a Sergeant. I was born with a love for music, and when I was younger I swore I would become a star, but was always too shy to do anything about it. I remember hearing my mother sing and play her guitar, and my father would play the saxophone. Those were the good times.

I was relieved second semester when other kids transferred over into chorus, growing our chorus slightly. At the end of the year, we had learned that the chorus was trying to put a group together to go to Disney World at Christmas to sing in the Candle Light Processional at Epcot, so when it came time for school to start again in August, the room was full of new people. Once again we could divide our guy section into tenor and bass and divide the girls into Alto, Soprano II and Soprano I. After sending in an audition video, our chorus was selection to join the mass choir for two performances and to prepare, we learned 15 songs. My junior year, I transferred voice teachers because my old voice teacher was moving away.

After reading the Chapter 3, “Expanding the Mind”, I gained more knowledge on how to sing well. The reading material also helped me correct some points. I thought that my voice was responsible to my singing. The emotion was secondary. However, it was not sure.

Discovering and developing your talent can be the foundation for a fulfilling and successful life, yielding rich rewards in the long

After high school, I decided that going straight to college wasn’t the right path for me at the time. I wanted to sing and dance. Then my

When I was 62 in 1997 I had surgery for the non-cancerous nodules on my vocal cords to be removed. That surgery permanently ruined my vocal chords, ending my singing career. My beautiful soprano voice gone overnight. Sadly, my singing career came to a close, but that gave me time to focus on another passion of mine: acting! Time for my next big hit, “The Princess Diaries.”

Have you ever went on a trip to Chamberlain? Well if you have you, probably didn’t go for the reason I did. Last year near the middle/end of the year I went on my first choir trip to Chamberlain to sing at the school. I went with two of my teachers and peers in my choir class. About a week and a half in advance we got told we were going to Chamberlain to sing.

I have always been a particularly musical person. When I was younger, I wanted to become a singer when I grew up, but upon joining the choir in elementary I realized I did not have the talent for singing that I thought I had. Continually singing off key and never sounding as good as my peers did, I decided to confine myself to singing at home where only my family could hear me. Despite this revelation that I was, in fact, a terrible singer, I still wanted to participate in some type of musical performance and decided to join the band in middle school. After trying out various different instruments, I settled on the flute and quickly fell in love.

Despite my passion for athletics, I have spent the majority of my high school career involved in show choir. I participate in the Executive Session at Sauk Prairie High School. Show choir incorporates training under professional choreographers, undergoing numerous voice lessons, and traveling the country for competitions. This self-disciplinary activity pushes me to work hard and strive for perfectionism while taking leadership roles in a professional environment. Furthermore, show choir allows me to impact others through my performance and to take risks.

What manly started my singing career was when my close friend Tyler James passed my demo tape onto his label A&R, who was in search for a jazz vocalist. Ever since I was a little girl I was always the center of attention and will always be the center of attention. I was that type of female artist that took time in my music and put my heart and depth into my songs. Growing up around music I knew what stood out and what didn't music wise. At the Grammys I would be on stage waiting for my name to be called and while they were I would make funny comments to the famous singers that were competing against

My life has been full of many opportunities to participate in things that I love and these opportunities have taught me fabulous lessons. Through my persistent hard work in the Clark high school marching band I have been very fortunate to learn important lessons about positivity, service and respect. Being in my high school’s marching band has drastically changed my life for the better. I would not have made it through all the curve-balls that school has thrown at me had it not been for the marching band, which taught me to find the positive in any and every situation. Working out and making countless mistakes in the scorching Texas heat does not seem like the ideal place to learn about positivity, however that is exactly what it is.

At a young age, I constantly wanted to express myself through music. I always found a way to incorporate music into my daily life, whether it be by blasting my favorite music, creating my own funky songs, or even having the opportunity to participate in my elementary school choir. My love for music actually took flight after I had decided to join my elementary school choir, however, in my opinion, it is not the most transformative moment in my life. After elementary

Music has always been a part of my life. In definition, it is “vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.” Ever since I was a young child, I have loved music. The strong, steady beats, the entrancing melodies, and the lyrics that vary between heartwarming and heart-wrenching have always had an unexplainable effect on my life. Music seems to have the ability to change certain aspects of my world.

I have learned about how to harmonize well with lots of people when singing. Also, I had been learning how to listen other's singing. It was not very easy at first and everyone's voice was not very mingled with each others. However, I became understanding why Amanda try to teach us hearing others voice, because it sounded much better when we applied her advice. It was a very good experience that I was being in the biggest choir in the University of Minnesota.

When I was a kid, my father constantly criticized my nonexistent vocal technique. As a result of his harsh manner, I began to lack of confidence in my abilities. I looked up to my dad as I believed he was a respectable singer through all of the awards he won in the Philippines, how everyone requested for his voice at parties, and how an audience reacted when he sang. Due to his lack of encouragement, I only sang when he was not there. As a child, I watched a lot of Disney channel movies which had simple songs that every kid at school knew.