National Youth Symphony Orchestra
Did you know they have national youth orchestras in the world? I remember when Disney World had one, ages 12 and under I think. I found an article about it back in 1992. It says ages 8-12. (link.) You know, I wonder if these kids go on to other things.
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Where to Play
I found a gem of a college, Loyola University New Orleans, my alma mater. I want to go back. It's in Louisiana, US.
But, I also want to move to Germany to experience their classical music, if I can. I'm also trying to learn German. I got some materials. I really like it, maybe moreso than other people? I'm not sure yet. I don't know many people.
But, I also want to move to Germany to experience their classical music, if I can. I'm also trying to learn German. I got some materials. I really like it, maybe moreso than other people? I'm not sure yet. I don't know many people.
Monday, August 5, 2019
Update
I added the video of the girls from Louisiana to the top bar of this blog under "Good Stuff."
Sunday, August 4, 2019
Group for Famous Irish Singers
I think in the last post, The South, with the 1st video, the interest is a match with these. This group stands well against the poison of pop music, to a degree, in some light.
The South
These violinists are from Louisiana, where New Orleans is. It's a French more European culture maybe, as well as a good American culture I think. It's on the water, on the gulf.
This girl is probably from the county of Fort Lauderdale, right above the county for Miami. This pretty much hits rock bottom, as far as the US South goes, aside from Texas + Hawaii.
This girl is probably from the county of Fort Lauderdale, right above the county for Miami. This pretty much hits rock bottom, as far as the US South goes, aside from Texas + Hawaii.
2 Violin Girls From Opposite Sides of the Continent
How many violins do you own?
3
- regular/"contemporary"
-Baroque (needs to be fixed)
-electric (needs to be fixed)
- regular/"contemporary"
-Baroque (needs to be fixed)
-electric (needs to be fixed)
Trashing Church With Music? (continued)
Perhaps you weren't unaware that I well know music and education are the learning foundations for worship, in the Catholic church?
Trashing Church With Music?
Is church and church music really safe? Is it really religious?
Well, it was beautiful music when I was growing up.
Actually, the choirs can be a bit Hellenistic and visiting musicians are treated like royalty. It's like they don't care about the choir/singers. Um, no, many children would love to sing, but they don't all give enough solo opportunity and interesting ensemble arrangements. Think about it next time you google "Josh Groban" or "Mormon Tabernacle Choir." ...even, "America's Got Talent."
Well, it was beautiful music when I was growing up.
Actually, the choirs can be a bit Hellenistic and visiting musicians are treated like royalty. It's like they don't care about the choir/singers. Um, no, many children would love to sing, but they don't all give enough solo opportunity and interesting ensemble arrangements. Think about it next time you google "Josh Groban" or "Mormon Tabernacle Choir." ...even, "America's Got Talent."
Picture of Me in 2005
I added it the menu bar at the top.
This is at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory in the Cleveland, Ohio, US area.
Saturday, August 3, 2019
How to Pick an Instrument
I guess you really learn when you pick one. I just ended up in piano. I liked violin because it is powerful and versatile, maybe not as funky as the oboe in a musical theater pit orchestra. It just is so amazing and intriguing how I can find the keys for a normal song without looking at the keys much and don't seem to usually have problems there. Yes, I haven't played much in years, as I was into acting and singing and dancing.
Piano - Is it a good 1st / other instrument?
I kept getting carried away with it, when I really wanted to do something else, like violin I realized now. I almost got into a band instrument, instead first. So, it's somewhat verifiable.
I even majored in piano as my #1 instrument in college.
I learned to read music before I learned to play, but I already was singing. The school I was at at the time taught us, and I wanted to do it anyway too. I had already wanted to play violin.
So, knowing piano made violin very easy for me as opposed to maybe a regular instrument. I don't feel naked like I have no feel for the base of a melody, played alone or with an electric recording.
I'm guessing you shouldn't use it as a distraction. I recommend chosing your instrument and seeing what might make you feel more comfortable on the side. Personally, I didn't have much to practice the first few months, but it was fun and sounded nice on my electric keyboard with over 100 instrumental sounds, the string sounds maybe being the best but not more than maybe 10 different kinds.
Playing 2 instruments well is another thing. It was true that different things I did helped with other activities, even tennis, as my music teachers did tennis and were professionals.
I don't know what it's like to not play piano except before I started playing music. I had toy instruments, but still. I had a small keyboard, too, as a young child. Oh, and I got a small piano that played tunes on each key when I was a toddler, not even 2 years old, and I remembered what a piano did and was upset I had a small one that did nothing but play the tunes for you. Piano seems like something fun to mess around and show off on to people who don't play, which for many is probably a lot, though I know a lot of people take piano as a kid. I didn't really start until later, when I was 9 years old.
The answer is I wouldn't know because it was my major instrument.
I even majored in piano as my #1 instrument in college.
I learned to read music before I learned to play, but I already was singing. The school I was at at the time taught us, and I wanted to do it anyway too. I had already wanted to play violin.
So, knowing piano made violin very easy for me as opposed to maybe a regular instrument. I don't feel naked like I have no feel for the base of a melody, played alone or with an electric recording.
I'm guessing you shouldn't use it as a distraction. I recommend chosing your instrument and seeing what might make you feel more comfortable on the side. Personally, I didn't have much to practice the first few months, but it was fun and sounded nice on my electric keyboard with over 100 instrumental sounds, the string sounds maybe being the best but not more than maybe 10 different kinds.
Playing 2 instruments well is another thing. It was true that different things I did helped with other activities, even tennis, as my music teachers did tennis and were professionals.
I don't know what it's like to not play piano except before I started playing music. I had toy instruments, but still. I had a small keyboard, too, as a young child. Oh, and I got a small piano that played tunes on each key when I was a toddler, not even 2 years old, and I remembered what a piano did and was upset I had a small one that did nothing but play the tunes for you. Piano seems like something fun to mess around and show off on to people who don't play, which for many is probably a lot, though I know a lot of people take piano as a kid. I didn't really start until later, when I was 9 years old.
The answer is I wouldn't know because it was my major instrument.
Adult Learners vs. Adult Pro Sensations
It seems adult learners are maybe increasing, which is a dream come true.
How does their demeanor and respect for the craft seem to settle in relation to adults their age who did it all their lives. Is the prestige going around just a thing to do, all of a sudden, wherein for example it's all about flirting rather than appreciating music?
How does their demeanor and respect for the craft seem to settle in relation to adults their age who did it all their lives. Is the prestige going around just a thing to do, all of a sudden, wherein for example it's all about flirting rather than appreciating music?
What's the Matter With Adult Piano
I'm guessing they didn't take into consideration the importance of technique, like early on. People are wobbly and jittery.
I thought, try to play music like a MIDI file and adjust from there.
Then, there's technique markings, like getting gradually louder, softer, quicker, or slower. There's the staccato where notes are just like little pecks, loud or soft depending on the marking, and then there's legato when notes are more connected or flowing. They even tell you a certain emotion or often speed at least in some books I think.
I am pretty good at playing loud or soft but not as much confidence remained in gradually adjusting the volume and speed.
I thought, try to play music like a MIDI file and adjust from there.
Then, there's technique markings, like getting gradually louder, softer, quicker, or slower. There's the staccato where notes are just like little pecks, loud or soft depending on the marking, and then there's legato when notes are more connected or flowing. They even tell you a certain emotion or often speed at least in some books I think.
I am pretty good at playing loud or soft but not as much confidence remained in gradually adjusting the volume and speed.
How much do you practice?
Well, I wasn't sure I was going into music, so I didn't practice much. Sometimes, I played and sang Broadway too for abut 2 hours at a time maybe. I was thinking of doing musicals, too.
Sometimes when I was older, I tried singing a lot, but it wasn't working out. Perhaps, I needed to do more than sing along with musical theater. It might be something people learn over the years, not just cramming it into a short period of time. They probably do proper warmups and such and have a repertoire of literature and new things, along with the fun of being in school on a schedule rather than being a blob.
I must have gotten good other ways:
- strength from gymnastics from age 1 3/4 - almost into puberty
- ballet as a teenager
- church choir age 8-18 mostly
- dedication to piano and listening to music at age 9
- rare opportunity getting into organ
- obsession with musical theater
- did well in school though it took time away from practicing too much, especially when I didn't realize I didn't need extra high school classes if I wanted to do music instead, though it got me in some nice colleges
Sometimes when I was older, I tried singing a lot, but it wasn't working out. Perhaps, I needed to do more than sing along with musical theater. It might be something people learn over the years, not just cramming it into a short period of time. They probably do proper warmups and such and have a repertoire of literature and new things, along with the fun of being in school on a schedule rather than being a blob.
I must have gotten good other ways:
- strength from gymnastics from age 1 3/4 - almost into puberty
- ballet as a teenager
- church choir age 8-18 mostly
- dedication to piano and listening to music at age 9
- rare opportunity getting into organ
- obsession with musical theater
- did well in school though it took time away from practicing too much, especially when I didn't realize I didn't need extra high school classes if I wanted to do music instead, though it got me in some nice colleges
Music Conservatory, Arts High School, College, Etc.
So, are you supposed to get a degree to be a successful talent?
I found 2 of the best people in music got an honorary doctorate, one at Juilliard and one at Harvard.
I read you need to get a Master's, maybe at a competitive school, with a teacher who produces results, people getting in orchestras.
I heard in Education that getting a doctorate might change your career path for some reason from teaching grade/high school and that they didn't want it therefore.
My experience is that school in general can seem to be a sacrifice, maybe for some with different reasons to do with things like everyday life, who knows! For me, it was hard to settle down on one specific thing, but I knew I liked the creative and performing arts. I started out liking art. I know an organist I met did arts and crafts and at some point I piano; she became an organist in her 40s, I think. So, for me, it was tough thinking of sacrificing things like ballet, which I never got to do a lot when I did it. Also, I was a piano/organ major with surges of thinking of going over to classical singing. I ended up having to leave and am coming back thinking I like violin, which with not practicing enough is very tough too besides for me, along with maybe some nerve damage in my arms.
I found 2 of the best people in music got an honorary doctorate, one at Juilliard and one at Harvard.
I read you need to get a Master's, maybe at a competitive school, with a teacher who produces results, people getting in orchestras.
I heard in Education that getting a doctorate might change your career path for some reason from teaching grade/high school and that they didn't want it therefore.
My experience is that school in general can seem to be a sacrifice, maybe for some with different reasons to do with things like everyday life, who knows! For me, it was hard to settle down on one specific thing, but I knew I liked the creative and performing arts. I started out liking art. I know an organist I met did arts and crafts and at some point I piano; she became an organist in her 40s, I think. So, for me, it was tough thinking of sacrificing things like ballet, which I never got to do a lot when I did it. Also, I was a piano/organ major with surges of thinking of going over to classical singing. I ended up having to leave and am coming back thinking I like violin, which with not practicing enough is very tough too besides for me, along with maybe some nerve damage in my arms.
Let me share with you me on YouTube...
This was only just yesterday.
October 19, 2016
Me Singing
"We Have Been Told" - Catholic Hymn
They sung this at the oldest continuing city in the US in the oldest parish in the US.
You can see my violin is more expressive than most everyone.
My singing echoes and reverberates a nostalgia not of this day.
October 19, 2016
Me Singing
"We Have Been Told" - Catholic Hymn
They sung this at the oldest continuing city in the US in the oldest parish in the US.
You can see my violin is more expressive than most everyone.
My singing echoes and reverberates a nostalgia not of this day.
Intro & Welcome
Hi, my name is Christina Ann (Joanna) Barrett, but people just call me Christina.
I was born in Southeastern Florida in the Miami region. I've also lived in Northeastern, Florida, in Jacksonville as a small child and later in Saint Augustine, Northeastern Florida, the oldest continuing city in the US. I lived in the New Orleans area, right across the bridge, age 12 to college.
I went to Loyola University New Orleans when I was 18 out of high school for a year studying
- Degree Program: Vocal and Instrumental Music Education
- Degree Program: Music Performance
- Major Instruments: Piano/Organ
- Other Instruments: Singing, Xylophone (Glockenspiel) in Band, Violin in Group String Class
- Minor: Ballet
I went to New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA|Riverfront) one summer and one year on Saturdays and got the award for highest achievement.
I went to the 1st summer camp for high school organists at age 18, which was a week, at Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
Skills/Hobbies
1- I started gymnastics classes at age 1 3/4 until I was 8, as well as at age 17/18/19.
2- I started wanting to sing at age 5, after watching singing early on in kindergarten.
3- I sang on my own and memorized church songs starting at age 6.
4- I sang in church choir, sometimes connected to school, age 8-18 mostly, when available.
5- I wanted to play violin.
6- I wanted to teach myself piano for fun and to impress others at age 9 and got put in piano lessons.
7- I played mostly 1 line parts on keyboard playing in 3 pit orchestras for musicals in high school.
8- I've accompanied 3 Catholic masses using fake book style during high school.
9- I played organ around age 15-18.
10- I played violin in a group class in college at age 18 for 1 year and private lessons age 29-32. I teach myself now.
11- I did ballet age 5-7 and 12-21.
12- I did theater in high school.
13- I was in Talented Music and Talented Theater in high school.
14- I've wanted to be an artist since I was 3 and a teacher since my little brother was in preschool.
15- I got a 34/36 in English on the ACT.
16- I was 4th in the state for Geometry my 1st year of high school, in Louisiana.
I dreamed of doing a DME (Doctorate of Music Education) or DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) in Performance.
I am teaching myself German. I want to experience classical music in Europe. I was going to do organ in France, when I was younger. I am now 33 years old and was born on May 20, 1986.
...So, I hope to have fun on this blog writing words of wisdom of music.
I took a long break and sang for fun by myself and on YouTube while I wanted to be an actor, age 20 to around now. I was inspired by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005.)
I've thought of going back and getting a degree but really want to move to Germany and focus on just playing violin, also doing other things like piano and singing sometimes.
I was born in Southeastern Florida in the Miami region. I've also lived in Northeastern, Florida, in Jacksonville as a small child and later in Saint Augustine, Northeastern Florida, the oldest continuing city in the US. I lived in the New Orleans area, right across the bridge, age 12 to college.
I went to Loyola University New Orleans when I was 18 out of high school for a year studying
- Degree Program: Vocal and Instrumental Music Education
- Degree Program: Music Performance
- Major Instruments: Piano/Organ
- Other Instruments: Singing, Xylophone (Glockenspiel) in Band, Violin in Group String Class
- Minor: Ballet
I went to New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA|Riverfront) one summer and one year on Saturdays and got the award for highest achievement.
I went to the 1st summer camp for high school organists at age 18, which was a week, at Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
Skills/Hobbies
1- I started gymnastics classes at age 1 3/4 until I was 8, as well as at age 17/18/19.
2- I started wanting to sing at age 5, after watching singing early on in kindergarten.
3- I sang on my own and memorized church songs starting at age 6.
4- I sang in church choir, sometimes connected to school, age 8-18 mostly, when available.
5- I wanted to play violin.
6- I wanted to teach myself piano for fun and to impress others at age 9 and got put in piano lessons.
7- I played mostly 1 line parts on keyboard playing in 3 pit orchestras for musicals in high school.
8- I've accompanied 3 Catholic masses using fake book style during high school.
9- I played organ around age 15-18.
10- I played violin in a group class in college at age 18 for 1 year and private lessons age 29-32. I teach myself now.
11- I did ballet age 5-7 and 12-21.
12- I did theater in high school.
13- I was in Talented Music and Talented Theater in high school.
14- I've wanted to be an artist since I was 3 and a teacher since my little brother was in preschool.
15- I got a 34/36 in English on the ACT.
16- I was 4th in the state for Geometry my 1st year of high school, in Louisiana.
I dreamed of doing a DME (Doctorate of Music Education) or DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) in Performance.
I am teaching myself German. I want to experience classical music in Europe. I was going to do organ in France, when I was younger. I am now 33 years old and was born on May 20, 1986.
...So, I hope to have fun on this blog writing words of wisdom of music.
I took a long break and sang for fun by myself and on YouTube while I wanted to be an actor, age 20 to around now. I was inspired by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005.)
I've thought of going back and getting a degree but really want to move to Germany and focus on just playing violin, also doing other things like piano and singing sometimes.
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