Will Spin For Applause

23. Music Education Major. Forever obsessed with the fabulous art that is colorguard. Currently a middle school choir director. Directed colorguards for three years. Student-Teaching Fall 2016.

[sforzinda]

Nothing to be Frightened of, Julian Barnes

[sopranoandthealtoclef]

My choir director, as we’re working on Faure’s Requiem: I mean, you ever have those moments where you see the sun shining through the clouds and you ask yourself, “Is that my dead friend?”

[atoneindvorak]

When your teacher says “I really loved the way you played this part” but you weren’t paying attention and have no clue what you did and now will never ever be able to recreate it again

[madopiano]

COMPOSERS THAT ARE 200% DONE RIGHT NOW

liszt

rach

ludwig van

brahms where u going com back

[madopiano]

This post is a fucking RELIC like it’s SO OLD

I’ve gotten tWO DEGREES since I made this post and I’ve moved three times and I beat cancer and like JEEZ a lot can change in the span of 5-6 yrs

[classical-crap]

[autumnliminal]

Why must you burn the dead

[bass-flute-official]

Never before have I related to Beethoven so much

[whenyougottahundredvoicessinging]

Theatre Kids

What we think we do

What our parents think we do

What our (non theatre) friends think we do

What we actually do

[contrabombarde32]

Things heard/seen in the music building this week:

1) a harmonica playing happy birthday in a minor key 2) someone playing 8-bitted versions of the Bach trio sonatas on their iPad 3) a piano major swearing at their instrument in a practice room for a solid 30 mins 4) two graduate organ majors doing a pedal duet on the theme of “The Pink Panther” for studio class 5) two violinists asleep on the music building couches (pillows and blankets included) for a solid 8 hours 6) two guys getting into a fight (like, almost a fistfight) over counterpoint 7) a conductor yelling “WHERE ARE ALL OF MY COMMUNISTS AT???” 

8) the recorder ensemble.

[saltwaffle]

me: ok franz liszt, how many hands does a human have?

liszt: three ?

me: no. a human has two hands. repeat after me. humans have two hands.

liszt: …

liszt: three hands?

[classicalcarp-deactivated201805]

guys, we can’t lie to ourselves any longer. we all would fuck young Shostakovich

[practise-room]

and young Bernstein. Maybe young Beethoven too

[keepcalm-and-justonemoretime]

One can educate orchestras and one can educate choruses, but ultimately, one should not conduct them. I mean, ultimately you educate them to do the performance within themselves.  I think that’s the important element of music.

Robert Shaw

[wgisportofthearts]

LaPorte HS at WGI Mid-South Power Regional in Bowling Green, KY!

[violinfemmes]

[keepcalm-and-justonemoretime]

me: I'm meeting with my piano accompanyiest today

me: accompaniest

me: accommanist

me: a communist

me: accomphany

me: accompanifinist

me: acommpanimimist

me: accompanist

me: accompanist

me: no

me: that can't be a real word

[thingsmymusicprofessorssay-blog]

“The music on the sheet is a simple potato, and you have to use style and dynamics to mash the potatoes and put all the flavours in there. Don’t serve bland potatoes. Serve potatoes I want to eat, like with all the butter and sour cream stuff.”

-our head band director (via thingsmymusicprofessorssay)

[deciduqueen]

i love how the stereotype about music majors is that they think we just have pretentious conversations about different styles and eras of music and only talk in a sophisticated manner about Beethoven and Bach

in reality we’re just a bunch of poor kids sobbing profusely in practice rooms and giving up on our hopes and dreams all the while making every sex joke known to man

[keepcalm-and-justonemoretime]

Ensembles according to Band Kids

Marching Band: Band Band

Drum Corps: Diddle Band

Indoor Drumline: Indoor Diddle Band

Indoor Color Guard: Flag Band

Orchestra: String Band

Choir: Sing Band

Concert Band: Fancy Sit Down Band

[dabsquat]

my life