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good work pops! such a gift to be able to make music. add smart to it...well by golly that is just a big fat win!
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04-28-2017, 08:29 AM
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Good for her. She should do well in life.
As an aside, I know three people that got full rides to very good schools because of scholastics and music. One was piano, one was violin and one was with the harp.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston TX
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Awesome!
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04-28-2017, 09:30 PM
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Chips...blocks, etc.
 Proud....nuthin' wrong with that....congrats to your daughter and you and your wife Scott!!! |
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04-29-2017, 03:32 AM
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That is great news! I'll be waiting to see how it all shakes out.
My son is working hard at being a saxophonist. He's in band, jazz band, the music teacher's TA, jazz lessons, & a jazz improv class. He made his stage debut last weekend at a local jazz bar, got to play a couple songs with his improv teacher's band. He was cool as a cucumber & sounded great. We're not sure where this is all going. He just turned 14 & has been playing about 3 years. We are saving for college & he gets excellent grades. I have a coworker whose daughter (a violinist) graduated from an expensive private college a year ago & works at a music store. She had scholarship money, but still has a big debt. Our plan is to get him through college debt free & then retire. I don't think he realized how blessed he is until he started to help younger students as a TA. The sax came to him pretty easily. He played one year of percussion & asked for an alto sax toward the end of the school year. I got him a cheap China sax & he sounded pretty good from day one. Less than a year later, I got him a intermediate level tenor & the best local instructor. Last summer there were a couple of jazz camps, intermediate (improv), taught by his jazz teacher & beginner, taught by his future improv teacher. His jazz teacher told him wasn't quite ready for the intermediate class & that motivated him to do what it takes to get good enough (mostly scales). He worked hard & broke through a couple months ago. I hoped that once he was creating his own music, his motivation would pick up & it has.
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04-29-2017, 09:01 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Congratulations to you and your daughter...well done!
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04-29-2017, 09:37 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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For those interested here's a recent clip of the orchestra she auditioned for and got in to.
Her HS has 5 orchestras and this is the premier orchestra for the school. Mind you her current orchestra are no slouches either. This one's a notch better because every single kid is dedicated. Some of these kids, like my daughter are not even Sr's yet.
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Does she still play piano? If so, was that a factor in college recruitment. My son is trying to pick up flute, his teacher said the first year is tough.
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04-29-2017, 10:42 AM
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She's also got a pretty full plate. She's in 7 AP classes this year. I think lunch is her only non AP period. LOL. She goes in early 2-3 days out of the week to get in extra lab time and at least 3 days a week does not leave school till 5 or 5:30. The recruitment has been purely on her academic performance so far.
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