Well, I've officially signed on to flute and oboe lessons alongside with my lessons for clarinet! That makes me a very happy man! Alongside with my bass clarinet and alto, tenor, and baritone saxes, and piano, two new instruments enter my repertoire! For those who may not know, I've had a desire to learn the flute and oboe in order to increase my musical repertoire. However, due to time, other bigger issues, and practicing on sub-par instruments, I couldn't pursue such an endeavor. And now that I signed on, I can. Of course, this has inspired me to form some serious goals for college:
- I will get involved as best as I can in my college's music department. I want to get involved, but primarily in music. Not only am I in the jazz and wind ensembles, but I am seriously considering joining the jazz combos if needed and possibly the Drumline (previous experience in percussion is not required I believe, but I will ask). I will also want to still be involved in the pit orchestra.
- I will learn the flute and oboe. I know I've just signed on to the lessons for flute/oboe, but these are the instruments I've had a strong desire to learn. With learning these two instruments could open up learning other instruments related to flute and oboe. I also plan to seriously get back on my piano skills as well. After all, it was piano that made me want to do music in the first place.
- If possible, I will better my music arrangement skills. I know this has become a recent hobby, but it's a fun and challenging hobby that really makes you think outside of the box. Hopefully (I will contact my music theory professor about this one), I will be able to use Finale to do this. But, I'm a performer first but arranging and composing will always be a side project for me.