Why I Want To Play Clarinet

Plato once said, “Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” My passion for music began at a young age. Hearing Chopin’s Ballade no.1 in G-minor was life changing to me. Whereas this may seem cliché, the unique textures, rhythms, and chord structure kept me on my toes. Because of that one experience, I took an interest in music. At the time, I insisted greatly on playing the piano. Unfortunately, we weren’t fortunate enough to pay for lessons or to even purchase a piano. In result, I chose to play clarinet. During my sixth grade year, I practiced vigorously to earn the spot of being first chair. Throughout my sixth and seventh grade years, my band class would have chair tests to see who was the most
It’s the voice of the universe. Advancing into high school, practicing clarinet became rare due to being chosen as a drum major during marching band. As a result, every year during the fall, I was unable to play. However, in time for concert season I would be the first to audition for region band. Region band is a competition consisting of every musician playing the assigned piece and scales to visualize who are the more mature players. With the exception of freshmen year, I made region and occasionally area. However, my passion for music grew to a more classical texture. A portion of society thinks of rap or pop when they hear the word music. Music in my terms is classical. Growing up listening to classical piano, I was able to perceive the emotion themed in the piece. For example the piece that I mentioned earlier was Chopin’s Ballade no. 1 in G-Minor. Throughout the nine minutes of complexity are depression, hatred, happiness, loss of hope. Every song has it’s own story. Music to me is truly the sound of the universe for without it, we are nothing. There would be no sound, no emotion. Music is what brings us to