Just a Small Town Girl
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| My friend Leigh and I at the Dallas Holiday Parade |
Although I came to Hardin Simmons University from Breckenridge Texas, I was actually born in Salt Lake City, Utah. I moved a lot when I was younger, starting from Utah, to New Hampshire, and finally Texas.
I'm a freshman at Hardin Simmons University this year and my major is in Music Theory & Composition. I fell in love with music composing when I first started using music software when I was fifteen. In high school, my band directors Mr.Richardson and Mr.Moses encouraged me to continue pursuing composition by taking me to music theory competitions and even letting me write a song for a school concert my senior year.
I'm also involved in some extracurricular activities at HSU. As a saxophonist for the "World Famous" Cowboy Band and a clarinetist for the concert band as well as a member of the Quills & Ink Writer's Guild, you could say that I keep myself busy during the week.
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| The Concert Band Clarinet Squad |
When I'm not practicing my saxophone or writing music, I'm most likely watching superhero cartoons with my friends or reading a fantasy/science fiction book in the library. I'm a fan of Marvel comics, puzzle games, the German language, British crime dramas, and a good cup of tea.
So there you have it, folks! A short and sweet summary of what makes me, well, me.
Auf Wiedersehen!
Beautifully written! It sounds like you are super talented. Musical skill is something that I appreciate and adore so much (although I have none). Get to great heights Emelia. Good luck with your compositions. We would love to hear more about that in these blogs throughout the semester. Love for German language- wow! I do feel the same for Korean language! Just like that... By the way, tell your mom her creativity in making the comparison is absolutely great. Wonderful way to put it!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind words and encouragement, Dr.Pris! I'm glad that you enjoy a foreign language as well. Korean is lovely to listen to, although I can't even begin to imagine the challenge it would be to learn it. I will definitely tell my mom about your compliment for her comparison.
DeleteWow this was awesome! Have you written blogs before? It was nice reading about you and what you like to do. It's cool how these blogs kind of help us get to know each other. I personally did not want to put any pictures up, but it's nice to see you incorporated pictures of your life into your blog. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThis is my very first blog! It took me a few days to plan it all out, but I'm glad that I took the time to do so. That's the cool thing about blogs,though. Everyone writes and designs their own differently! Thank you for the kind words.
DeleteThis was so fun to read!!! I so enjoyed getting to know a little more about you!! Fun fact, I'm a music minor!! I love that you're so involved at HSU! I also love the German language and think it's so interesting!! Nice to meet you, and again, great job!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed reading my post! Music people gotta stick together, am I right? I'm glad that you like German as well! I want to take two semesters of it while I'm here at HSU. Nice to meet you too!
DeleteEmelia this was a great read and it's very impressive with how much you're already so involved with the university. To me, it is also very cool how you have lived in Utah and New Hampshire before, I've always wanted to travel to Utah. You definitely have an interesting work week that keeps you very busy to say the least. Have a great semester it's nice to meet you.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get to go to Utah someday. It is so geographically diverse that you can go from skiing in the North to wandering the red rock canyons in the South in a few days time. It's nice to meet you too, River. :)
DeleteGreat first post! You write like a natural blogger; I enjoyed reading and learning a bit about you. I used to want to be in the Cowboy Band when I was younger (I played the clarinet) so I think it's really cool that you're a part of it and you are enjoying it! Nice to (virtually) meet you, Emelia!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words. I'm glad that I was able to get the hang of blogging because it took me a few days to perfect my first post. That's so cool that you used to play the clarinet! It was the first instrument that I was able to play well. Nice to meet you too, Ashlyn!
DeleteI love that you are in the Cowboy band, I wanted to join but I had always felt that it would be too much on my plate. I have never read any of the Marvel comic books but I do love the movies. You are very fluent writer/blogger, your organization is very nice and easy to understand, I admire that. Keep doing what you love and do not let anyone tell you differently! Very nice to meet you virtually, Emilia.
ReplyDeleteBeing in the Cowboy Band is definitely a big time commitment, but it has tremendously changed my life for the better. It's nothing like a traditional marching band, which is why I enjoy it so much! We'd love to have you if you decide to join later on!
DeleteI love the Marvel movies too! Who are your favorite Marvel characters? I personally like Captain America and Iron Man the best from the movies. I'm so excited for the Black Panther movie!
Thank you for all of your encouraging words. It's a pleasure to meet you too! :D
It sounds like you've been to a lot of different places and lead an interesting life up to this point. I hope that you pursue your dreams and that your musical talents pay off. :)
ReplyDeleteI loved getting to live in various geographical locations while I was growing up. Thank you for the good wishes and good luck to you as well!
DeleteIt is pretty awesome having a fellow composer and fellow composition and theory major in class! Of course I am a fan of how much music is important to you! It's so cool that you've been to all those competitions and were able to have one of your pieces performed. I would love to hear some of your stuff sometime!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that we got to share a class together this semester (we'll probably have plenty more in the future semesters as well). I'd love to exchange Sound Clouds sometime (or if you have some other place that you've posted your music, that's cool too!).
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