My name is Elizabeth Tait, and I am a choral education and vocal performance double major.
I actually started my career without the education degree, only studying opera performance as my major. However, I started to realize that I was very passionate about choral music. I want to create good choral music however I can in life, whether that be at the middle school, high school, university, or professional level. Choral music is truly the amateur art form, allowing any level of musician to participate. I'm excited to enable all children, musically "talented" or not, to create music together.
Thanks for your first posting. You must have a beautiful voice. I appreciate that you are also empathetic to people who might not share the same talents as you. Middle and high school are such sensitive ages in people's development, so I appreciate how you said the goal is to build their emotional capacity and self-confidence rather than to produce concert-grade musicians.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog. Like you, I also started out without an emphasis in education, but soon realized it was my passion. I was curious about how you went from an emphasis in opera music to being passionate about choral music. I am not very literate in music, so was it just through classes you had to take? I think you will be a great teacher because you have such a passion for music that you will help students to realize the fun and beauty in it.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post. You seem to have a great deal of passion for music. I love music and look back fondly on my experiences with music from school. In high school I was in choir, band jazz choir and jazz band throughout my four years. They were great experiences and I feel they helped shape me as a person. Music can help people think in was they wouldn't otherwise. You seem to have great energy and that will transfer to your students.
ReplyDeleteI love reading your thoughts about music! I also started out as a music major, but in flute performance. I taught flute lessons for a year and discovered that most students have the preconceived notion that classical music is boring. It became my goal to get students excited about learning classical pieces, just as you suggest! I also have an enduring love for dance and appreciate your comments about incorporating movement into choir rehearsals.
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