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Author: michael
Date: 2004-06-05 20:33
okay i did see the post about instruments but i had already posted my post about it before i went back and saw it but i have not found anything on this. what are some of you all? example: are some of y'all a high school student?, are some y'all a college student?, middle school student?, professional musician?, joe who does music on the side? by the way i am a high school student.
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Author: Dori
Date: 2004-06-06 02:31
Put me in the "Joe who does music on the side" category, too.
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Author: Ember
Date: 2004-06-06 11:22
Uhm... i'm both an University student (Psichology, 2nd year) and a Conservatory student (oboe, 3rd year)
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Author: Oboe
Date: 2004-06-06 13:35
high school (now a junior - my 5th year of oboe, yay!)
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Author: D
Date: 2004-06-06 16:55
softmore next year and assistant drum major next year, 10th year piano, 6th clarinet
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Author: Amington
Date: 2004-06-06 23:02
Im in grade eight high school. ive been playing intruments since grade 6. im told im pretty good
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Author: ~Heather ~
Date: 2004-06-07 14:57
I am going to be a jr. in high school..and I am in Wind Ensemble and orchestra at my church! :D
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Author: Ember
Date: 2004-06-07 15:56
Wait, can you please explain me your school system? I studied it when I was a child but I can't remember... so I can't understand how old are you all! :D
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Author: Dori
Date: 2004-06-07 19:47
I guess I should have given more info: I have been playing clarinet for over 37 years. Currently I am playing in a university concert band and have experience with school bands, community bands, woodwind quintet, and chamber orchestra.
Thanks to all who post on this site. There is so much useful and interesting info here.
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Author: Erica
Date: 2004-06-07 20:42
I'm currently a junior in high school. I've played clarinet for 7 years, and played piano for 8 (I have a preference for jazz piano.)
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Author: Valster
Date: 2004-06-08 23:46
I'm in 7th grade...been playing clarinet for 5 years...I must be sort of good cuz I got into a State Youth Ensemble, but I don't think I'm that great-it doesn't matter anyway lol
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Author: >Eowyn<
Date: 2004-06-09 21:17
Ember- A freshman is 9th grade, sophomore is 10th, junior is 11th, and senior is 12th. Hope that helps!
I am going to be a freshman this year. Someone told me I have a really good chance of beating next year's sophomore to get in wind ensemble, so I'm really busy! Silly oboe rules, saying one has to stay in regular band no matter what!
>Eowyn<
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Author: Ember
Date: 2004-06-09 21:39
But grades of what? :D high school? Sorry but it's difficult. In Italy you: 1) born 2) go to child school (if you parents want) till the age of 6 3) go to primary school till 10 4) go to secondary school till 13 5) go to high school (classical, scientific, linguistic etc lycee or professional school, or art school etc) till 18 6) go to University until you take the degree (it's 3+2 years). I'm in the second year of Psichology University.
Conservatory is different. You can do it while doing other studies or not, the important thing is that you take the secondary school diploma, wich is compulsory.
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Author: Erica
Date: 2004-06-10 02:41
Yes, Ember... Eowyn was mentioning grades of high school. Our high school system and your high school system, as far as years go, are pretty similar. Unfortunately, most of us don't get to go to a special high school like you got to (I wish there was a performing arts high school near where I live... but I wouldn't be able to go there anyway). For our high school, it's divided into 4 years, and we must learn everything, from music, to math, to english, to P.E. (UGH!!!!!!). A 14 or 15 year old would be in 9th grade (freshman). A 15 or 16 year old would be in 10th grade (sophomore). A 16 or 17 year old would be in 11th grade (junior). And a 17 or 18 year old would be in 12th grade (senior). Hope this helps!
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Author: Ember
Date: 2004-06-10 10:01
Ok thank you very much, now I understand
We have to learn everything too at the high school but for example in classical lycee we study also ancient greek and latin and we study more philosophy and poetry etc than in scientific lycee (and they will study better phisics, chemistry etc). But the subjects are almost the same
Is it true that University is very expensive over there?
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Author: Erica
Date: 2004-06-11 23:29
Yeah... Universities are getting more and more expensive each year. I mean, compare about 7 years ago to now... and... ah! In less than 2 years, I will be going to college myself, and I know that I'm going to have to use up all my savings, work, and get loans from a bank to go, most likely.
Ember, that's cool how you learn all the subjects in your country, yet the focus is on whatever you want (literature or the sciences...)
Hope this helps. I know this is not really musical-related, but it's probably important that you know how the school system works in the United States in order to understand what we're talking about.
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Author: Ember
Date: 2004-06-14 15:12
Yeah, you were very nice tank you
Here Universities are expensive but not too much. "Poor" often people can have a lot of things free (house, food etc) if they're good students. Books are really expensive but you can always buy used ones and re-sell them after use.
Conservatory is very cheap and has a lot of very very good teachers. And in the first year they give you an instrument, you can buy your own instrument later.
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Author: Ember
Date: 2004-06-14 15:13
I did a lot of mistakes sorry it's that I didn't re-read the message before posting it :D
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Author: Erica
Date: 2004-06-14 19:04
No problem... we can all understand, and we all make mistakes. It's absolutely natural!
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Author: Timmy G.
Date: 2004-07-03 21:33
Defenately a high school student.(Bari Sax) A little on the side.(Guitar, Harmonica)
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