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By bands, I mean bands...
1. The London Symphony (JUST KIDDING!)
2. Seals and Crofts (yes I'm a hippy, and I was also named after one of there songs, so I have to like them-it's in my blood)
3. Yo Yo Ma (he counts doesn't he?)
4. Manhattan Transfer (oh yeah)
5. Wheather Report (can you say "on drugs"?)
6. Buddy Rich Big Band (Mercy my Mercy)
7. Count Basie Orchestra (they were a pre-curser to the modern rock band-I'm sure of it!)
8. Earth WInd and Fire (it's true, I confess)
9. Chicago (I was raised on them, what can I say?)
10. The Poly Jazz Five-my high school jazz quintet, we came REALLY close to winning a international jazz festival, but we ALWAYS rocked, or rather, er, jazzed. |
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In case you wanted to know what kind of musical background/expierences I have, I'm about to tell you. I started playing the piano (classically) when I was 4, thanks to my mom. When I was in the 6th grade I picked up tenor sax and after swiching schools later that year, I switched to bari sax. I player that in wind ensembles (commonly known as band) and marched it until my junior year of high school. I remain the only bari sax player in the history of the band, and I'm a girl to boot! In seventh grade (following the school switch) I started playing jazz piano in my school's big band, and I loved it. So when high school came around I naturally played in there jazz band too (well, one of their five jazz bands). My junior year I was put in as the only piano player in the almightly "Jazz A" after beating out two seniors and a junior for the spot. Appearently someone thought I was talented, who knew? So tha continued till my senior year when I got bored, picked up french horn, joined orchestra and started playing odd-ball imsturments on the side (you know, harpsichord, celesta, sythn etc.). By the end of my senior year here's where my resume stood: I had 13 (now 14) years on piano (7 years classical, 6 jazz), 7 years on bari sax, 1 year on french horn, and somewhere in all of that I had picked up mallet percussion as well, primarily the vibes. As far as performing goes, here's where the score card laid: 1) Marching Band: Drum Major (that person that yells a lot and waves their arms so no one in the football crowd can see), 2) Symphonic Winds: French Horn my senior year, Bari all other years, 3) Chamber Orchestra: all those odd-ball insturments and sometimes classical piano (shivers), 4) Symphony Orchestra: once again odd-balls, but mostly French Horn, 5) Poly Jazz A: jazz Piano and on occasion Vibes, 6) Poly Jazz Five: My jazz quintet on which I played Piano, 7) Pep Band: I waved my arms some more and payed Bari again, 8) Poly Jazz B: I was a TA turned Piano player, 9) All Southern Honnor Jazz Band: Piano, 10) Long Beach Honnor Orchestra: Organ, and (breathing in) I accomapnied the Newcomb Middle School Orchestra and Band at their seasonal concerts on piano as well. Now do you have an idea of who I am, musically at least? |
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