Tag: choir
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My Best Teachers
What makes a teacher great? My favorite teachers in high school were for choir and theater. I like when someone lets me be creative in my learning. Experience is the best teacher though. I learn from doing. I’ve never liked sitting in a classroom and being expected to just absorb information. Maybe that’s why choir…
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Audition at Reed
Write about a time when you didn’t take action but wish you had. What would you do differently? I was a state level singer in highschool. I took for granted that I was talented enough to sing in all the best choirs. When I went to college for the first time I got to audition…
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My Choir Teacher
Who was your most influential teacher? Why? In high school my choir teacher was Mr. Loy. He was a big man with a big heart. He was good at his job both as a teacher and as a choir master. He was both funny and grumpy most of the time. He put up little signs…
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Mellow
How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life? I was a very high strung little boy. My uncle nicknamed me Fred Smith because I reminded him of Federal Express. As I got older I learned to focus my nervous energy and got into choirs and theater. It was…
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Choir
What was your favorite subject in school? Without a doubt, choir was my favorite subject in school. I was in two choir classes in my senior year of highschool and participated in an extracurricular choir after regular classes. I enjoyed singing in choir, singing and acting in musicals and plays, and singing solos for competitions.…