The Quiet Girl

I performed three times over the past week. I am a member of the woodwind quintet at my school. The School of Music is hosting Atrium Concerts in the Library, a concert by a certain ensemble every Friday at lunchtime. We performed in the atrium of our library on Friday. We performed a piece by a composer named Paul Hindemith called "Kleine Kammermusik fur funf blaser" or in English, "A Little Chamber Music for Five Wind Players." The piece sounded very dark and haunting , which is why this piece was my favorite. Paul Hindemith wrote a lot of modern music, and lived during the early twentieth century.  Next, we performed a piece by a composer named Franz Danzi from the classical period called simply "Quintet." The second performance I played in was with the community symphony orchestra. I had never played in a professional orchestra before, and I truly loved the experience! We played "Les Preludes" by Franz Liszt as well as George Ge

The Quiet Girl Featuring Rachel Christenson- Confidence I wrote this song in March for a Songwriter's Open Mic Night. It is shorter than some songs, it only has one verse and one chorus. It started out that way. I then played around with the idea of an instrumental break and once I recorded it, I loved it! I had my friend, who usually sings opera, come and sing the vocals for this song. I recorded this song with my small home studio that I recorded "Thoughtfulness" and "Alone River" as well as other songs with. This is the first time I used a MIDI controller with live instruments and vocals. I am pleased with what I am learning.  The theme of this song is finding yourself and being comfortable with yourself. I was recovering from depression when I wrote this song, and I wanted to focus on my goals of being successful in life and satisfied in life.  Verse: Exploring the world Setting myself out Gaining my confidence Getting rid of doubt Chorus: I w

I have been very busy in life very recently. I have been doing a lot of things. And it is fun stuff! Also, it is more than I ever thought I would ever accomplish any time soon.  I have been asked to compose musical arrangements of hymns and praise songs for the clarinet choir as well as for the woodwind quintet that I play in. So far, for the clarinet choir I have arranged and finished "Come, Now is the Time to Worship" as well as "O, The Deep Deep Love of Jesus" for the woodwind quintet. I have been asked to keep writing, so I am working on and I am almost finished with an arrangement of "At The Cross (Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed)" for the clarinet choir. My professor told me how much the clarinet choir loved "Come, Now is the Time to Worship", even though it is in difficult keys. When I performed with the Woodwind Quintet for the first time this year, we played my arrangement of "O, The Deep Deep Love of Jesus." This is more th