The Best of Both Worlds - Making My Education Work for Me
After spending the summer of my Freshman year at North Carolina School of the Arts Chamber Music Program, I knew that I
needed to do something different with my education if I wanted to successfully pursue a career in music. Among other things that I learned that summer were the benefits of attending a High School of the Arts, where classes in the arts are considered just as important as other classes and scheduling accommodates rigorous practice schedules.
In traditional high schools it is difficult to carve out even 2 hours a day for practice and my goals were much higher than that. So without the benefit of an Arts High School in my community, I decided to create my own. By what is called "dual-enrolling" I am able to take some classes from the local high school, and home-school the rest. The best thing about the "home-school" option is that the opportunities are wide open. In addition to the usual classes, I can study whatever interests me using resources available online, video courses, university lectures, seminars, library materials, museum programs, or tutors. To fit in everything that I want to learn, I have also chosen to study year round instead of the usual 9 month school year.
Sophomore Year
I took orchestra, choir and Honors Spanish II at the local high school.
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Jazz Studies and Piano Composition
Extracurricular Activities Sophomore Year
Jazz Band I
Mannerchor Select Men's Choir
City High Quartets
Junior Year
I took orchestra, choir, and Honors Spanish III at the local high school.
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Literature of the United States Honors
Computer Web Site Design and Construction
Comparative Governments - Federal, State and Local
Extracurricular Activities Junior Year
Jazz Ensemble
Jazz Choir
Mannerchor Select Men's Choir
City High Quartets
Mentoring Young Musicians
Senior Year
I took orchestra, choir, Advanced Composition, and Honors Spanish IV at the local high school.
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