ImperialZeppelin

OP asked for "current & future music majors" and responses, including mine, are from 9 parents and only 1 "current & future music major."

Maybe we should change the name of this forum to "Parents of Music Majors?"

WindCloudUltra

Haha...I don't mind the parents contributing. I think it's kind of fun. But i am wondering what happened to all the kids.

binx

I thought they wanted the musical preferences of current and future music majors, so I told you my kids', and threw in the rest of the family for contrast. I didn't realize that you wanted students themselves ONLY to answer; I thought you wanted to know what the students listen to.

Sure, the parents could all go away, but in my opinion, the value of this board would decrease significantly. Of course, I'm a parent, so my opinion is biased.

WindCloudUltra

Don't take it the wrong way binx I'm all for contributions from the parents on this board, who have been extraordinarily helpful to many others students and parents in many ways. And I appreciate the responses...

Keep them coming...kids OR parents.

violadad

Ok. I confess. I'm guilty. I posted, I shouldn't have; I am guilty also of thread diversion ( I will not admit to thread hi-jacking, at least in this instance).

Mea culpa.

I'll go slink back in my corner. Or go hang out on the AARP boards.

orchestramom

my D (classical violinist) listens to and loves a wide range of music: classical, jazz instrumental and vocal, opera, metal (!!), indie, classic rock and more. Any given afternoon she might be listening to a playlist including Mahler, Sinatra, Ysaye, Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC, Ella Fitzgerald, Tool....makes my head spin....

Wilhelm

I'm a rising Senior in high school, and even though I intend to major in Cello performance, my musical tastes are all over the place, as well as my musical performance.

In addition to classical cello, I play violin (concertmaster in my highschool's second tier orchestra), guitar in the school jazz band, I play in a renaissance consort variously on guitar, mandolin, tenor recorder, lute, percussion, and viola da gamba, as well as a modern folk-ish band where I play either bass, drums, or guitar as needed.

Needless to say I listen to all of the above musical literature, I play it becuase I love it, so of course I listen to it.

I'd say that about 65% of the music on my ipod is classical, my favorite portion of classical music is probably sting quartets, then the rest is pretty evenly spread about between early music and jazz (especially Django Rheinhardt), also some friends of mine recently turned me on to Jethro Tull, good stuff.

adorkable1987

Well, I seem to be in the minority here. I'm a current music major (minority #1) and I do listen to mostly "pop" music, I suppose. However, I am interested in much more obscure artists, indie artists, artists and bands that do something new and interesting with their music. Also I'm on a big Beatles kick right now, haha.

However, my musical tastes in "classical" (I listen to a lot of contemporary composers, I LOVE Steve Reich, Michael Torke, Terry Riley, etc.) have steadily been expanding since getting to college and having access to the music library. I bought a 160 GB external hard drive--I borrow 10 CDs at a time (the limit for majors), rip them all onto my computer, and listen to them leisurely.

I'm definitely interested in experimental and absurd stuff...but I blame that on my composing mentor/close friend, Matt Sargent (check out his stuff, he's amazing, grad school at Hartt right now, he's totally going somewhere if you ask me...www.mattsargentmusic.com).

rudysmom

adorkable1987,
Have you ever listened to Muse? If so, what do you think of them? This is my son's newest favorite group currently. (He's cello/classical) They are very good with a strong blend of classical & rock. The lead singer has a beautiful voice. It would be interesting to get another young person's view.

thumper1

I'll speak for DS. He listens mostly to classical and has a huge collection of it. He also likes opera and will listen to that as well. He attends concerts regularly. While in HS he had a subscription to the symphony. In college he ushered for the BSO and heard them free (a nice perc of the job). He'll go out of his way, and spend considerable money too, to hear a good classical chamber music group play. He does listen to other music as well, but is more inclined to listen to the Beatles than to current rock music. He also likes the close harmony of some of the older groups.

adorkable1987

rudysmom,

After I read your post, I raided my boyfriend's CD collection, because he listens to Muse. I was able to find Black Holes and Revelations, and it's awesome! New band to explore, hooray!

I also forgot to mention that I listen to a lot of a cappella, as I'm in an a cappella group.

team_mom

My H grew up listening up listening to rock and classical. Now he only listens to classical. Myself, I never heard classical music until my first date with my husband. Ans then I pretty much dropped it until D1 started aiming for a carreer in performance. Then I purchased XM radio, so I could learn classical music.

D1 goes through phases, there was broadway, 70's rock, early 20th century jazz, and beatles, but she settled into classical early in HS. S1 was too lazy when little to put on his own music, and now in HS he only listens to classical.

Funny story about S2 who is much younger. He grew up going to D1 & S1's classical concerts, and listening to my classical on the radio. When he was 4 or 5, he was riding in his friend's mom's car and they put on Raffi. He went ballistic! "This isn't music. It has silly words. My music is pretty. Turn it off, please." Well, we all cracked up, but after that I had to expose him to opera as well, because we all know music can have words, even if they are not Raffis.

thumper1

>>OP asked for "current & future music majors" and responses, including mine, are from 9 parents and only 1 "current & future music major." >>

My apologies...but to hear about what my kid listens to on THIS forum, you have to get it from me. Neither of my kids post here.

team_mom

Mine are still at their music festivals, so you are gonna have to hear it from me too!

lostinthemusic

I'm a rising senior... going into clarinet performance or possibly ed.

I listen to plenty of classical...... but lots of other stuff too. The only things I really tend to shy away from are rap (R+B and hip hop included), pop, and country.

Here's the gist of my music library:

Orchestral/general: Dvorak, Ravel, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Rimsky-Korsakov, Beethoven, Holst, Chopin, Saint-Saens, Weber, Copland, Orff

Wind ensemble: Melillo, Reed, Whitacre, Ticheli, Holst, some Holsinger

Choral: Whitacre

Otherwise: An extremely eclectic oddball mix of stuff including... American folk music, Scottish fiddle and pipe music, medieval choral music (yes), old-school rock, fusion music of various types, darker hard rock (no screamo or adolescent angst please), indie rock, some vocalists, local bands, and drumline cadences.



And I do go to lots of classical concerts and festivals... in fact I've never been to a concert that wasn't either classical or jazz.