<p>I don’t like it a whole lot, but I need some advice either way.</p>
<p>Last winter I was convinced to go with my friend Luke to see Dvoraks Cello Concerto in B minor performed by USF in St. Pete. As usual it was a bit of a last minute attempt (such as this essay regrettably) and we barely got the tickets online two hours before the concert. We left a bit late and missed the student-composed piece, but made it in time for the waiting concerto and Firebird suite. I am incommunicably happy that I did not miss this experience.
I didnt remember the actual concert terribly well, I found out about a month ago when I went to see the Florida Orchestras take on it. I remembered seeing several of the performers breaking out into tears by the last movement, but I forgot how moving and enjoyable the piece really was. No matter how well I remembered this piece though, it was a noticeable start to this type of listening.
Before I went to this performance, I had been entranced with Chopin, (I failingly tried to learn a couple of his etudes and ballades with some of my only previously practiced twelve-tone style) but most of my listening was really devoted to Bob Dylan, Pixies, and Modest Mouse. I had heard those classic Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven themes over and over again in movies and whatnot but I was blind to most classical music. With the little glimpse in this concert, I acquired two very different perceptions of something I previously had less than a clue about and I became engrossed in the stuff. Im thankful to my friend Luke for this, but also the Internet for the ability to hold that interest and make something of it. The perhaps greatest thing Ive learned about the Internet is that it can connect the knowledge of certain things to the knowledge of those things in themselves. Even though that seems so simple, it really is amazing for this type of tool to be available to so many people.
This season Ive made it to every concert of the Florida orchestra so far, and plan on making it to as many as possible. Im looking forward to Gershwins Concerto in F and Shostakovichs 15th Symphony the most out of the lot, but the Rachmaninoff concerto will be great Im sure as well. Through the benefits of student IDs I havent had to take money out of savings yet and been able to bring friends and family regularly, and Im only looking forward to college where I enjoy these concerts for free. More importantly however, I look forward to being able to taking my first music composition or history class this following year.</p>
<p>I’m considering writing another one as I need a strong essay, but I can’t come up with much and I’m wondering if this is salvageable.</p>