Hi Tamla,
I really enjoyed watching your video and was very intrigued to hear that your background in music is diverse in terms of instruments. I am curious as too if you still play those instruments for fun? I was also wondering why you played violin in high school and took private instruction on the saxophone? With your diverse background in music instruments, I am also curious as to why you chose saxophone to continue studying in university rather than violin?
Thanks
Katie McClelland
I really enjoyed watching your video and was very intrigued to hear that your background in music is diverse in terms of instruments. I am curious as too if you still play those instruments for fun? I was also wondering why you played violin in high school and took private instruction on the saxophone? With your diverse background in music instruments, I am also curious as to why you chose saxophone to continue studying in university rather than violin?
Thanks
Katie McClelland
Hi Katelyn,
Thank you for watching my video. I do still play the piano at my Church if the pianist is absent, but I wouldn’t say that I am good at it. As for violin, I have stopped playing it after graduating from high school, but I plan on maybe re-learning it in the future. I played violin in high school because I already knew how to play the violin from elementary school, I decided to continue playing it through out high school and wanted to improve. I took private lessons on the saxophone because I wasn’t able to play it during elementary school since it was the teacher who got to choose which instrument each person plays, so I asked my mom if I could learn to play the saxophone, then my mom signed me up for private instructions and I had to wait a whole year until I was finally able to have my first lesson. I chose then to continue studying the saxophone in university rather than violin because I felt that I enjoyed playing it more, and was more interested in improving my skills with the saxophone.
I really enjoyed watching your video as well. I am curious to know if you continued taking private instructions in Piano and still continue to play it? Why did you choose to continue to study the clarinet in university and rather than the piano? Have you tried playing any other instruments other than the piano or clarinet? How was music introduced to you?
Thanks
Tamla Mendita
Thank you for watching my video. I do still play the piano at my Church if the pianist is absent, but I wouldn’t say that I am good at it. As for violin, I have stopped playing it after graduating from high school, but I plan on maybe re-learning it in the future. I played violin in high school because I already knew how to play the violin from elementary school, I decided to continue playing it through out high school and wanted to improve. I took private lessons on the saxophone because I wasn’t able to play it during elementary school since it was the teacher who got to choose which instrument each person plays, so I asked my mom if I could learn to play the saxophone, then my mom signed me up for private instructions and I had to wait a whole year until I was finally able to have my first lesson. I chose then to continue studying the saxophone in university rather than violin because I felt that I enjoyed playing it more, and was more interested in improving my skills with the saxophone.
I really enjoyed watching your video as well. I am curious to know if you continued taking private instructions in Piano and still continue to play it? Why did you choose to continue to study the clarinet in university and rather than the piano? Have you tried playing any other instruments other than the piano or clarinet? How was music introduced to you?
Thanks
Tamla Mendita
Hi Tamla,
Thank you for the response. I continued taking private instruction on the piano and clarinet until grade 11. This was because my private teacher had to move to Alberta to teach elementary. I then got a new private teacher just for the clarinet. I do continue to play for fun however since it has helped me understand theory and it just fun in general. I chose to major on the clarinet here because my high school didn’t allow anyone to play piano as their instrument so I guess I had more time to play and develop my skills on the clarinet. I honestly just made it to Grade 6 piano so my skill level isn’t high enough to be a piano major. I have had many chances to play different instruments such as cello, trombone, euphonium, saxophone. Most of them I learned a little on snow days when nobody bothered to show up to school. The saxophone, however, I learned in order to be in the pit orchestra o my school’s musical. I played clarinet, soprano saxophone and alto saxophone. Music was first introduced to me when my mom went to buy a baby grand piano for her birthday. She had been playing since a young age and decided that she wanted to have the piano to play some more. We were in the store looking at pianos and we sat down at a bench and she taught me twinkle twinkle little star. I asked if I could learn it and that’s when I started taking lessons.
Katie McClelland
Thank you for the response. I continued taking private instruction on the piano and clarinet until grade 11. This was because my private teacher had to move to Alberta to teach elementary. I then got a new private teacher just for the clarinet. I do continue to play for fun however since it has helped me understand theory and it just fun in general. I chose to major on the clarinet here because my high school didn’t allow anyone to play piano as their instrument so I guess I had more time to play and develop my skills on the clarinet. I honestly just made it to Grade 6 piano so my skill level isn’t high enough to be a piano major. I have had many chances to play different instruments such as cello, trombone, euphonium, saxophone. Most of them I learned a little on snow days when nobody bothered to show up to school. The saxophone, however, I learned in order to be in the pit orchestra o my school’s musical. I played clarinet, soprano saxophone and alto saxophone. Music was first introduced to me when my mom went to buy a baby grand piano for her birthday. She had been playing since a young age and decided that she wanted to have the piano to play some more. We were in the store looking at pianos and we sat down at a bench and she taught me twinkle twinkle little star. I asked if I could learn it and that’s when I started taking lessons.
Katie McClelland