Goals Statement for MUS 100
02 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment
This is a short essay that was required for my Intro to Music Studies class… Italics are not part of the actual essay.
Thinking about one’s life goals is a funny thing. It forces you to stop and think about priorities and what is really essential in your life. While music is an enormous part of my life, far more important to me are the relationships in my life. My music career will either follow me wherever I go with my family, or it won’t, and I will be with my family and never look back. Having a family will never have to wait on my career and my career will never come before my family. If I get to play in a professional pops orchestra, or the pit for a great opera—which are two of my musical aspirations—it will not be at the expense of my (someday) husband and children.
Whatever I do with my music, my purpose is and will always be to honor God both for the talent that He has given me, and the free gift of salvation that He gave me, through Christ Jesus.
Keeping all of the above in mind, during the next ten years I would like to practice and study hard with a good violin instructor. Also during that time, I hope to play with a variety of professional orchestras or expand my performing repertoire with a professional chamber group.
Long-term, I see myself giving private violin instruction and maybe continuing to play with a professional orchestra. I also love writing, and hope to author books along with doing some freelance writing. Whether any of that will come in the next twenty years, I don’t know. Plans change, aspirations evolve, and while trying to plan a career is a little bit tempting (okay, not really even a little bit tempting for me—am I weird or what?), it can be potentially frustrating and harmful. The most important thing is to live each day as though it may be your last. Life changes plans, and that is a beautiful thing, because life itself is the most beautiful thing in the whole wide world!
Beautiful life...
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