What Courses Are You Taking?

[Ramo]

You're a government major, right?

[David Floyd]

Yup...only 3 hours of math for me

But 12 hours of natural science *grumble grumble*

[Ramo]

[Odin]

I'm in 11th grade this year and I'm taking:

Chemistry 11*
Consumer Math 11*
Foods 11*
World History
U.S. Government*
English 11
Spanish 11*

*=electable courses

When I get to college I'm thinking of majoring in paleontology, zoology, or botany

[Jon Miller]

PHYS 601 Theoretical Dynamics
PHYS 604 Methods of Mathematical Physics (thinking about dropping this (the Prof is bad and I have had most or all of the math) and picking up another math class)
PHYS 622 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics I

A standard First year graduate course in physics (some don't take the quantum if they are a little weak on it)

Jon Miller

Jon Miller

[devilmunchkin]

Modern AMerican POetry
Writing for the Popular Market
Intermediate Yoga
Constitutional Government

alas..i was forced by my university to give up the horn this year...i'm..kinda upset about it...they didn't want me cause in symphonic band alone they had nine majors..they didn't want a 10th horn. kinda sad..i nearly mad it to a decade...

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Azazel
Looks like the sort of place that I am going to .
As who did you graduate ? ( I am not sure what is the appropriate figure of speech )

Physics B.Sc, first class.

Additonally I get to put the letter ARCS after my name, but they are just for making me look important and have no real value.

Hopefully I will get even more letters after my name by the end of next year when I finish my current qualifications.

[loinburger]

Originally posted by devilmunchkin
alas..i was forced by my university to give up the horn this year...i'm..kinda upset about it...they didn't want me cause in symphonic band alone they had nine majors..they didn't want a 10th horn. kinda sad..i nearly mad it to a decade...

Check to see if there's a civic band/orchestra in the area. A friend of mine plays piano, but the university's orchestra didn't need a second piano player. Turns out there was a civic orchestra that needed a piano player and snatched her right up.

[Adalbertus]

To all: For comparability sake, it would be nice if you state the country you are studying in when you talk about degrees like BSc.

alas..i was forced by my university to give up the horn this year...i'm..kinda upset about it...they didn't want me cause in symphonic band alone they had nine majors..they didn't want a 10th horn. kinda sad..i nearly mad it to a decade...

Start singing Most choirs welcome good singers (ok, that's easy for me, I'm tenor).
And if it helps you to feel well against the horn majors:
A friend of mine had an audition with a horn professor. He played, and the professor looked at his school certificates. Then the professor asked: "I could take you, you play well enough. But you've got quite good marks in most of the subjects. Why the heck do you want to learn horn?" My friend was well amazed, studied physics, and later was happy about this advice.

[loinburger]

(ok, that's easy for me, I'm tenor).

Really? We had a glut of tenors, and hardly any basses. I guess I'd assumed that most choirs had the same issue.

[Adalbertus]

In most choirs I've been into, there were more basses. Maybe you've sung in a very young choir, where the males didn't yet fully develop their bass voice (which comes at an age of 25-30). Conductors who don't know the voice too well put them into tenor (unfortunately me, too). After what I do know now, a young male should first sing bass and skip over the notes which are too deep for him, and go up after two or three years if he is really a tenor.
But apart of that, most are simply lazy, and bass is easier to sing. Real basses an real tenors are likewise rare.

[loinburger]

But apart of that, most are simply lazy, and bass is easier to sing.

Ha. Just sing a low D for thirty seconds and tell me how easy it was for you. (That's the horror I had to put up with every day thanks to Mr. Rachmaninov...)

[Adalbertus]

loinburger, still, you get the D or you don't. (I don't except I've had 4 litres of beer and three hours of sleep afterwards). Lacking either voice or technique, singing constantly above c' is a real pain, and this is what tenor quite often does. And holding an e' for 30 seconds as written by Stravinsky is also a hard for those with a better technique. Esp. if the conductor repeats this five times.

We should start a new thread if you want to continue this topic

[devilmunchkin]

Start singing

eww...no..i can't sing well. and it's not my major at all..writing is. but i've kept playing cause i love music and it was a great release...i think i might focus more on my writing..try to get some stuff published for m oney so i have a small amount to help get me started when i graduate

[Adalbertus]

eww...no..i can't sing well.

Usually that's not quite true, in the sense that the voice is horrible misformed, and a good teacher even can do a lot about the latter. I meant singing for release (that's what I'm doing) and not as a profession.