The Diagnosis “CRACK.” To any string musician, hearing a bow snap is equivalent to a mother hearing her child scream. My stomach dropped to the floor, my heart started racing, a million horrible thoughts crossed my mind. Not only did my brand-new, $5,000 bow break minutes before an audition, but I was 500 miles away from home at the Nevada All-State Orchestra Festival in Reno. However, the worst part of the situation wasn’t the broken bow- it was how it broke....

Sir Ken Robinson, an educational reformer and renowned spokesperson for creative thinking, has written about an abstract concept that he calls “The Element”. “The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion”, he describes. “When people arrive at the element, they feel most themselves and most inspired, and achieve at their highest levels.” For most of my life, I wasn’t sure what my Element was. As a violist, I was conditioned to believe that it should...

Sir Ken Robinson, an educational reformer and renowned spokesperson for creative thinking, has written about an abstract concept that he calls “The Element”. “The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion”, he describes. “When people arrive at the element, they feel most themselves and most inspired, and achieve at their highest levels.” For most of my life, I wasn’t sure what my Element was. As a violist, I was conditioned to believe that it should...

...

Visiting, looking at...

Student Government,...

Consulting,...

Find something you're passionate...

Gut...