Words & Photos from Eva C.
On Tuesday, we went to the lecture theater, and were greeted by Dante Decaro, a former professional musician. Once everyone arrived, we started off by talking about our goals for the next few days, what instruments we could play. After that, we discussed The Beatles, and their contributions to the music industry. Dante had a lot of good insight and interesting information about all of this. When we started playing our instruments, we decided to play ‘Hey Jude’ together. Between everybody in the group, we could play piano, guitar, drums, bass, cello, violin, viola, saxophone as well as singing and other percussion. After spending the rest of the morning practicing and some rehearsal in the afternoon after a lunch break, we had a good handle on it, and it sounded quite good. We moved on to more individual and smaller group work for the rest of the afternoon and worked on personal projects by ourselves or with others.
The next day, we arrived and started working on our instruments right away. Dante suggested ‘Be My Baby’ by The Ronettes, which was a good song for us because it had something for everybody in the group. It took a while to get the basics down, but once we figured out what to do, we worked on it all together. It sounded really good, and I am really proud of what we accomplished, especially with that song. Finally, we went again to work on individual and small group projects. I am super excited that these were only the first of three of these sessions, because I learned so much about music and songs, as well as the music industry in general. Dante was so helpful and kind, and it was a very rewarding experience to take part in. Not only this, but I met some new classmates, which is always a good thing. In conclusion, I had a great time, and I can’t wait to do it again.