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  • Ariya Marr
    October 12, 2018 by

    Ariya Marr is a Music Education major. Check out her story! “In 5th grade, the middle school directors came to the different elementary schools with instruments for us to try out to decide if we wanted to do band/orchestra, and I knew I wanted to play a string instrument because I had bad lungs. One of […]

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  • LaMont Webb
    October 12, 2018 by

    LaMont Webb is an Artist Diploma saxophonist. “My first live jazz experience got me into jazz. I was 14 years-old and a saxophonist from my hometown by the name of Art Porter died in a boating accident. I was asked to learn his solo and play it on a tribute concert. The concert blew my […]

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  • Abbie French
    October 12, 2018 by

    Abbie French is a sophomore Spanish major minoring in music. She is a member of the Ball State Symphony Orchestra and Ball State Campus Orchestra. “My parents are both musicians, so music has always been a big part of my life. In fact, I would say that being a musician has always been a given […]

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  • Daniel Daily
    October 12, 2018 by

    Daniel Daily, a senior music education major who is part of the backstage crew for concert halls in the School of Music. “There is more than just opening and closing a door for people on stage. There is a lot of set up for all of the ensembles and recitals that use Sursa and Hahn […]

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  • Stuart Ivey
    October 12, 2018 by

    Stuart Ivey is a doctoral conducting student. He shared with us how his experience with Sacred Harp has fueled his passion for music: “My family has been singing Sacred Harp shaped note music for seven generations. My parents grew up in rural northeast Alabama, an area where that style of singing has thrived for over […]

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  • Sarah Ralston
    October 12, 2018 by

    Sarah Ralston is a Junior music education major. “Music has always been a very integral part of my life. I don’t have any professional musicians in my family, but my family and I have always sung in church for as long as I can remember. I live right down the street from my former high school, […]

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  • Adam McLachlan
    October 12, 2018 by

    Adam McLachlan (@adam.b.mclachlan), our Registration and Scheduling Coordinator. “I love working with the office staff here in the School of Music; they’re just a great group of people. But I think the coolest part about my job is that I get to know all of our students on paper – I problem solve to help […]

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  • Zayla Carter
    October 12, 2018 by

    Zayla Carter is a Junior Music Media Production student. “Music has always been a big part of my life and it always seemed intuitive to me that I wanted to do it for the rest of my life. I never really struggled with any subjects in high school and always felt bored, but music has […]

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  • Professor Freddie Mendoza
    October 12, 2018 by

    Professor Freddie Mendoza is the assistant professor of jazz trombone. “Growing up, my parents and grandparents on my father’s side were always playing music. My grandparents had an old player piano, and as soon as I was able to sit at that piano, I would play the many piano rolls in their collection over and […]

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  • Maggie Haley
    October 12, 2018 by

    Maggie Haley is a senior music education major and president of @united_sound an organization dedicated to promoting social involvement for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities through shared ensemble performance experience. “I joined United Sound because I wanted to be able to experience new ways to teach and I wanted to be a part of something that […]

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