Artistic Expressions: volume 5

Grade: 10th Future college: UT Austin Future job: Advertising Years Drawing: Whole life but started taking it seriously from 6th grade Inspiration: Social Media   Wingspan: What made you choose art? Meeker: "I’m not good at instruments or sports. I have average intelligence and I enjoy art so I drifted towards it." Wingspan: How does art affect your everyday life? Meek...

Grade: 9th Years dancing: 12 Future college: Arkansas Wingspan: What got you interested in dance? Eder: “I always thought dancing was a cool and pretty form of art and I loved the various costumes dancers got to wear. I also saw many cool skills and wanted to work towards those one day.” Wingspan: When and how did you discover your talent? Eder: “I guess I discovered my rea...

Grade: 11th Instrument: Violin Future college:  Maybe Berkeley, UT, NYU Future Job: Environmental Engineer Years Playing: 7 years Inspiration: Basically any movie soundtracks I’ve ever listened to Wingspan: What made you choose the violin? Sundar: “My parents were always obsessed with how the violin sounded and wanted me to give it a shot.” Wingspan: When did you learn of...

Grade: 9th Instrument: Cello Future college: Somewhere in state like Rice or UT Future Job: Something in the medical field Years Playing: 4   Inspiration: My sister because she is really smart Wingspan: What made you choose the cello? Punnen: “My sister plays the violin so I didn’t want to copy her and I thought the cello sounded really nice.” Wingspan: When di...

Grade: 10th grade Years dancing: 8 years  Future college: UT, USC Inspiration: My mom   Wingspan: What got you interested in dance? Rose: “I did gymnastics for the early years of my life but I was really drawn to dance because many of my friends danced and I loved how pretty it was.” Wingspan: When and how did you discover your talent? Rose: “I was about 6 and my gym...

Grade: 11th Instrument: Trombone Future College: A&M or Texas Tech Future Job: Dentist Years playing: 6 Inspiration: Edward Chen Favorite Musician: Kenny Davis   Wingspan: What made you choose the trombone? Lee: "
Because it looks really cool. Back then I didn’t think about it but it looks really fun and the people that chose instruments said it was a good fit for ...

Grade: 10th Future college: Not sure Future job: Not sure Years Drawing: Since childhood Inspiration: Social media   Wingspan: What made you choose art? Oh: "It was a hobby since I was a kid. It was also an available course and I had space for it so I decided to take it." Wingspan: How does art affect your everyday life? Oh: "A lot of times, it has changed my perspective on things li...

Grade: 11 Instrument: Cello Future College: UT Future Job: Psychologist Years playing: 5 years Years dancing: 2 years Inspiration: For music: My brother For dancing: Jimmy Qian Favorite Musician: Bob Ross Favorite Dancer: Bboy Physicx   Wingspan: What made you choose the cello? Vo: “To be completely honest, the reason why I chose the cello was because I realized...

Grade: 11th Years dancing: 5 years Future college: University of North Texas Inspiration: My sister Kim   Wingspan: What got you interested in dance? Tapiawala: “I previously was a competitive ice skater for five years, but school became a conflict, so I went into dance.” Wingspan: When and how did you discover your talent? Tapiawala: “When I finished skating, I ha...

Grade: 11th Instrument: Violin Future college: Possibly Georgia Tech Future Job: Aerospace Engineer Years Playing: 6 Inspiration: Neil Armstrong   Wingspan: What made you choose the violin? Rath: "I wanted to play and music and my mom didn't want me to play a brass instrument because they are too loud." Wingspan: When did you learn of your interest in music? Rath: "I wa...

Instrument: Trombone Future College: Texas A&M Future Job: Mechanical Engineer Years playing: 6 Inspiration:  Middle school jazz director Favorite Musician: Wycliffe Gordon   Wingspan: What made you choose the trombone? Buss: “My dad played it and a lot of people throughout my family play the trombone and I thought it would be really cool and I was in 6th grade try...

Grade: 10th Future College: Possibly UT, NYU, or Berkeley Years drawing: About 4 years Years in orchestra: About 4 years Future Job: Conductor Inspiration: Claire Oh   Wingspan: What made you choose art? Le: “In 6th grade, I got into anime and all of my friends liked drawing so I think it was all of us coming together and being able to express ourselves in cartoons.” Wingspan: ...