The Musician
I am trained as a classical bassoonist. I am defined as a musician when… I play in orchestra and make symphonic music come alive with my peers. I analyze sheet music in a theory class. I play Mahler loudly in my car when the windows down. I teach an ethnomusicology class and watch my students minds grow as I attempt to connect musical genres together with music around the world. I sit in my office amongst papers, books and scores and write to try and find answers to academic questions.
Both of these parts of me are good and true, and they exist together.