UNL-The Cast-Meet Ricky

Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Author

08/17/2016 Added

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Meet Ricky: He is a music education major in the Glenn Korff School of Music at the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. Growing up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota he had the opportunity to march several summers with a drum and bugle corps. Ultimately, he wanted to expose students to music and create positive experiences. The personable faculty within the Glenn Korff School of Music welcomed Ricky and are pushing him to become the best possible musician.

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[00:00:06.358](jazzy music)
[00:00:08.414]My name is Ricky
[00:00:09.417]I'm from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
[00:00:10.633]I'm a music education student here
[00:00:12.478]in the Glenn Korff school of music
[00:00:13.913]at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.
[00:00:15.433]Everyone has a reason for doing what they want to do.
[00:00:18.297]Music is what gives me that purpose in life.
[00:00:22.073]As a music educator,
[00:00:24.777]we have to know
[00:00:25.774]not just our primary instrument
[00:00:27.636]but also instruments we aren't comfortable with
[00:00:29.694]because we're not just gonna teach our primary instrument.
[00:00:31.977]We have these classes set up for us
[00:00:34.116]to learn string instruments,
[00:00:36.516]double reed woodwinds,
[00:00:38.558]brass and percussion
[00:00:39.796]just so that we can teach it
[00:00:41.257]and build up the reputation for University of Nebraska
[00:00:43.029]that we have well-rounded music educators.
[00:00:45.497]The foundation for why I want to teach
[00:00:49.774]is because I want to sit up in front of high school band
[00:00:52.676]and help them get better at what they love.
[00:00:54.878]I've had so many positive experiences
[00:00:57.614]through music and I want other students
[00:00:59.713]to experience what I have experienced through music.
[00:01:02.713]It didn't take long for me to be comfortable
[00:01:06.276]with the staff here and the faculty.
[00:01:07.817]They're so knowledgeable
[00:01:08.857]and you have so much to learn from them
[00:01:10.777]and it's more than just going to physics in high school
[00:01:14.553]and getting your work done.
[00:01:16.054]It's, you show up to your lesson
[00:01:17.673]and hey professor sees you're down.
[00:01:19.396]He knows you won't get a whole lot done.
[00:01:21.444]Let's get some coffee, talk about what's going on
[00:01:22.969]and they really care more about you as person
[00:01:26.676]getting better as a musician
[00:01:28.169]as opposed to seeing a grade on a piece of paper.
[00:01:31.033]They really want you to be better
[00:01:32.650]because they're there for you.
[00:01:34.436]University of Nebraska gives us opportunities.
[00:01:37.412]We challenge ourselves
[00:01:38.916]and I don't see any other school of music
[00:01:41.113]or anything other university that gives us
[00:01:43.198]these same opportunities
[00:01:44.393]and I don't see myself doing what I'm doing
[00:01:46.713]and as successfully as I'm doing it
[00:01:48.937]anywhere else.
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