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music departments. Because
they require so much more than
simply studying textbooks, it
makes certain students eager to
study only their art
Ryan Adams, a sophomore in
the dance department, has had a
lot of trouble integrating acade
mics with his love for dance. On
the one side, he wants to con
centrate entirely on dance and
fully understand the movements
of his body. On the other side,
he has to concentrate on com
pleting papers and getting good
grades. It frustrates him because
he believes he can't reach his
dance potential if he must focus
so much on academics.
Ponto says the same can he
said of music majors, who rou
tinely have to emphasise prac
ticing over conventional study
ing.
Complicating matters. Ponto
says, is that it's hard to explain
to non-artists what musicians
are reaching for. Ponto cites the
quote that talking about music is
like dancing about architecture.
"What musicians are after is
intangible." Ponto says. "The
job pari is tangible, sure But
what we create as artists, you
can't spend it or drive it."
When a musician plays a pas
sage. there's no perfect way to
play it. he says. One can ploy
the same notes as someone else,
but while one person can ploy it
delicately, giving it a more inti
mate feel, someone else can play
it louder, more bombastically,
and make it sound impassioned.
They may both he interesting
and challenging. Ponto says, but
is either better than the other?
The core of a musician is not to
play it perfectly, he says, hut to
expand vour ability to interpret
a piece in many ways.
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Erik Norwood, a sophomor» clarinat major, takas Ms final tost
Ponlo likens it to Michelange
lo's vision for his sculptures.
Instead of carving stone into a
human shape. Michelangelo
liked to think he was releasing
a human that existed within the
stone. Ponto would like to think
the music school is releasing
people from constraints.
It requires practice. Lots of it.
Ponto says it's kind of like sand
sifting through an hourglass. A
student must become focused
and improve to a certain point,
but when he or she reaches that
point, a whole world of possibil
ities will open.
"Sleep is for wimps,” says Jeff
Stolet, director of the electronic
music program. To him. disci
pline is the key "If you're not
practicing five hours a day,
someone else is.” he says. While
working on his master's degree,
Stolet says he routinely prac
ticed 14 hours a day.
'If I missed half a day, I'd feel
it." he says. Nobody else could
tell, he says, hut he could feel a
subtle lack of control in his
playing. People who work the
hardest, who put in those hours
of practice, will get the opportu
nities and the fulfillment, he
says.
Hyeja Chong, a piano perfor
mance major, hopes to be one of
the fulfilled.
'Tm majoring in music
because 1 don't think I could do
anything else," she says.
Although true to Ponto's word,
she wishes she didn't have to
study other disciplines. She,
too, says you have to practice
five to six hours a day, in addi
tion to your 18 credits and the
studying that goes along with
regular classes.
Chong says she's not worried
about the lack of money. The
desire to play supersedes any
concern. There's an old joke
ahout musicians, Ponto says,
that describes the love that
belies financial rewards: A
musician wins $10 million in
the lottery. Someone asks him
what he'll do with the money.
"I'll keep gigging until the mon
ey runs out," he says.
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