Seriously. Don't believe me? Well, you're on this website--living proof that somewhere in southeast Michigan, a French horn performance major got so fed up with all the negative emotions of being a music major, she made a website to start to make sense of things. 

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I started music school at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance in the fall of 2014. My eyes were wide with excitement on the first day of class. Just a few hours later, I was blinking back tears as I realized just how overwhelmed I was, just how unprepared I felt. 

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I knew from the get-go that burying myself in sheet music in a practice room for five hours a day wasn't how I wanted to spend my college days. While my peers picked each others' brains about obscure chorales, I was perfectly happy to daydream about traveling, eating, and writing. Instead of attending a chamber music requirement, I would sneak down to Kerrytown and explore the city streets. 

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All the extra stuff--the rehearsals and the meetings and the concerts--just didn't interest me the way they interested other students. I finally applied to business school the summer after my sophomore year and was thrilled when I was accepted. 

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As I write this, I'm juggling finishing up business school, my Minor in Writing, the performing arts management minor from the School of Music, as well as my original major--French horn performance. It's a weird mix, but I feel like I've woven a pretty interesting tapestry with all these areas of study. It's a tapestry that some people don't understand, but I'm incredibly proud of it. 

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You can still find me dodging an excerpt session to go for a trail run, only now I don't feel so bad about it. 

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Amazing how things change.