CEDAR CITY, Utah -- During the time of Stalin, many lives were taken and many more lived in fear. Meanwhile Dimitri Shostakovich created a symphony that would express the experience of Stalins reign at the time under one performance.
I sat down with the first string cellist from the Southern Utah University Symphony Orchestra and got an in depth look at their upcoming. Zachery Baker comes from a small town of Mesa, Arizona and at point got the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall. Out of 600 musicians from all over the nation who auditioned 70 got chosen and at just the age of 16 he got chosen.
His talents have landed him at Southern Utah University where his orchestra are in the middle of preparations for their upcoming show at the Heritage Center in Cedar City, Utah.
To these performers it more than hold a piece of equipment and making music that will bring them recognition. Its an extension of who they are and even an escape from their small town homes. "one of the challenges was to come to a completely different world and improve my talents to higher platform" said Zack. Small town prodigys know that the bigger the campus the higher the stakes. Unfortunately for this musician the stakes have always been high his whole life. He knew his love for music would guide past any challenge and that others would have to rise to his level.
"they've always put me grade levels ahead" Zack told me after I asked how he would describe his talent to me. It seems other have always been chasing him, trying to be as good as him. So its safe to safe he's use to the spotlight. The competition of others is constantly at his heels thus letting him know that he must continue getting better.
With all this competition in music would it be safe to say music is sport.
I sat down with the first string cellist from the Southern Utah University Symphony Orchestra and got an in depth look at their upcoming. Zachery Baker comes from a small town of Mesa, Arizona and at point got the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall. Out of 600 musicians from all over the nation who auditioned 70 got chosen and at just the age of 16 he got chosen.
His talents have landed him at Southern Utah University where his orchestra are in the middle of preparations for their upcoming show at the Heritage Center in Cedar City, Utah.
To these performers it more than hold a piece of equipment and making music that will bring them recognition. Its an extension of who they are and even an escape from their small town homes. "one of the challenges was to come to a completely different world and improve my talents to higher platform" said Zack. Small town prodigys know that the bigger the campus the higher the stakes. Unfortunately for this musician the stakes have always been high his whole life. He knew his love for music would guide past any challenge and that others would have to rise to his level.
"they've always put me grade levels ahead" Zack told me after I asked how he would describe his talent to me. It seems other have always been chasing him, trying to be as good as him. So its safe to safe he's use to the spotlight. The competition of others is constantly at his heels thus letting him know that he must continue getting better.
With all this competition in music would it be safe to say music is sport.
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