So, lately I've been busy with my music fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and that is why I haven't been on lately. Phi Mu Alpha is a National Fraternity that is meant to advance music in America. The Object is, "for the development of the best and truest fraternal spirit, the mutual welfare and brotherhood of musical students, the advancement of music in America and a loyalty to the Alma Mater."
I have such a strong bond with my brothers and the special thing is that we have total camaraderie between each other. This was why the Fraternity was started because music students always have a lot of responsibilities on their plate and it's nice just to get away from it sometimes. However, since these organizations have been started, the music schools and their students have been a lot better with those types of things. I love my involvement in the fraternity and I know I have created a lifelong bond with all of my brothers.

I'm a singer, I like to sing opera

So, this past weekend was the Syracuse Student Opera Company's performance of the Mikado featuring past Artistic Director of Syracuse Opera, Richard McKee as the Mikado. The run was a total success and everybody that saw it gave us rave reviews. The Syracuse University student paper, the Daily Orange, gave us a great review after our run was over and it was wonderful seeing how they appreciated our work. The Syracuse Post Standard gave us a review after our first show on Saturday morning. It was so nice seeing an actual paper give us a review and talk about individual performances like we were professionals. It's a good view about how our professional careers could turn out. This opera has taken over my life lately, but I will have more posts in time.
Peace.

Getting to know Gyasi!

Hi, my name is Gyasi and I'm a Sophomore Music Education major from Teaneck, NJ. Since Teaneck is about five minutes outside of New York City, I had a lot of cultural and musical influence while I was growing up and that enhanced my knowledge about music and the arts. When I first started looking at schools, I wanted to go to Syracuse because of the great reputation and the fact that the teachers were unlike those at conservatories that I applied to. The teachers had the student's improvement in mind with a warm and caring aura about them. When I got into Syracuse, I was so excited to come here and I was immediately positive that I had made the right choice.