Hi everyone! My name is Maya- I am a Senior here at OU majoring in classical voice performance- so, opera! Where I come from is a mildly complicated question- My mother is half Swiss, half German, and my father is from the US. Though we live in Wisconsin, we speak Swiss at home. I am lucky enough to have inherited the citizenships of all three countries! So, when people ask, I often find it humorous to respond that I am from "Swissconsin." Very punny, I know....
I have always loved classical music, though I know that it is somewhat of a niche interest. But I think that classical music is more relevant than a lot of us may think- Dvorak's "New World Symphony" was the basis of a lot of the soundtrack for "Lord of the Rings," and one of my personal favorites, Dvorak's "Second Waltz," just made an appearance in the Netflix show "Bridgerton." The violinist David Garrett also does a lot of rock renditions of classical pieces, with my personal favorite being "The Fifth."
Anyway, enough babbling about classical music.....
I am also on a pre-med track. Both of my parents are doctors, so I have been surrounded by medicine all of my life, and consider it to be a truly equal passion to music. I could not do one without the other, and I often take great solace in my ability to be able to switch between music and science classes whenever I need respite from one or the other. Medicine is my calling, but music is my catharsis.
The hope is that one day I will be able to combine my passions for music and medicine by performing surgeries on singers who have developed vocal nodules and the like.
I am exited to be in this class this semester with you all, and look forward to meeting you all in your introduction posts!
