Student Spotlight: Engaging Your Community With Music

Check out our NOVA Online Student Spotlight, Ronnie who is engaging his community with his musical talents. 

Hi! My name is Ronnie.  Since 2008, I have been a percussionist with the Loudoun County Symphonic Winds (LCSW).  A percussionist is a term for someone who plays different percussion instruments – snare drum, drumset, cymbals, triangle, chimes, etc..  LCSW is a community band that is based in Loudoun County and gives about 6 concerts a year.  The music director is Dr. Gilbert Corella, who retired from the Air Force Band after 25 years of service.  LCSW plays a wide variety of music for the concerts; from John Philip Sousa to Aaron Copland.  Each concert has a theme, and one of my most favorite was the concert where we played music from “space”.  At this concert, we played the music from  Star Wars and Star Trek (2009).

I enjoy playing percussion with LCSW because it is a way for me to bring musical enjoyment to our community doing what I love – play drums!  Its very common that for each piece of music, I play a different percussion instrument, and sometimes different instruments within the same piece of music.  If you would like to learn more about the Loudoun County Symphonic Band and how to get involved, please visit the LCSW website at http://www.lcbandinc.org/.

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