Music and Gender

               I am not a musician of any kind but music has still played a role in my life. I used to be in my middle school choir group. I think I joined my seventh grade year and my choir teacher was a male but the majority of the group were women. There were only five boys in our entire class, I do not remember how many of us there were but it was a large class. The boys would you usually sing the lower notes except for this one student, he could sing really high and hit every note. We all would work together and form beautiful beautiful pieces and despite the fact that these five boys in our class stood out they could sing beautifully and no one thought it was weird or thought that they didn’t deserve to be in that class. We even got to preform Seussical the Musical with this group and everyone always had so much fun.

            Another way I’ve seen gender differences in my musical experiences is in my church choir. The main instrument played is the organ which I’ve seen mostly played by men not saying women don’t play it or can’t play but at my church it is usually a male and the choir is all female this time. I’ve seen differences in the taste in music me and my boyfriend have. I like slower songs that have a more relaxed kinda vibe to them like R&B, Indie, Ballads. My boyfriend likes faster songs, stronger beats like rap and hip hop. We both like a variety of things but usually tend to lean towards those particular genres.

            As far as my music experience here at converse I think that having a music major as a roommate has exposed me to different types of music I would usually not listen to. She is from China so many of her songs are in a different language and that is always fun to hear around the apartment. I feel like me and my friends are always playing music around the apartment or in our cars and we all listen to very different things. I don’t know if my music experience would be any different is I went to a co-ed school, maybe if I had a different roommate.