Gabrielle's Artist Statement

As an artist I work hard to produce music that speaks to both me and to others about the beauty that lies on the page full of notes. Part of my process before I begin is to think to myself, what I could do to sound like a professional. I always want to sound my best but I want to make sure that my audience hears my best in my playing and my sound. I then think to myself, how my teacher Mr.Tiffin, my lesson teacher would play it, or Ms.Ko, my band director. I believe in having motivational people in your life and thinking about them while you work. I want to give my greatest work to the world. I think of every idea, theme, mode, dynamic, articulation as a key to a door with a thousand locks. This door is the door to success and it MUST be opened.  I try to really live in the moment of my work but also self critique myself on what I could do more or what I could do better for my next showing. I make my work speak for me and talk to others.