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Morley Stanwood High School junior Nathaniel Sudinski performed with the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association\u2019s Spring Honors Festival brass chamber ensemble at Oakland University Friday, May 8 after being selected as one of 25 brass musicians statewide for the group.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Morley Stanwood High School junior Nathaniel Sudinski performed with the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association\u2019s Spring Honors Festival brass chamber ensemble at Oakland University Friday, May 8, after being selected as one of 25 brass musicians statewide for the group.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A bass trombone first picked up because of a video game character has carried\u00a0Morley Stanwood High School student Nathaniel Sudinski to one of the state\u2019s top student music ensembles.<\/p>\n
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Sudinski performed with the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association\u2019s Spring Honors Festival brass chamber ensemble at Oakland University Friday, May 8, after being selected as one of 25 brass musicians statewide for the group.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The\u00a0Morley Stanwood High School student said the experience marked a turning point in how he views his future in music.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means everything to me from where I came from,\u201d Sudinski said. \u201cIt is a huge deal. It\u2019s crazy to even think about the fact that I was able to get that far.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sudinski said his interest in trombone started in sixth grade after seeing the character Sans from the video game \u201cUndertale.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw him in the game playing and I really thought that would be fun,\u201d Sudinski said.<\/p>\n
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He said learning the instrument did not come easily at first and he nearly quit during middle school.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to not play anymore because I couldn\u2019t do it,\u201d Sudinski said.<\/p>\n
Instead, Sudinski said he spent a summer practicing out of boredom and began improving. By eighth grade, Morley Stanwood Director of Bands Jo Ann Gross placed him in the school\u2019s jazz band, which included early morning rehearsals before school.<\/p>\n
Sudinski credited Gross with helping him continue developing as a musician.<\/p>\n
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\u201cShe pushed me to where I\u2019m at,\u201d Sudinski said. \u201cShe convinced me not to quit in seventh grade because I really wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gross described Sudinski\u2019s selection to the honors ensemble as significant, noting he was chosen among brass musicians from across Michigan.<\/p>\n
Sudinski said arriving at Oakland University for the festival was intimidating at first, especially coming from a smaller school district.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt felt like everybody there was better than me and they all knew exactly what they were doing,\u201d Sudinski said.<\/p>\n
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He said the atmosphere quickly became more comfortable as musicians connected during rehearsals and performances.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody was mean,\u201d Sudinski said. \u201cEverybody was pretty welcoming.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ensemble performed \u201cMotown Metal\u201d by Michael Daugherty, which Sudinski described as experimental and challenging.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was fun to play,\u201d Sudinski said.<\/p>\n
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Sudinski said one of the aspects he enjoys most about trombone is its versatility and range.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s got such a wide range of notes,\u201d he\u00a0said. \u201cI love doing the glissandos in songs and being able to slide into and out of tune.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to trombone, Sudinski said he has been learning piano, alto saxophone, trumpet and tenor saxophone.<\/p>\n
He said the honors festival experience strengthened his interest in pursuing music professionally.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s always been a goal of mine to pursue a career in music,\u201d Sudinski said. \u201cThat experience gave me a lot of knowledge and experience for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said students from smaller communities should not feel limited in pursuing music opportunities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe school that you come from does not matter as much as you might think it does,\u201d Sudinski said. \u201cIt\u2019s really just about how much time you put into whatever you\u2019re working in.\u201d<\/p>\n
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