While most teenagers spend their times studying over the week or partying, Senior Brandon Lynn spends time in a band learning more about music and getting to know everyone in the room. He is a trombone player in the Cypress Springs Highschool band. He is a natural at his instrument, who came a long way to be where he is today.
“It takes a strong will and dedication to your instrument to be able to lead your peers around you. Don’t just be a leader, be a friend,” he said.
Lynn stands up for his peers, helps out his peers, and doesn’t leave anyone behind. Along with being in band, comes hard music. Once you first get a music piece it can be hard to accomplish being good at it. You have to work hard and discipline yourself to get it right. Reason people usually give up on their music pieces include they do not feel confident and they think they cannot do it. Lynn also goes through tough times learning a piece of music, but he does not give up.
Instead he explains, “I often put myself in the mentality that nothing is hard and I can accomplish whatever I put my mind to.”
Over the years Ly grew to love music and feels a deep connection to it. He plans on continuing music in college studying Music Performance, Composition and Jazz Studie. He gives all thanks to the Jazz Houston Youth Orchestra and Diaz Music Institute for shaping me into the artist he is today.
Throughout high school bands and colleges everyone has their favorite piece of music. Lynn remembers an amazing piece of music he played his sophomore year of high school, called “Hymn to a Blue Hour” which was a slow music piece the director picked out That how you know it is an amazing piece of music when have that connection and you never forget the piece.
Now when someone first joins a band it is a mystery what instrument you first want
to play. You have plenty of options from to being a woodwind player, a brass player, or in percussion. Once you get your first instrument, you wish you knew everything about it, you wish you knew how it would play, how it would sound, how it would look like holding it and everything.
“I wish I knew the full extent of my instrument when I was in middle school it only took me until high school to realize the opportunity my instrument can provide,” Lynn said.
After all the stress of the band, the concerts, marching season, and UIL it is amazing to
take a little break from it all to go on a band trip. For Lynn the Disney World trip was his favorite
Cy Springs memory.
In ten years, he see himself being a Music Educator at a college or performing with a professional jazz orchestra.
His advice for underclassmen is “”do not take your time here for granted; make that friend, ask out that girl and leave a legacy.”
Lynn’s Senior legacy includes accomplishing a TMEA All-Region trifecta being named to All-Region Band, All-Region Orchestra and All-Region Jazz Ensemble. He also served as the Brass Captain and Trombone Section Leader this year. His talents were also showcased in the marching show
“Urban Playground.”
