By Bella Punzio

13 years of hard work and dedication

Frannie Gosselin is in her senior year of high school. She has a passion for music and band and would like to pursue some career that involves music in her future. Frannie has a lot of experience with trombone, a little bit of piano and trumpet. She started out feeling forced into band because of her siblings being involved, but eventually grew to love it. The many years of hard work and patience has gotten her so far and confident that this is what she loves and wants to continue on with. Whether it was concerts she was in for school, or attending her favorite artists concert, she would always have a good time. Frannie is pleased with her decision and her and her parents’ hard work to make everything she has done and what the future holds work. 

Q: What got you interested in band?

A: “Around the time when we were choosing our instruments in fifth grade, at that time I was still playing piano, so I already had music experience, it was already a part of my life. But then my two older siblings were involved in band so I kind of already knew that I would choose an instrument, so that’s kind of the reason why I started.”

Q: Have you always wanted to be involved in music?

A: “To be honest, no. You know I used to be involved in piano growing up, but I didn’t love it at the time, and when I joined band I kind of saw it as something I was forced to do, But over time I grew to love it and now I know I always want it to be a part of my life But I definitely didn’t view it that way to begin with.”

Q: How did you start in music?

A: “Well, the reason I started in music, when I was about five years old I started piano lessons so that’s how I started in music and I learned a lot about music from that. So then going into band was an easy transition, and I just stuck with band and I don’t do piano anymore 

Q: What was the impact music has made in your life?

A: “Music has made such an impact on my life because it could be playing music in band or listening to music I obviously love. Just my love of music creation and production, it’s just being involved in all of that has shaped my kind of path in life because now I know that I want to go into music as a career, it’s really just shaped the way I want to live my life, and opened up a whole door of passion for me.”

Q: How long has music been a part of your life?

A: “Music has been a part of my life for about thirteen years now. I started when I was five in piano and now I am still involved in band so it’s been about thirteen years.”