Nick

I am a 16 year old boy who lives a 45 minutes away from Cleveland, Ohio. I absolutely LOVE music but mainly classical, and none of the contemporary music. I have played the trumpet for 3 1/2 years now and I am a devoted musician. I even bring and play my trumpet on vacations! I was in the Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony and Cleveland Youth Jazz Orchestra this past year of 2009-10 and I was in group II in the Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony (CYWS) and I was in the group II's concert winds (the group II was actually split into 2 groups-concert winds and symphonic winds). I did not have much fun or think that I musically benefited too much from this experience. I auditioned again this year for it and I got into group II (but I don't know if I'm in concert or symphonic winds). However, this year I am getting a scholarship to pay for half the tuition (total tuition is $375) if I choose to participate. This year could be different and hopefully better. By the way, I drive up there with my dad on Saturdays and I go to the Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony practice and then the Cleveland Youth Jazz Orchestra practice after that, so I am already going to be up there from December-late April. If I'm in the group and don't have fun again, that would be bad and I'd just waste time that I could spend doing homework, being with friends, etc. But if I'm not in it then I might feel like I would be missing out on something. Last year I got to play at Severance Hall with this group for 1 of our 4 concerts and my whole family came-even my 85 year old grandmother. She loved it and none of my family had ever been there before. Please give me some advice! I don't know what to do!