or Jennifer Clarke almost spat her coffee on my lyric sheet before shoving it
assing grade before the holidays because my be
u think writing too much like her would make me happy? Sh
a sophisticated woman in her mid-thirties, but she has mood swings like a woman going through
stand, p
nd forth at her office in the past few wee
, okay?" She waves with her manicured fingers. "You can compose. It's one of the program's most important majo
, professor,"
kills deserve an F. It doesn't have a story or shape. I don't know where you're getting at.
ow what's going on now. Last month, I beat her favorite pet in the
u even paying atten
panic. "Y
't you picking
oing to tell me to rewrite my song.
me for that, so let's get this ove
ha
ant me to get
emotions. I bend down and pick up my lyri
ut don't disappoint me again." She scribbles my grade on the top of the paper and hands it t
prof
mance department, and next semester, a new professor
Julian S
a multi-billion-dollar American film studio, and a music publisher. His personal life: he proposed to Stella Pierce, an award-winning singer-son
John Pitch Scholarship to study music in college. I played Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu as my final pi
ho'll invade your dreams for a week. I even used
my best,
it." She rolls her
portfolio and hurry out of her of
myself because I was enrolled in a music-focused private high school. I aspired to be a top composer. It was my and my parents' dream for me. So w
t I do i
ddenly blows
over me when I see my boyfriend's ha
revealing his deep dimples. My frustration instantly fa
gray jeans today. We've been dating for a year, yet seeing hi
ks a lock of my brown shoulder-length hair
droop. "Profe
at our professor's office door.
"She grade
ys a high-pitched voice from behind us. Looking over my shoulder, I see Maria
le. "Se
you of cheating in the competition." She refers to Miranda Callahan, a compo
n't," Kris
girlfriend too well. We don't even know where
eated the admissions, too?" I respond wit
at is unusual in Whitlock. We spent tons of hours in exhausting workshops and training j
"Maybe it's because
your friend Lora have notable
ture. Maybe that's
r music soundtracks for fantasy films. Everyone at WSM acknowle
level. "Look. If you have any complaints about me, just ask
any noteworthy achievements or special training. It will not be good for me. They tormen
hem? After all, most of the school's directors are... men. See you around,
d face if she were a
Kristoff's hand. My best friend, Lora