Peter archer

Jillian Chong , Staff Reporter March 20, Peter Archer. Archer plays his trumpet in a performance.

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When I perform, the tables shift in a sense that my job is to affect the audience. The music is coming from me and going out to the audience. When I was in middle school, I used to find peace in the band room, a bright, blue room littered with photos of students learning to play music. Every Thursday afternoon, when swarms of students would head for the exit, I would head for the band room.

I was a reserved kid with almost no music background and neither the cadence nor the talent to play jazz — or any kind of music for that matter. I never had confidence in my abilities as a musician, which always led me to question why Dr. I would rarely follow up on his offers until he asked me to join the jazz band. As I expected, I was hesitant, scared of playing off-beat and ruining a performance.

However, with the small possibility in my mind that I was as good of a musician as Dr.