Personal Statement (Revised)

Having come from musical family, music has always been a part of my life. My interest started at my family gatherings. We used to rent a place once in a month that already provides musical instruments. I used to take a part as a singer and my cousin as a pianist and other family members with their own specializing in music, most of times it ended up with everyone singing and jamming along together.

I took part in music more serious since junior high school by joining piano and drum course for years and still going to challenge myself more. I've experienced to perform in several events, also I have achieved some awards by joining some contest music in and out of town. When I was in senior high school I formed a band – Indie Rock with 5 of my best friends. Turned out we were asked to perform at a music concert in Jakarta as known as Haiday which was held in Parkir Timur Senayan in 2014.

Now that I entered college in Binus University, I took a music-related courses which are “Introduction to Indonesian Music and Culture” and “Popular Culture”. I really enjoyed learning both of the courses, it helped me to expand my knowledge about music. I like to explore other areas of music, as I find it essential to being a musician. It's also given me a much bigger interest in world music. I have had experience in organization too. in my freshmen year I joined “Himpunan Mahasiswa Sastra Inggris” as an activist, this has given me an opportunity to become chairman of the “English Club” event. I came up with the idea “Rock Your Passion” as the theme of this event attended by students of English literature in Binus university. Becoming a part of this event as a leader, I found this to be a big responsibility and very rewarding.

From my experiences over years, I am set on choosing music for my study abroad. I have a great desire to learn and with my experience in music. I really want to take myself to the next level of education. I feel that Bath Spa University is the best way to get to that next step as I believe while taking music courses, I learn alongside British students, and life opportunities.