SENIORS
Isadora Comens Senior Violinist is a tough act to follow. She leaves behind her a legacy of hardwork and dedication. BY TARA JUNGDEN REPORTER
Cassidy Campbell
Emily Carter
University of Missouri
Creighton University
Freshman year memory? Getting freaky at Blue and White. Funniest pink slip? 98% of my pink slips are because of leggings. Song that sums up Sion? "Work" by Rihanna. Favorite place in Sion? The couches in the NGS.
What teacher would you take with you? Mrs. Wilcox to help me write my essays. Senior year memory? Going out to lunch with friends. Best outfit for a Sion event? I had fun dressing in goth for spirit week. Song that sums up Sion? "We’re All in this Together" - High School Musical.
Anna Ciani
Allie Cocks
University of Nebraska
Truman State University
Planned major? Business Administration. Freshman year memory? Falling on my face in the lunch room in front of everyone and face planting in my spaghetti. Funniest pink slip? “Cradling and stroking classmate’s face during Mass from Bonnie Haghirian.
Planned major? Psychology Favorite place in Sion? Where ever there is the least amount of people and a space to sit on the floor against the wall. Finals horror story? Once my math final took me four hours to finish. The girl who I was supposed to drive home thought that I had left her at school.
Serena Colyer
Isadora Comens
Claremont McKenna College
University of Texas at Dallas
Freshman year memory? Being mistaken as a foreign exchange student for the first month of school. Favorite place at Sion? The library because my friends and I always spend time in there. Senior year memory? Getting up at 3 a.m. to watch the sunrise with friends.
Best outfit for a Sion event? Ben and Jerry's "celebrity couple" with Olivia Neal What teacher would you take with you? Kram because he could organzie a protest. Funniest pink slip? I brought my dog to school and let it loose in Lamp’s room during class.
Eyes focused closely on the sheet music in front of her, swaying from left to right in a way that is so slight it is nearly unnoticeable, Comens performs Sonata no. 1 fugue by Bach for the spring concert. Her final performance as a Symphonie de Sion member, but only the start of “I like playing the violin but I also really love to just hear the music and be apart of anything music related,” Comens said. “It’s not just about playing violin solos or winning awards, it’s about performing in groups and taking part in music together.” Despite the large majority of Comens extracurricular activities being music related, she has chosen to major in Neuroscience with only a potential minor in violin. Her choice has been made to ensure that the demands of a music major don’t strain her current love of the violin by putting too much pressure on the laid back relationship she’s always had with music. “I don’t want to major in music and have to practice seven hours a day and ruin the fact that I actually enjoy it,” Comens said, “Because right now I really enjoy playing.” While it has been made certain that a professional, competitive musical path is not the one Comens is seeking, she does aspire to continue music recreationally for as long as she can. With her years of experience playing in the pit at school musicals, Comens has already discovered just one of the numerous possibilities for her future life of recreational music. “I’m sad, but I’m not
surprised that she’s not majoring in music,” music teacher Elizabeth Mulkey said. “I know that she’s not only incredibly talented musically and artistically but she also has great abilities academically and wants to pursue other fields.” It is undoubted that the absence of Comens will be recognized at every school Mass and concert by all the students that were able to to witness the eloquence she exerted in every piece she played for the student body in the gym. And while her aspirations on the subject that dominated her Sion reputation, music may not be what others expected of her, the values that Comens hold on music and music appreciation are sure to last her a lifetime. “I think what a lot of people don’t realize is that being interested in music is more about just enjoying it than having to be the very best or winning some sort of award,” Comens said. Considering the scores of musical accomplishments Comens holds including numerous top rating performances at Solo and Ensemble and the place of first chair second violin in state orchestra, it is proven that she is one of the very best (high school) violinists in the state. However, Comens’ extraordinarily humble personality makes it nearly impossible to get her to confess just how extensive her accomplishments really are. “She has a great presence and I think people really respect her,” Mulkey said. “She doesn’t have a diva attitude about her abilities.” After five minutes of talking to Comens about her history and future in the violin realm, any stranger can come to realize that she couldn’t care less about the prestige or the awards-she plays solely for her love of the music.
LE JOURNAL JOURNAL LE May 2016 October 2015
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