Public students ready to perform
For some Prince Albert public school students, playing music provides them an outlet from the rest of the world.
Rachel Bear, a Grade 8 student at John Diefenbaker Public School, started playing the saxophone three years ago. What drew her to playing music was how it allowed her to better cope with the world around her.
“You kind of let yourself go and just play along with it,” she said. “I really want to pursue music, and I want to go to university for it and make it my career.”
Kennedy Hobson, who is also in Grade 8 at Diefenbaker, started practicing as a percussionist roughly four or five years ago. She said her parents wanted her to try the instrument out. She’s been playing ever since.