{"id":96055,"date":"2019-04-11T09:25:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T13:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//?p=96055"},"modified":"2022-03-04T15:33:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T20:33:20","slug":"finding-her-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//finding-her-beat/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//","title":{"rendered":"Finding Her Beat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the moment Melody Cook stepped to center stage Sunday at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts, she transformed from a UCF student into a conductor of a 9-person orchestra debuting her original composition in front of an theater audience.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>The fact that the 41 year old decided to pursue a degree in <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//music-performance-bm/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/">music performance</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//a> and a career as a piano teacher is not all that out of the ordinary. She/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019s had the urge to play ever since she was a toddler who used to reach up to plunk on the keys of her mother/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019s piano in their Tennessee home.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>What is unexpected about Cook/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019s story is that for the first three decades of her life, she had no exposure to most music genres and artists /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2014 from The Beatles to Duke Ellington to Dolly Parton to Metallica and nearly everything in between.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>And then college happened.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201cWhen I started going to college, I was a very shy, withdrawn, anxious person. I had almost no confidence. My professors [at Valencia and UCF] believed in me. They helped me to learn to believe in myself,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201cWhen I think back in a few years from now, I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019m going to be really grateful that I had this experience./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<div class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"embed oembed oembed-video d-flex flex-column align-items-center/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/">/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<div class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"><noscript><iframe title=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"UCF Celebrates the Arts Spotlight: Melody Cook/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"500/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"281/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//www.youtube.com/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//embed/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//QBtJbWd0rMg?feature=oembed/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" frameborder=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"0/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" allow=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" referrerpolicy=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"strict-origin-when-cross-origin/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" allowfullscreen></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//iframe></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//noscript><iframe title=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"UCF Celebrates the Arts Spotlight: Melody Cook/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"500/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"281/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" frameborder=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"0/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" allow=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" referrerpolicy=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"strict-origin-when-cross-origin/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" allowfullscreen data-src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//www.youtube.com/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//embed/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//QBtJbWd0rMg?feature=oembed/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/" lazyload/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//iframe></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//div>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//div>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<h2>Raised on Hymns and Classical Music</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>As the second oldest of six children, Cook says she had an ultraconservative upbringing and says the homeschool program her family subscribed to was very restrictive. Cook /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2014 who learned from her mother how to play the piano /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2014 was allowed to listen to hymns or classical music, but anything with a bassline was off limits.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201cIf you couldn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019t listen to Christian music that has a drum, then you definitely were not going to be able to listen to most stuff,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201d she says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<blockquote><p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201cIf you couldn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019t listen to Christian music that has a drum, then you definitely were not going to be able to listen to most stuff./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2014 Melody Cook</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//blockquote>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>She didn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019t think early on that college was an option because, like her limited exposure to music, she was taught college was a place of destructive and damaging influences. Instead, she spent most of her 20s doing mission work in Moscow and Siberia before moving to Orlando in 2012.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>She was making minimum wage in a kitchen, hardly clocking enough hours to support herself, when the realization hit her /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2014 she did not want to live the rest of her life this way.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201cI knew that [restrictive] lifestyle wasn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019t what I wanted and what I believed anymore. If I was going to pursue something that I really loved, then I felt I should get an education,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201cSo I thought, what would I do if I could do anything?/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>The answer: art or music.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>She enrolled at Valencia College with the goal of transferring to UCF through the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//directconnect.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/">DirectConnect to UCF</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//a> program and cried with joy when Valencia Professor Alan Gerber told her she had what it took to pursue music. To her, those tears were proof she had pinpointed her passion and future path.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>As a result, her world has opened up exponentially.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<h2>An Introduction to Bon Jovi and Black Sabbath</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>Cook says she had a steep learning curve to try to catch up to her classmates. She took a jazz theory class at UCF and spent hours listening to WUCF 89.9 FM on car rides to train her ear to the new sounds.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>She is enrolled in UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019s analysis of hard rock and heavy metal course. She never knew M/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u00f6tley Cr/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u00fce existed until a couple months ago. She says Black Sabbath is a little intense. She heard Bon Jovi/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019s <em>Livin/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019 on a Prayer</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//em> for the first time when her class discussed glam rock.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201cI/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019m really happy that I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019m learning about it. At the same time, it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019s really stressful. Every moment that I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019m listening to it I have to say to myself, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2018It/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019s OK. You don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019t have to feel guilty about listening to it,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201cI love that I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019m getting to listen to it myself and make my own opinion on which ones I like and which ones I don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019t like./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<blockquote><p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201cI love that I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019m getting to listen to it myself and make my own opinion on which ones I like and which ones I don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019t like./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2014 Melody Cook</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//blockquote>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>She says she doesn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019t have any particular favorites. Because there/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019s so much she hasn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019t heard, she tries to listen to something new every day.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201cSo far I haven/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019t found a whole lot that I don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019t like,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201cEven Black Sabbath /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2014 even though it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019s really out there and intense /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2014 I find it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019s appropriate for certain emotions. If I was really mad or really stressed, it might be just the thing to listen to./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>UCF Assistant Professor Alexander Burtzos, her current composition instructor, describes Cook as an ideal student. He says we all grow up in our own musical bubble to some extent, and all that really matters is whether we have the determination to break out of it.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201cMelody&nbsp;is a voracious listener who/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019s equally open to Renaissance polyphony, 20th century dodecaphony, speed metal /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2014 and everything in between.&nbsp;She quickly absorbs each new piece she hears, eventually incorporating it into her own singular musical language,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u201cMelody&nbsp;is interested in pushing boundaries. Her pieces are often built around strong central ideas. I have no idea what the future holds for her. 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Cook expects to graduate in May and wants to continue to teach piano lessons, develop her music studio and write music she can share with the world. (Photo by Nick Leyva &#8217;15)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<h2>Learning Through <em>Loss</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//em></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>In the immediate future, at least, she will have her senior recital April 21 when she will lead a performance of a compilation of her work, and she expects to graduate with honors in May.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>Her recital will include the composition <em>Loss</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//em>, which she debuted and conducted at UCF Celebrates the Arts on April 7.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>She first composed <em>Loss</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//em> as a way to grieve the death of her grandmother, the last of her surviving grandparents. She was unable to attend the funerals of her other three grandparents, but she made it to this one and wrote the piece as a tribute to all four of them.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>She continued to tinker with the piece /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2014 which does feature a drum kit /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2014 before she really got serious about polishing it after the opportunity arose to contribute something for the New Music Ensemble concert at UCF Celebrates the Arts.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/n<p>Burtzos says<em> Loss&nbsp;</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055//em>is composed in a style that is quite different from Cook/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2019s usual aesthetic /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96055/u2014 it&#8217;s tonal, sorrowful, melodious, and to his ears, seems grounded in the folk music of Russia and Eastern Europe. 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