User:Classicjazzbari

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Please be nice and patient with this New Wikipedian. This user is male. YA This user is a young adult. This user's ethnicity is African American. en- us-N This user is a native speaker of American English. it-3 Questo utente può contribuire con un italiano di livello avanzato. es-2 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español. Oh yah, this user can speak Minnesotan ya'know. SoE-5 This fine human being speaks and understands Southern English proficiently and is therefore a true Southern belle or gentleman. ipa-3 ə This user has an advanced understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet. ANAL 4 This user advocates good grammar usage. :-] This user is polite. FSU Go 'Noles! This user is attending or has attended Florida State University. This user is an undergraduate student majoring in Music education and minoring in Psychology. This user would like to be a teacher. This user's favorite subject is Music. org-1 This user is a novice organist. pno-3 This user is an advanced pianist. bell-2 This user is an intermediate handbell player. gtr-1 This user is a novice guitarist. voc-4 This user is a professional vocalist. Mid This user is the middle child in his/her family. xhtml This user can write XHTML. C2H5 OH-0 This user is a non-drinker. This user drinks Snapple. This user drinks water regularly. This user eats at McDonald's $ This user is a fan of game shows. J! This user phrases responses in the form of a question. Law & Order This user is a fan of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. SVU Idol This user watches American Idol. NPR This user listens to NPR. This user enjoys classical music. This user is interested in the Baroque period. f This user maintains a facebook profile. This user loves using Google Earth. LJ This user maintains a LiveJournal  as classicjazzbari. Editing Wikipedia is something this user does as a hobby. This user's favorite color is gray. This user lives in the state of Florida. However, this user is not a native. This user is a Christian. This user is interested in Lutheranism. This user is interested in the United Methodist Church. This user supports the ban on smoking in public places. This user is not a Wikipedia administrator, but would like to be one someday. This user is proud to be a Wikipedian. This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let him or her know. This user does not understand mean people. Please be nice. aBc This user prefers that all categories and stubs be placed in alphabetical order. En This user uses Encarta along with Wikipedia. This user spends far too much time editing his/her user page. This user is a fan of Southern Gospel Music.

Salutations!!! My name is Gregory Hilliard. I'm a short, studious, polite, traditional, professional, dependable, spastic, busy, straight-edged, goal-oriented, organized, ambitious, enthusiastic, obsessive-compulsive, optimistic, semi-paranoid, Christian, former military brat (Semper Paratus), Southern gentleman, multitasker, avid barbershopper, speedwalker & congenial choral/vocal/church musician who dislikes tardines (& people think I'm naturally funny).

Originally from Portsmouth, VA, spent ’96-’05 living in North Homestead [Miami], FL (used to dislike it, but in Tallahassee, I miss Miami, but deny that I'm from there sometimes). Raised in Savannah, GA; Manhattan, NY; Jacksonville, FL; & Renton [Seattle], WA. Adored high school (New World School of the Arts in Downtown Miami, FL), but college has its perks.

I'm a Choral Music Education (Voice-BariTenor Principal) major/Psychology minor/Church Music certificate candidate at the Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. Unlike those who graduated before me from FSU's Music Ed program, I do plan on graduating on time. People tell me to should switch back to/double major in Voice Performance, but personally don't think I sing well enough to make it in the performance world, plus I've been told I'm too nice.

I'm quite fond of Tallahassee, despite a few things, but I don’t care much for FSU because I didn't want to come here & very few things went the way I’ve wanted them to my 1st year (mainly socially). I can't transfer, but I really try to make the best of it. With God, anything is possible!

Love my family, despite their occasional difficulty & miss them when 500 miles away (father [former USCG CPO, now hospital technician], mother [self-employed hair braiding business owner], older sister [FSU Summer '06 graduate] & younger sister [FIU freshman]). Also love church (currently attend Trinity UMC of Tallahassee & in the Chancel Choir & College-Career Handbells; stepping stone to a paying church gig), going to class and learning, studying, reforming a barbershop quartet, and choral music! I work for the College of Music Recital Halls.

Aspire to receive my MM[E] in either Music Education or Choral Conducting (possibly with a Religious/Sacred Music Emphasis) & DMA in Choral Conducting (possible Sacred Music emphasis) (top 9 grad schools: Westminster Choir College, U of MN-Twin Cities, Eastman, UMiami, CCM @ UCincinnati, FSU, UT-Austin, Northwestern, & Luther Seminary) & become a great, energetic professional symphonic choral conductor, a college/university choral conductor/director of choral activities, a [church] choral music [education] professor [at a Lutheran college [I’m Non-Denominational] with an amazing choral program, like St. Olaf College [LOVE this school; was my 1st choice college]], a church [choral] music director, &/or possibly a music publishing company studio singer (sight-reading is one of my FAVORITE hobbies!). Would like to live in Minneapolis/St. Paul, or Dallas/Ft. Worth in professional years. Would love to win a Grammy for "Best Choral Performance," & wouldn't hurt to win an International Gold Medal from the Barbershop Harmony Society for directing a champion chorus &/or being a member in a college or professional quartet.

I've been a long time reader of Wikipedia, but will interject a few factual things here and there. I'm new at this, so please bear with me.

This page is a work in progress.