<p>Unless you are a music major, playing an instrument well won't really help your chances of admission too much. Just another "hobby" or maybe a "passion"...no one cares which instrument you play (IMO). And if you are going to major in violin performance, your audition will supercede everything else.</p>
<p>and passions dont help your chances? last i remembered, being passionate about something was a major plus in college admissions. Playing an instrument can be the difference between bad ECs and decent ones.</p>
<p>asians playing saxophone, that is unique like me!!!
unfortunaly I am not passionate about it. Piano is still better. More notes</p>
<p>I'm Asian, and I don't play any instruments. ;]</p>
<p>I did do choir and really enjoyed it.</p>
<p>But over 2/3 of the people in orchestra are Asian at my school.</p>
<p>I am writing my 1 page english essay about a significant figure in American history that captures the essence of what America is and/or what it means to be American. I love to play the violin, and I plan to write about a musician. So can anyone name a famous American violinist?</p>
<p>Isaac Stern came to the US (from the Ukraine) when he was an infant (less than a year old) and became one of the best that there has ever been. His autobiography, "My First 79 Years" is very readable and would give you lots of material to work with. He personally led the campaign to save Carnegie Hall when it was slated for demolition, and helped start the National Endowment for the Arts.</p>