{"id":63315,"date":"2022-02-11T13:48:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=63315"},"modified":"2022-02-11T13:48:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:48:26","slug":"what-it-takes-to-be-a-tiger-how-fort-hays-music-program-is-fueling-one-students-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=63315","title":{"rendered":"What It Takes to be a Tiger: How Fort Hays\u2019 music program is fueling one student\u2019s dream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY LAURYN BECKER
PHOTOS COURTESY NATHAN WEIS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fulfilling passions is just one special way Fort Hays connects with its students. And for sophomore Nathan Weis, he\u2019s found that through the music program, he can pursue his passion, while fulfilling his dream. 
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Weis, who hails from Salina, states that music has always been his future. He is currently majoring in Vocal Performance with an emphasis in Music Production. He also sings for the Fort Hays Singers and for the Concert Choir within the music department. 
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With how heavily involved he is in the music program, one must wonder where he began his musical career. For Weis, it was within his middle school years that his passion for music began. 
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\u201cI have been doing music since my 8th-grade year in middle school. I began to sing in my high school choir back in Salina. I would compete for solo and group competitions at state contests,\u201d Weis said.
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As far as music production goes, Weis stated that he began writing his own music in high school and soon began producing music towards the end of his high school career. 
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\u201cI started writing my own music my sophomore year on pen and paper. I would later get into production my senior year of high school, I started connecting with friends and writing music,\u201d Weis said. \u201cHere at Hays I still do the same stuff, it’s just full-time from here on out.\u201d 
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Being so heavily involved with the music department, producing his own music, working, and hanging out with family and friends; Weis has learned just how important it is to balance his time in order to make it all happen. 
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\u201cI have a lot going on in the Music department, work, and spending time with friends and family. So I just write out everything at the beginning of the year\/semester and work around it. I manage my time very well considering that I must put music first in front of everything I do if I want to succeed,\u201d Weis said.
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