Humans of Harker Video: Andrew Semenza charts his travels through the musical landscape

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Nerine Uyanik

“Part of the reason I play music is to have some sort of human connection — to have an audience and be able to say something through the music,” Andrew Semenza (12) said. “That’s of foremost importance to me — the ability to be able to affect an emotional change in someone through music. And you know, if someone walks in to the concert hall and doesn’t leave a different person, I think that’s a failure of a performer.”

by Nerine Uyanik & Melissa Kwan

This is the fifth installment of the Humans of Harker 2018 video series. Through this project, the Harker journalism program aims to tell the story of the senior class, one profile at a time.