Heart touching melodies

‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.’ says an old English saying and the saying is quite true. We all need to balance both work aspects as well as entertainment aspect in our lives. Entertainment in the 21^st century takes many forms, one of them being music. From Bible related music to listening to songs on a headphone, music is an important aspect of human life.

Beautiful music being made via a guitar

Jovita Mishelle Rodrigues, a student of M.Com at St Aloysius College Autonomous, Mangalore plays two instruments, the guitar and the keyboard. She started playing instruments from the young age of 12 starting with the keyboard and then going on to learn the guitar at the age of 18. She admits, “Even though I’m not a professional, I’ve been working hard to improve my skills”
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Jovita playing the guitar

She used her skills in playing the keyboard at the church since 2010. “My mom was my inspiration in learning the keyboard as she forced me into it, I learnt the guitar because I developed a taste for it” she adds.

Jovita on the Keyboard performing for an audience

“I feel music, I feel love because that’s something I’m passionate about. I forget where I am or who’s watching me when I play the keyboard. I get into the mood of the song or hymn that I play, I try to do justice to it by rendering it the way the original composers rendered it.” she says when asked to describe the emotions and the feelings attached with playing musical instruments.

Jovita performing in front of an audience

She faced lots of humiliations initially with people laughing at what she played but her mom got her through those dark times and kept motivating her. “Today whatever I am, I owe it to her,” she admits. As a beginner, her attempts to play in the church were a failure, but that didn’t stop her from practicing until she perfected it.