Student essay written in en (native language: French, CEFR level: C1, field of study: Arts)

I have chosen to study musicology because I want to be happy.
I have played music my whole life: singing, humming as a child, and then learning to play the violin. Learning to read music and play an instrument has been the most fulfilling experience of my life. School was always easy for me but music taught me how to persevere to reach a goal, how to stay concentrated for long periods of time, how to control the smallest movements of my body on the instrument.
Playing music alone and with others has brought me more joy than anything else. The satisfaction after playing a difficult passage right fot the first time, the feeling of connection when singing with someone else, the visible joy on the listeners faces (in the best of cases...)... this is why I chose to study musicology.
We all have to work for most of our lives. I, like everyone else, will spend three to four decades working five days a week to earn a living. So I chose to study in a field that inspires me. Since music is such a big part of my life anyway, why not just make it my job?
But I don't want to play music only for myself. Studying musicology is not a selfish education project. What do people do during their commute? while cooking? while out for a run? in the shower? at parties? on the weekends? on dates? People listen to music. People connect their wireless headphones to their phone, open a CD, put on a vinyl, go to concerts, take a guitar, sing... Music is probably the number one entertainment in the world. We humans have hummed and sung and played and written music for as long as we have existed, and I want to understand why. What is it that makes us long for vibrations of the air? How does music affect our emotions?
Studying musicology is a way to understand the way humans work, and a way for me to find my place and my role in the world. Some might link music and medecine to find ways to heal patients. Others will study the impact of music on people and how they understand it. I want to write music that feels good. I want listeners to feel understood and seen and legitimate in their feelings when they hear my music. I don't really care about being front and centre on the stage. If I help write lyrics, melodies or produce songs, that's enough for me. Because I live for the music. And I know I am not the only one.
Choosing musicology has allowed me to meet some of the coolest people I have ever met. People with the same interests and the same passion for playing, reading, writing and listening to music. I really do feel that together we matter. Even though parents traditionally want their kids to study law or medecine, music is not something to look down on. Because at the end of the day, babies are sung to sleep and people put on their records and go to concerts and sing in the shower.