Music Society: Social Secretary

I am running for social secretary because I wish to see more inter-society events, as opposed to individual socials catered to one specific group. I know that I, and many others, would like to meet more people in groups that I am not a part of. I would like to build greater community between all the music societies. For example, there could be a family system in which people from different groups are put together and they get to know each other's musical interests and more!

One of the highlights of music society for me this year has been getting to know a broad range of people across UCL. They have made my first year experience far richer than it would have been otherwise and I largely met all of them through socials after rehearsal, rather than the brief minutes of chatter in between pieces or in breaks. 

I am nominating myself as a social secretary as I wish to enhance others' experiences of music society through creating new friendships and meeting new people in more relaxed social settings. 

I enjoy organising events, being very fastidious about my own schedule and time keeping. I look forward to the opportunity of being able to plan society-wide termly socials such as the fantastic boat ball we had earlier this year. I am also considering the idea of a costume ball, with a specific theme, because it inspires the flow of creative juices, more so than a simple black tie event and would be a lot of fun. 

Changes and improvements I wish to make: 

- Improving communication about informal socials (such as meeting for drinks after rehearsal)

- Collaborate more with our publicity officer, utilising platforms we have such as our Instagram account to improve publicity of social events (particularly informal ones) 

- More frequent society-wide socials (for example an equivalent of Wednesday Sports night, but perhaps a little less intense) which would allow more people from different music groups to meet one another 

As a dedicated member of String Orchestra, I am never one to miss a social. My highlight of music society so far has definitely been the boat ball. I hope to continue the work that has been done by the committee this year and deliver many more events that bring together members of different ensembles within Music society. I have really enjoyed the different concert trips this year and would hope to make them more of a regular event. If elected I look forward to working with the other social sec to hopefully create lots of fun events for the society!

All the socials we have right now (balls, pub trips) are so much fun but it's clear that we lack some sort of range! I want to introduce different sorts of socials - dinners (pizza night, curry night etc), bar/club trips, karaoke, quiz nights!

More importantly, I want to hear from all of you - what do you want to see us do? What do you have the most fun doing?

I think we should aim for more socials that involve much of Music soc, rather than each individual ensemble and a great way to do this is by putting more emphasis on Music society families (I'm in one but have never even met them!)

Most of all I want to make socials accessible for everyone by providing different types of activities - hopefully one will suit you!