I have been involved with instrumental music for most of my life. I started with private piano lessons in second grade and when third grade came around I joined my elementary school band, picking up the trombone because to my third grade mind it looked easy.This was not the case, especially since my third grade arms couldn’t quite reach as far as they needed to. So after one school year and a marching band camp called the Orange County Lutheran Youth Band where third grade me valiantly marched while
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On September 26, Haley and I went to the AT&T Performing Arts Center to attend a musical performance of the national tour Matilda. The show is based on the famous children’s novel Matilda written by Roald Dahl however, the musical score is written by Tim Minchin. The musical originated in England’s West End in 2011 and then moved to Broadway in 2013 where it is currently still performing seven shows every week. The cast is filled with incredibly young actors who were able to capture the story brilliantly
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Lots of people listen to music on the radio. A single radio. Sounds and noises coming from twelve different radios that often change channels and volume would lead the average person to think that they are standing in the audio section of an electronics store. It turns out that twelve radios can actually make music, at least according to John Cage: “When I wrote the Imaginary Landscape for twelve radios, it was not meant for the purpose of shock or as a joke…” Unfortunately, some people do take
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Loud cheers, applauses, light shining in your face. Acting has been my life since I was a little girl, being on stage and performing has been my passion. As I got older and moved to the United States I started to drift away from acting, it was no longer the reason I want to go to school anymore. Even though acting has been a huge part of my life I decided to flip the page and start the new chapter in my life. When I was eight was when I first did my first show. I was acting as a little girl that
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Band in most schools, is made up of students stereotyped as “band geeks/nerds”. When in reality, band is composed of students who have a love and expressive passion for music. Marching band on the other hand, is a part of band, usually found in high school, that incorporates music and visuals into one extremely vigorous sport. It is a genuinely important part of high school, because not only can give you great looking calf muscles and exercise, but it can also help you multitask and build leadership
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Eric Whitacre Eric Whitacre is a current American composer who, despite his youth, has experienced much success. The Los Angeles Times describes his works as having “Electric, chilling harmonies; works of unearthly beauty, and imagination.”(Hyperion) Whitacre is the founder of Virtual Choir and has composed for many different performance groups such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, The Tallis Scholars, The King Singers and the Minnesota Orchestra. (Eric Whitacre) In his
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how music is used within the two. Music is something that transcends people’s preconceived notions, cultural differences and personal schemas; and for those reasons can be very beneficial to use as a literary device. While the two short stories have more similarities in how they use music, they are not without their differences. “Sonny’s Blues” and “How it feels to be Colored Me” both use music similarly in that they both use music to convey certain elements, albeit how the authors used music differed
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Music is a powerful thing, it creates emotions, it brings people together, it can even make a bad time feel like a good time. Music is everywhere, whether it be someone listening to it on their phone or a toddler banging pots and pans with a spoon like he is a professional drummer. Although music brings joy and happiness to many people it can also affect people in an unpleasant way. This is because of earworms or brainworms as some call them, these are catchy pieces of music that continually repeats
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Today marked the day of Howard University’s 149th Opening Convocation. When I entered Cramton Auditorium, I was uncertain about what to expect. I had never been to convocation at a HBCU. I entered Cramton auditorium with my School of Business team and we took our seats. We didn’t know what to expect, so we decided to sit in seats in the back of the auditorium. Later, I would come to realize that sitting in these seats would be to my advantage. There were many musical performances. However
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Is marching band a sport? Many people reject the idea of marching band being a sport, but A sport is any “activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment”. Marching band requires lots of physical exertion, especially in certain schools’ marching styles. One might argue that rolled step is just like walking and takes little to no effort, but Olentangy Orange High School’s band partakes in high step, similar to that
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