At the turn of the 20th century, Jazz music began to take shape. Intrigued, Louis Armstrong took interest to the new genre and wanted to be a part of the movement. He received opportunity and encouragement by his peers to begin playing music. Loyal to his instrument, Armstrong was depicted as independent when it came to his music, as he had turned down opportunities and people to prioritize his music. Yet, the people that had the greatest impact on his life played a major role in inspiring him to
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ambassador of the jazz bassists, played with his quartet: Renee Rosnes on piano, Payton Crossley on drums, and Rolando Morales-Matos on percussion. They opened with a long medley that combined bossanova/samba flavors, empathic bop, and glowing modal music. I was able to identify a few tunes such as Miles Davis’ “Flamenco Sketches” and “7 Steps to Heaven”, and Luiz Bonfa’s “Samba de Orfeu”, in which Carter delighted us with his innate slides and grooves during an expressive bass solo.
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I’ve never struggled with music theory, but I have struggled vocally. I’ve always found that there is room for improvement as a vocalist. I had the privilege of learning under the teachings of two different directors this year. I started middle school choir at Western. Our director, Janel Baker, is a remarkable woman. She is kind-hearted, and is undoubtedly one of the most talented and intelligent women I know. She has taught me almost everything that I know about music theory, and almost everything
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Composition 8 is a painting by Kandinsky, completed in 1923. It is part of a series of compositions by the artist, yet creates a very different mood from the pieces before it; the work is less chaotic, and presents an overall calmer image to the viewer. ‘Composition 8’ shows a change in Kandinsky’s painting; it is free and more relaxed than the previous compositions, with more focus of the layout and overall presentation. It was painted while Kandinsky was teaching art in Germany, and is representative
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window. As I was observing the music playing in the background, the first thing I notice was that, it was played at a lower volume. It was a much softer kind of music, the music was slower and relaxing. I didn’t know the song that was playing but it was definitely a song that fit the atmosphere in the shop. It was nice and quiet in there. There weren’t many people there, but the ones who were there, they were reading or was on their laptop working on stuff. The music in the background brings a nice
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Last Tuesday I attended the Big Band Concert in the Marshall Arts Center. Both the Weber Music Hall and the Marshal Arts Center have very different atmospheres. Unlike the small band, the big band songs seemed to be a lot shorter and were instructed by a conductor. For the first couple songs, there were big basses, drums, a piano, a marimba, saxophones, an electric guitar, trumpets and trombones. The first song was upbeat and had very loud, accented parts. All the instruments played while the symbols
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Dylan Rabren McCollum English, 2nd April 27, 2018 Why Fine Arts Needs to Stay Fine arts is the teaching or education of certain skills. These skills include, visual art, acting, singing, and more. The problem with fine arts it the amount of money that it costs causing many schools to shut it down (Education and the Fine Arts). This is causing students to miss out on the opportunity to participate in fine arts. I think that schools should have a fine arts program because of the benefits students
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of the most-celebrated figures of the early Romantic period. Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1826), Italian Symphony (1833), a violin concerto (1844), two piano concerti (1831, 1837), the oratorio Elijah (1846), and several pieces of chamber music are all this composer’s most famous works. Romanticism is this composer initiating key aspects and this composer largely observed Classical models and practices. Moses Mendelssohn is this composer’s grandfather. This German composer is Felix Mendelssohn
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Music is mentioned throughout “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” multiple times. The narrator describes the city during “the Festival of Summer,” where it seems that music plays loudly 24/7. The type of music described is very a cheerful style, which is the opposite of what is going on underneath the city where the little malnourished boy lives in a tool closet for the wellness of the city. The people of the city who all know of the boy, dance to the music and use it to forget about the child suffering
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an instrument and learn to read music they increase and challenge various parts of the brain to grow (Cornelius and Natvig 232). When I was little I only listened to country music and when I got older and started to learn more I listen to more diverse music. When determining what music to listen to I take into consideration where I am and what I am doing. One of the things I use to determine what kind of music I want to listen to is how I am listening to music whether I am in the car, listening
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