Music was an escape for Bruce, and he was inspired to pursue a career in music after seeing Elvis and the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. He taught himself to play the guitar, and when he was 16; his mother took out a loan to buy him a guitar for Christmas. During Bruce Springsteen concerts, he would express feelings about his family and the problems he endure during childhood. Basically he used memories from childhood and current issues to write his music. One of the best songs he ever wrote was “Born to Run”.
He expressed his desire to write a new song everyday. He created several pieces prior to RENT including Superbia, a musical about a media controlled society, based on George Orwell's 1984, and tick, tick…BOOM!, a rock monologue which expressed Larson's frustration at his lack of achievement at the age of thirty, and struggling with the decision of whether to continue or not. Though these shows had small productions, they weren't enough to make a living off of. Larson's greatest work was RENT. As arrogant as it sounds, when asked what he did for a living Jonathan would simply reply (and strived to be), "I'm the future of musical theatre."
In my last year of band I was able to build enough credibility that the band director and fellow band members trusted my knowledge. In Eagle Squadron March, my band director, Mr. Wright, trusted my ability to play a difficult part in the song along with three other players. He knew I was capable of doing it because of how well I played my scales, my ability to sight read, and my understanding of how rhythms work. When one of the flute players didn’t know a fingering to a note or wasn’t too sure how to play a rhythm, he or she would ask me for help. Because I was a senior in the section, they trusted my years of experience to know all the fingerings to notes or to be able to read the rhythms.
Pythagoras and his followers also noticed that the vibrating strings of an instrument made balanced tones when the strings were whole numbers. These ratios of the lengths could be extended to other instruments as well. Pythagoras's school had many followers. When students were new to his school they were not allowed to talk for three years. This included class discussions.
Oral Presentation Lou Harrison was one of the great composers of the twentieth century--a pioneer in the use of alternate tunings, world music influences, and new instruments. Born in 1917 in Portland Oregon, he spent much of his youth moving around Northern California before settling in San Francisco. There he studied with the modernist pioneer of American Music, Henry Cowell, and, while still in his twenties, composed extensively for dance and percussion. He befriended another of Cowell's students, John Cage, and the two of them established the first concert series devoted to new music for percussion. They composed extensively for these concerts, including their still popular collaboration Double Music.
In the 6th grade, I was starting middle school and this was where I truly discovered my love for music. I wanted to go into percussion head first but I had to wait until my 7th grade year to audition for percussion. I chose the clarinet, a random instrument, just to stay in the music class and to learn how to read
He was quoted saying that, “Nathaniel had a lot of innate talent. Many students of mine ended up becoming lawyers and doctors, but he loved music with a passion.” (Patricia, 2009) Although Mr. Ayers was offered a scholarship to attend music school at Ohio University and Ohio State, he aspired to attend Julliard School of Music in New York City. He was accepted to the school on a full scholarship as a double bassist. Unfortunately, during his third year at Julliard’s, he suffered a mental breakdown and had to be institutionalized. There was some speculation that Mr. Ayers felt extreme pressure to prove himself as one of the few African American students in the highly competitive school.
You need to have hours to listen to music that you think is suitable for your band and that your band can handle or to excel in the level of music they are studying. Most schools are looking for older band directors because they have obviously more experience and more ideas on what sounds good and more contacts to let his or her band perform somewhere they can win like at concert competitions or just to entertain
Alan Menken was born July 22 1949, in New Rochelle; New York. Alan grew up as a child of the 60’s, dreaming of a career as a singer-songwriter. He was interested in music from an early age and studied both piano and violin in high school. Menken enrolled at New York University in 1967 where, for a time, he took premed courses in order to please his parents. His true passion won out, however, and Menken decided to pursue a musical career.
UCOR 101 Thinking and Writing made me come to the realization that writing papers for college is completely different than writing for high school level classes. Throughout high school the effort I put forth was not near the amount of effort that is required for college classes. I would write a paper the night before it was due and hand it in and get a good grade without any negative comments from my teachers. Unfortunately I carried this bad habit over into college. My UCOR 101 teacher scrutinized the first paper that I wrote and he could tell it was written the night before and even referred to it as a high school paper.