Alan Menken is a composer of Disney music. He has created many of the songs in cartoon movies that we love. He has had so much success in doing what his dream was ever since he was little. He has been composing music ever since the late 1970’s. Alan Menken was born July 22 1949, in New Rochelle; New York.
He had a screen test by M-G-M, he appeared in the film Kiss Me Kate (1953). Since Kiss Me Kate was a highly original dance number, this led him to his first job as a choreographer. It was the Broadway hit directed by Jerome Robbins, The Pajama Game (1954). A little while later he met Gwen Verdon, who was a talented dancer. The two collaborated on several hit shows such as, Damn Yankee (1955, film 1958), New Girl in Town (1957), and Redhead (1959).
As a child, Jim had always loved putting on proformances. When he was 10, he even mailed his own resume to "The Carol Brunett Show". At the end of each day in Middle School, he was given a few minutes to do stand-up comedy for his classmates. Jim's family was later forced to relocate from Newmarket to Scarborough (a place in Toronto). They all took jobs as janitors and security guards in a Titan Wheels Factory.
Jackson M. Franks Mr. Bob Music Appreciation 26 November 2013 Alan Parsons Alan Parsons, born December 20, 1948, is a very interesting member of Rock history. Alan studied piano and flute as a child and was always very interested in gadgets. In his early teens, he picked up the guitar and played in several bands at school, and as a solo act. Alan was born into an entertaining family, literally. His Great grand dad was actor and manager, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree.
Jasmine Allen March 12, 2012 4th period Tom Hanks: One Page of Notes Biography Thomas Jeffery “Tom” Hanks was born on July 9, 1956 was an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks was born in Concord, California. In his teenage years Hanks studied theater in Chabot College in Hayward California for two years before being transferred to California State University, Sacremento. Tom Hanks was very religious having Evangelism as his chosen faith. Influences During his years studying theater, Hanks met Vincent Downing; head of the Great Lakes Theater festival in Cleveland, Ohio.
Have you ever heard the singing story of David Cook? That epic story on how David Cook played at the seventh season of the American Idol amazed not just American viewers but also viewers across the globe. David Cook went to AI auditions in Omaha, Nebraska not for the sole purpose of being an American Idol but to support his younger brother who did not make it to fly to Hollywood. Sooner, a random show producer noticed him while his mother and brother convinced him to audition. David Cook’s first audition: www.youtube.com/watch?v=toQydhGCw7c That audition of David Cook was the start of his singing-song writing career.
He had a brother Dakin, their father cursed a lot and they loved books instead of anything like sports or something else. Tennessee didn’t like his father and he looked up to his maternal grandfather. His mother encouraged him to use his imagination a lot, she won’t let him waste his time for just sitting around. She gave him a typewriter when Williams was only 13 years old. "He
Starting with “Seven years ago, I was new to Hollywood, and sure that I was destined to direct the next film version of Superman” (p. 345). He went on to an internship with DreamWorks’ Mark Gordon Productions, followed up with a stint as a production assistant for “World’s Most Amazing Videos” from there listing off more of his works from various production companies. Speight continues by saying “I had risen through the ranks, though, from logger to story assistant to story producer, overseeing other writers. So I ended up going to work on a whole slew of reality TV shows . .
By the time they realize that it is impractical to go after a “dream” which can only remain a dream, it is too late. Subsequently, Nick comes to this realization when he turns thirty, and is still in process of achieving that dream. One can spend their whole life in the attempt to transform their life around by living the American Dream. But as history teaches us, no matter how much attribute to a person, it is improbable to please one’s
Growing so much with every class that I take especially ones where Dr. Winter was the professor. Dr. Winter is the reason I ended up staying at LR for all four years. Not only was he my professor but outside of class he was a friend and advisor whom wanted the best for me and did all he could to get the best out of me. Coming in to college I had never had experience with things such as painting on canvas or the use of Photoshop. Four years later I’m sitting in the art building working on my final series for Painting 3.