It's hard to stay optimistic in a Challenge, sometimes you want to give up and quit. But in the end you have to stay with it. Whether it be getting a new job, starting college, learning to drive, working in a group you don't want to be in ,and even playing a new instrument. You have to try your hardest to stay together and keep going for your friends, family, and for yourself. One of the hardest challenges for me was switching instruments the end of the eighth grade year for the marching band that
I spent a whole weekend with the founding father of jazz, LOUIS ARMSTRONG! Well, not Louis Armstrong himself but whenever I speak about or describe Cameron, their characteristics are quite similar. Cameron was different. He was unique in a sense. He has a presence that is undeniable, though often not understood by most. Not only is he the smartest person I had ever met, Cameron exuberates kindness, compassion, and warm-heartiness. Unfortunately, many people do not see Cameron as I do or know what
Music 201 OL1 29 September 2016 Research Instrument Assignment Favorite Instrument: French Horn History and/or Manufacturers: 1. Eco Jazz.com; The French Horn History 2. Inventors.about.com; History of The French Horn The French Horn is a marvelous and unique instrument. The structure of this brass instrument itself also has a history of its own. The modern French horn was an invention based on early hunting horns, which hunters used to signal companions across great distances. In 1753, the unique structure
There were many musical elements heard throughout these pieces and it was interesting to hear how they varied in each song and suite. In Intermezzo, it began with a quieter violin solo melody creating a monophonic texture. Soon after, it became accompanied by the other violins and cellos, then the full ensemble came in creating a moderate, flowing melody at about mezzo forte and switching to a polyphonic texture. Next, there was a harp solo at forte with many crescendos and decrescendos. The full
Somalia Famous Locations Mogadishu: Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia and is the largest city in the country. Visitors can visit the Bakara market to buy food and merchandise for cheap. The Old City part contains beautiful architecture, but is now closed due to warlords. Laas Gaal Cave Paintings: This complex cave system contains ancient paintings dating 5,000 to 11,000 year ago. Hargeisa: Hargeisa is the capital of the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland. The city has an expansive market
Somalia was just one of the many African countries taken control of through imperialism. Great Britain was the first to take over, soon followed by Italy. For years, Somalia faced challenges of no formal government, malnutrition, and poor sanitation. The European imperial powers saw the desperate need that Somalia was in, and attempted to help cure their informality. But, like all other imperial powers, they take more than they give and don’t always benefit the less fortunate country. Before imperialism
Great ideas and innovations don’t appear out of nowhere, it takes time, dedication and most of all hard work. There are two great man made things that took much hard work from many different people to build, things like that which were built years ago is still a mystery to people nowadays. These two man made things are the Moai on Easter Island and the Panama Canal. Both of them took much dedication and also are marvels to people even today however, differ in many ways as well, an example of witch
Helen Oyeyemi’s The Icarus Girl engages with many questions within the diasporic dialogue and the writer asserts the position she takes with all issues she deals with. She, like many, sees that there are many things pulling apart the ideas of Englishness and Nigerian-ness but at the same time, there are things that fuse them together in people that live both those identities at the same time. Jess is the person she uses to establish this unsteady union and at the end, this young girl who begins her
“Alright, you guys have run the course before. You 've all trained hard throughout the whole month for this. For many of you, this will be your last race this season, so make it count!” Coach Guzmán announced during a whole team huddle behind the Sports Pavilion and next to the track at Tustin High School. This was the day before the race, the Empire League Finals, which determines which schools will move on to the CIF Southern Section Preliminaries, the Cross Country equivalent of the quarterfinals
Separate from Somalia, Somaliland was known by as the British Somaliland Protectorate received unrecognized freedom May 18th, 1991. Somalia known as Italian Somalia its colonial name, received independence July 1st, 1960. Located in the Located in the Horn of Africa, Somalia suffers from an unsuccessful government, food crisis, disease, piracy, and recurrent external intervention of attempt at help such as the UN creating a navy in attempts to stop pirates. These factors combined have ultimately classified
concert included trombone, trumpet, French horns, and tuba, and etc. to keep the audience at alert and interested. The concert began with a song called, “Fanfare for Such a Time as This”, which is by David Holsinger. The song contained many different kinds of instruments which included the trumpet, French horns, baritone, tuba, tympani, snare drum, as well as a bass drum. The instrument that stood out the most to me in this song were the French horns, they made the song stand out and made it more
taught five students, two trumpets, two French horns, and one baritone. I worked very hard with these students who didn’t know their scales, how their solos went, or what to expect out of an audition. In that week I helped them memorize their scales, I worked very hard on their solos and I held little mock auditions with them. After a week of hard work, three of my kids made district in some way. My baritone student made the band, one of my French horns made an alternate seat, and one of my trumpets
music had the inscription, “Lovingly and reverently dedicated to the memory of Edvard Grieg.” Additionally, the tune was in memory of other Irish childhood friends in Australia. When the melody was played the second time, more instruments, like the horns, trombones, and woodwind instruments,
This movie is a Broadway musical set in the Antiquity period in Judea (Roman province), about the conflict between Jesus and Judas, a week before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ by the Roman Empire, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. In the making of this movie there wasn’t a great need for Biblical accuracy, the film was actually a comparison to the original Broadway musical so that it wouldn’t offend the Christian religion. It does show the relationship between the savior and his rebellious
2 clarinets in A, 2 clarinets in B-flat, 2 clarinets in C, 2 bassoons, 2 Horns (1 and 2) in D and B-flat, 2 Horns (3 and 4) in B-flat (bass), B-flat and E-flat, 2 Trumpets in D and B-flat, 3 Trombones (alto, tenor, and bass; second and fourth movements only), violins I, II, viola, cello and double bass. Beethoven included the piccolo, contrabassoon, bass drum, triangle, cymbals, soprano solo, alto solo, tenor solo, baritone solo and soprano, alto, tenor and bass (SATB) choir
On Thursday, February 23rd at 7 pm I attended the Department of Music Winter Concert that took place in Ogden.I got to experience a variety of selections that were played by both the Concert Band and the Symphonic Winds. I learned how instruments that differ from each other are able to connect in a way to make beautiful music. This musical event connection with humanities would have to do with creation, experience, and skill. All of those factors is something that was needed whether it was with certain
bass clarinet and the regular clarinet, and three main different types of saxophones, the alto saxophone, the tenor saxophone, and the Bari saxophone. The next category of instruments is the low brass, this consists of trumpets, french horn, trombones, baritone, and tuba. There is also the string category which consists of anything with strings. Each of these instruments work a different way. A saxophone and a clarinet work almost identically, you vibrate the reed which also vibrates the instrument
Almost all the competitive marching bands have done away to trombone for safety reasons, intonation, and drill work. I had to adapt and learn how to play the new instrument. Since I was able to pick the horn up and figure it out quickly, I soon became able to teach the other three players in my section how the valves corresponded with what we knew with slide positions. The summer was merely putting two and two together. As the season went on we were able
status in the R&B community. The Dells were formed in 1953 in southern suburbs of Chicago, specifically the town of Harvey, Illinois, where all the members attended the same high school together. The original lineup of the group featured lead baritone
Oranienbaum. The environment he grew up affects him greatly in his future as an influential musician. His was quite familiar to Russian operas because of his father, Feodor, who worked at the Imperial Opera House, as a famous and well-known bass-baritones during those days. His parents decided to let him to continue his studies in the law’s field at the University of St. Petersburg, but he actually pursued advanced studies in music. At the age of 28, Serge Diaghilev, an impresario attracted by Stravinsky’s