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I have been playing piano for eight years. In those eight years, I have taken piano from three different teachers. My first teacher taught me how to read basic music and helped me grow my interest in piano. However, she was always getting sick and having to cancel my lessons and when I did have a lesson she would complain about how she was feeling bad. I finally had enough of this and decided the best thing to do would be to find another piano teacher. My second teacher was very strict and…

Nebraska Alexander Payne’s Nebraska is a perfect representation of the process of aging. Following the Grant family on their journey from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska as they venture out on a journey to claim a million-dollar prize is both entertaining and eye-opening. The movie perfectly reflects various theories of adult development in the interactions between characters, including Woodrow (Woody), Kate, Ross, and David Grant. Such theories as ageism, the physical changes due to…

Having the pleasure to enjoy the wonderful Tampa Museum of Art was the enlightening of the week. I had the opportunity to join a tour, and get the information behind each artwork. By knowing that information it gave me understanding of most of the artwork. Each portrait I observed had many views of the art. Each artist and photographer gave a different concept, and meaning behind the picture. Through the tour I adored collectively all the visual art. There were many that caught my eye. From…

Beyoncé Knowles Y a.k.a. Bey; Notorious pop sensation; 35 years old ou were born and raised in Houston, Texas. You have had an affinity for singing and performing since a young age, competing in, and often winning, local talent shows. Your parents, Celestine "Tina" Knowles, a hairdresser and salon owner of Creole descent, and Mathew Knowles, a Xerox sales manager of African descent, were extraordinarily supportive of your aspirations, so much so that in 1995 your father resigned from his job as…

Today’s modern society is ever changing, and modern technology has fast tracked social change. This has impacted the creation of music, and art which continues to push what’s socially acceptable. With the waves that are created from pushing social norms artists have been subjected to censorship of what is believed to be unacceptable material. Censorship has prevented potentially great art from never being allowed to be shown to society for the safety of the citizens. It’s important that artists…

knew she would end up in Music Therapy It is extremely difficult for most people make decisions such as: what to major, if go to college at all and other important decisions for the future. Maybe the answer comes in the form of an event or an experience. For some other people you do what you were taught, like for example the daughter of a choral conductor might end up being a soprano. Surprisingly, none of these were the deciding point for Sarah Weibel. For this young Music Therapy student…

for his astounding musical skills. He showed his ardency for music from childhood and even at an extremely puerile age and went on to he decided to become a music composer. He was a master of orchestral, opera, choral and piano music. It was practically instinct for him to go along with music all his life since he was brought up in a family packed with musicians. Barber’s works acknowledge his love for poetry and his deep erudition of music in countless aspects of his life. He had an astonishing…

Jazz dance is often styled in parallel to the musical and cultural taste of the time providing it with its ever changing variations and influences throughout the decades especially the fifties and sixties. Jazz dance went from shallow imitations with Hindu/oriental inspiration to social dances that started in the African American community such as the jerk,locomotion, the Monkey and more. Gus Giordano, founder/director of the critically acclaimed Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, author,…

Music was the connection between his suffering and salvation. Sonny pours his life into his music. When he played he released his suffering in his music. The new type of jazz that Sonny played was a freeform jazz that allowed the artists to express themselves. The narrator described Sonny while he played the piano at the club…

Using Music to Bridge the Gap Using music to bridge a learning gap is absolutely possible. It is scientifically proven that music, especially making music, helps bridge the learning gap in young students. Using scientific methods studies have been carried out which showed after just two years of musical instruction the brains of young students learned language skills in ways that music improved. Using neural probes proof was seen that the musical instruction changed young students brains in…