Cello

From the early age, I had always dreamt my future as being a writer, a singer, a nurse and many other careers that a little girl would dream of. What was not expected was that I would gain an interest in studying medicine to become a doctor. Neither did a life changing event had occurred to me as to prompt my choice of studying medicine. Before applying, I had thought very long and hard and used all my knowledge I could absorb from the medical field to make a final decision that I do want to…

“Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence” -Colin Powell. I will never forget when I was awarded one of the two “Most Outstanding Musician” awards when I was a 7th grader at Neil Armstrong Middle School. It was the second week of school when we first met the string orchestra teacher; no one gave her a schedule. Her curly ginger hair, piercings, and her tattoos made her look kind of “intimidating”, but she was a very fun and…

Chills coursed throughout my body when Eliza Rickman began singing. Her voice sounded even better in real life than it did recorded. I was astounded, bathed in the music, my throat clenching as I tried not to cry. Not only could she reach every note, but she sounded even more eerily haunting than I had dared to imagine. Her strange assortment of instruments was foreign to me, she had an antique toy piano, bells and even an accordion. Adam Joseph, writer for Monterey County Now, reported that…

Claude Debussy, born August 22 1862and died at the age of 56 on the 25th of March 1918. He was born in France and is known as a very influential composer of the 19th century going into the 20th century. Debussy started piano lessons when he was 7 and at age 10 he left to go study many musically related things such as: music history, harmony, and composition. Debussy was considered to change music in such a way that no one had ever heard of. He did this through the development of dissonances…

role, but she is also watching how Troy's friendship with Gabriella is completely changing all the establish cliques. People are mingling between cliques and admitting hobbies that were previously kept secret: brainiacs who dance, skaters to play the cello, jocks who bake. In a desperate attempt to save both her show and her school, she and Ryan convince Ms. Darbus to change to callback date to Friday, the same day as both the basketball championship game and the decathlon. She and Ryan complete…

The Renaissance Period which occurred between roughly 1400-1600 has influenced the modern world’s music through Renaissance composers such as Giovanni Gabrieli whose use of dynamics has helped shape music theory taught today. The Renaissance was a time of dramatic development in literature, music, art and science which ties in with the name of the period (Renaissance), as the meaning of it is “rebirth”, thus showcasing the era to be a time of growth. Music became increasingly popular with the…

During the many Recitatives I believe there was a use of a harpsichord, however, I could not make out a cello to make up the Basso Continuo. I also noticed that the orchestra expressed the many movements of the people or the mice by plucking the stringed instruments or even by the use of the brass section for the movements of Don Magnifico. At one point, a…

considerations of: why do I run and how to start my story. Today was the ideal fall day! The grass is green, the sun is shinning and the trees are singing their tunes of fall. The wind is moving nimbly through the leaves like a bow coasting over a cello and the sound is warm and profound mirroring the brilliant light from above! It becomes louder and louder until it's totally quiet. I can't turn away from it, in light of the fact that it has caught my spirit! I take this minute to ponder how I…

This story is centered on a man’s addiction to drugs. Beethoven starts his symphony with his famed theme, fate knocking. This is the initial intake of the drug. Fate is knocking, but the man tries to ignore it. It then comes back softer at first. It begins increasing gradually. This is him steadily becoming addicted. It then explodes with volume. This is his addiction screaming at him, commanding him to come take more. He ends up taking more witch again gradually pulls him in deeper. This time…

In order to get a better insight into who I am and what I do, there are a few things that I find important to me, and a few other reasons as to why I am applying for this grant. The main one of which, is volunteering. I not only find volunteering fun, but I have had a variety of experiences, from volunteering for a large for-profit or non-profit organization, or for local purposes which has expanded my view of volunteering. I was in a variety of clubs in high school as well, from academic, to…