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In Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, it starts with a narrator looking through the local newspaper to find a personal advertisement that interests him, yet also frustrates him. The advertisement states that a teacher is looking for a student that is interested in saving the world, the narrator is frustrated because most of his young adult life he has been in search of such a teacher and it bothers him that one is finally looking for him. At first he is almost positive that this advertisement is phony,…

Vocal and singing breathing exercises hold the key to effective sound quality and proper pitching, along with developing the correct singing posture. When we breathe, we tend to take in air and release it in a burst, as quickly as possible. This holds true for 99% people but singing requires you to breathe in a different manner. As you move up the learning curve, you will also begin understanding how important it is to control your breath especially while singing soprano or tenor. Proper…

RaeLynn and Nicolle Galyon rapping about The Voice. Cuts include: Automatic by Miranda Lambert, We Were Us by Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert, and Learned It From The Radio by Thomas Rhett. Favorite line written: How to say it all just using three chords and when to run when you're young and when to come back home. ( I learned it from the radio by Thomas Rhett) joshJosh Osborne: Cuts include: Merry Go Round by Kacey Musgraves, Sangria by Blake Shelton, and Leave The Night On by Sam Hunt.…

*Walk out holding apple* *Take a bite of apple* Did you know you are 34.7% more likely to choke on an apple than any other fruit? And that Julius Caesar actually banned apples because he thought they were making his people sick? Or, would it surprise you to learn that none of those "facts" are true? As Mark Twain once said, "There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Perhaps some of you were convinced by the precise statistic I provided, or assumed that a student…

“No Place Like London,” Act 1, scene 1 from Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim The orchestra enters with a full and resonant timbre, sounding the melodic theme “No place like London,” twice. The second echo ends on a peculiar chord, unresolved. The first soloist’s timbre is bright, energetic and full of hope, in contrast to the second soloist’s timbre that is dark. As the second soloist enters the music changes, the key shifting from major to minor. The second soloist sings in a lower register…

My daily trips to the school to the school were rewarded with greetings of fourteen gleaming students, dancing and playing air guitar. Sprinting uphill to meet them, I replied with my best Hendrix impression. After the children mastered a few basic chords, we assembled our band rapidly.…

The NFL Versus The Brain Throughout the United States the issue with children most prominently found is childhood obesity and the terrifying results of poor eating and exercise habits. Thanks to recent scientific studies the results of playing football, especially in the NFL, has shown the damage caused by head-to-head contact resulting in multiple concussions and even CTE, or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. This all starts in peewee or pop warner football throughout the United States. These…

It is sunny out as I sit in the driver's seat, happy to be excused from school. The air conditioning blows heavily as I gaze out the window in anticipation when, finally, the person I'm awaiting comes into view. As she approaches, my father turns and asks me, “Are you ready.” “Absolutely,” I respond with certainty. At that moment, I was thinking it was only a matter of minutes before I was a licensed driver. My dad steps out of the car as the test lady converses with him outside, while I sit…

during class. The second movement changes from D major into D minor and with the cello and violin playing the melody together and the piano in the background. In the middle of Andantino piu tosto allegretto, the second movement, there was a dissonant chord played by the piano. The third movement was very playful and had a little bit of everything from the earlier movements. The piece was one of his earlier trios written in 1790, 19 years before his death (IMSLP). Overall the piece featured…

‘The confession’ is the last track of the album ‘Eli and the Thirteenth Confession’, released in 1968 when Laura Nyro was 21. (Perone, James E, 2012) Unfortunately, the songs she wrote in this album became hits for the others, (e.g. ‘Stone Soul Picnic’ by The Fifth Dimension and ‘Eli's Coming’ by three dog night) yet this fact shows her powerful songwriting skill. As the title of the song ‘The confession’ indicates, she wrote very honest lyrics about her passion, towards both spiritual and…