Drummer

day in May 1863 when “one thousand men strode with swaying steps and swinging flags through the streets of Boston and into glory.” Col. Shaw riding his horse with his back straighten and eyes firmly affixed towards their final resting place. The drummer boys tapping a marching cadence to the men, and the men’s voices “sang out their vow that John Brown’s body might be a-mould’ring in the grave,” they would carry on their shoulders the weight of millions of still enslaved individuals. In the…

Music has expanded many boundaries and presented many opportunities in my life. As part of an elite organization of student musicians on campus, I have found outlets for friendships, performances, and leadership. My contributions to Plano Percussion have given me a significant opportunity to inspire others to musical growth through the facilitation of ensembles, instruction of middle school drumline, and leadership of the Clark and Plano Senior High schools as drum captain. This opportunity…

internet. The use of social media and the media can easily diminish the true meaning of what is being said in the bible because it has become so mainstream. In the sermon I watched online, the end of the service was wrapped up with a full band of drummers, guitar players and singers preforming a hymn. The hymns and bible both originated as holy and sacred but are now being performed by a rock band. Wagner expresses the weird fascination that we can download a bible app on our Iphones and Ipads…

Few cities can claim the legacy of blues. There’s a generation of blues musicians that have brought their beautiful music to the Temecula Valley, attracted by the charm of the scene of a city domained by the wine culture, it seems like the pair goes very well hand in hand. The public is always eagered to hear vibrant guitar riffs and suspended harmonica chords. Missy Andersen at the Miramonte Winery on November 21st, 2015 was no exception. The large enclosed courtyard provided a festive ambiance…

Music is a part of everyone’s identity. Music makes people who they are. It creates a connection between individuals, whether it be by listening to the same music genres, if they played the same instruments, if they share a memory of listening to the same artist in concert, there are countless ways people can be connected through music. However, music does not only connect people to each other, but also to themselves. In Thomas Turino’s, “Habits of the Self, Identity and Culture,” we discover…

Every new school year is an opportunity to meet new people, grow myself as a person, and learn new things. Every new school year I discover more about myself and the big world. I appreciate the new teachers and the people that I meet. When we go to a new school, we often find out there are people who are different from us and that have opposite viewpoints. They are all unique in their own ways and so am I. When I was younger I found out that I am somewhat ambidextrous. I began playing baseball…

At the beginning of the year, Professor Fama told the Pre-Calculus class that our senior year would go by more quickly than any other year of our lives. I think now every member of the class of 2017 can attest to just how true this statement was. I know it sounds cliché, but it really does seem like just yesterday we were organizing homecoming, planning our senior trip, fund raising for our senior trip, finally going on our senior trip, decorating for prom, and enjoying our last Crusader Day, or…

Transcendentalism is a literary and philosophical movement based on the idea that a spiritual reality transcends the empirical and scientific. Due to it’s focuses on the ideals of nature, nonconformity, and individualism, it is also known as the Modern Renaissance which began in the early 1800’s and ended in the 1860’s. Transcendentalists were critics of their contemporary society because of its unconformity thinking and urged people to find their relation in the universe. Despite the fact that…

Concert Review Let it Snow! Let it Snow! – Cahn & Styne (arr. Alan Baylock) This was the opening song. It was played quite well by the Jazz ensemble. I think everything sounds better with the Jazz ensemble. The two solos played on the saxophone were very well transitioned into the song. Each instrument in this small band was heard. As if you could hear each part playing. The director began and ended the song with little direction. The band wore Christmas attire matching the theme of…

Coleman was so infuriated with the idea that he contemplated castration, something that Ake argues would have made no difference. In an interview by Valerie Wilmer, an anonymous male drummer explained his interpretation as to why musicians tend to have sexual relationships with audience members. He believes that, in some cases, the female is enthralled with the spirit of the music, but since she can’t have the music she has to have the…