Electric Light Orchestra

Katia Boose Mrs. Parrott AP Lang/Comp; Per. 2 8/9/17 Why I Love Bass Back in time when I was in the 4th grade, I picked up a violin for the very first time. That was the day I joined the elementary school orchestra, and learned how amazing it is to be able to play and create music. When I made it to the 8th grade, however, my instrument of choice changed from violin to bass, which did not particularly excite my mother. “You’re doing so well with violin,” she said, “why would you ever want to…

In his article “How we Listen to Music”, Aaron Copland (1988) states that music is listened to on three different planes. Copland describes them as the sensuous plane, the expressive plane, and the sheerly musical plane. The reasoning for listening to music for the pure rhythm and harmony is the sensuous plane. The sensuous plane is where “one turns on the radio while doing something else and absent mindedly is engendered by the mere sound and appeal of the music” (Copland). People who apply…

The songs tone color is very bright and warm. It gives off a light and airy feel that is upbeat, which makes you want to snap along to the well defined beat. It is shown about a miniature into the song when they sing “You’re grown, so grown” (Too-Rye-Ay). That part of the song really shows the tone color and how bright…

The topic I chose for my science fair project is: Which Saxophone Reeds are the Loudest? I chose this project because my cousin did this project a couple years ago and it inspired me to try for myself. I did not ever hear his final result about which reeds ended up being the loudest. I did hear some of the different materials and strengths of the reeds that he used and I chose more strengths of reeds than he did. There are three important facts about reeds. First, reeds can be altered as…

The lights dim, the orchestra begins to warm up, the rustling of paper can be heard, and then the curtain rises. The performance begins with an overture, a prelude to what will happen. Suddenly, the ballerina appears on stage. She is beautiful and the audience claps for her. At the end of the show, she receives flowers and massive amounts of applause. Every little girl in the audience wants to be the ballerina on stage that was just seen. How does a little girl fulfill her dream of becoming a…

Basant Panchami: Festival of Yellow color Sarvesh Goel – 1310110289 ABSTRACT: This research aims to discover the psychological effects of colors used in celebrating Basant Panchami. Basant Panchami is a popular Hindu festival dedicated to goddess Saraswati, who is the divinity of knowledge, art and music. This day falls on the fifth day of the Hindu month of Magh, which is also the first day of spring. Goddess Saraswari is generally shown seated on a white lotus, wearing a colorful silk sari…

It is the first day of school and sally looks at her schedule, and she sees that her first class is band class. So she then goes to her class and is asked what instrument she wants to play upon arrival. She wants to play something that looks cool and that has cool pieces in music; therefore, she looks at the drums, clarinets, flutes, and trumpets. As she believes that these instruments are the most important and coolest looking, because she has seen and heard them before in concerts. Even so, is…

Do I really want to do the violin as a career? Do I love the violin so much that I want to spend the rest of my life with it? These questions pondered in my mind as I looked out the window in my dad's car on the way to the Heifetz Summer Music Institute. Since I am 15 yrs old and going to college soon (time flies fast), I realized I really needed to think about what I might want to do as an adult. So during the summer, I went to Heifetz to spend time with other great string musicians and…

Trumpet The instrument I chose was the Trumpet and it is a brass instrument that is played in many symphony orchestras or bands. The trumpet is a musical instrument that has a very long history. The earliest trumpets date back to at least 1500 BC and they have been used as musical instruments since the 15th century. Silver and bronze trumpets were discovered in the grave of King Tut in Egypt, and other ancient versions of the instrument were found in China, South America, Scandinavia, and Asia.…

Programming repertoire for an ensemble is one of the most important aspects of one’s job as a conductor or director. Not only is this facet an important quality to have, but it is also a necessary staring point on the road to a wonderful performance. In this rationale, we will elaborate on a hypothetical approach to this necessary process with an imaginary high school group. General Context The imaginary group, called the Applevalley High School Symphonic Wind Band, is an ensemble of around…