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The administration, and myself understand the importance of music in schools, including the long-term benefits in the classroom. For example, it is proven that students who play a musical instrument perform better in math and science on standardized testing. But, our major goal is to give students the opportunity to attend college, and have some type of scholarship to help alleviate the ever-rising cost of college expenses, and music/band is an avenue towards making that happen. Roughly about 2%…

The piece that I have chosen is “Country Gardens”, written by Percy Grainger. This piece was his first piano arrangement of the English Morris dance tune “Country Gardens.” It became extremely popular and his greatest commercial success, later this piece became one of his least favorite pieces as he was asked to play it so often. A remark that was included in the early publication was: “Rough sketched for 2 whistlers and a few instruments about 1908.” In another edition he writes: “In some…

many negative negative feelings towards music and those who do it as a profession. Some of these feelings include “that being a drummer might be all right for other people but not for my brother Sonny” and “it’s not going to be funny when you have to make your living at [being a musician]” (Baldwin 134). Near the end of the story, the narrator's view begins to change. Before Sonny plays, the narrator analysis what he knows about musi,. “All I know about music is that not many people hear it.…

Art can serve many purposes in life. It can be a hobby or form of therapy and self-expression for the artist themselves. It can be used simply as decoration. Or it can be used to entertain and captivate and audience. However, more importantly, art can be used to convey a message that words cannot. Artists can use paintings, photography and sculptures to make a statement that would be inexpressible through vocabulary. Meek is an artist from Australia that paints graffiti illegally on buildings…

made many types of music that a lot of people were inspired by. Ives combined church-music traditions with European art music, and was among the first composers to engage of experimental music. Charles Ives had a rough childhood. Ives was born on October 20, 1874 in Danbury, Connecticut. His mother was Mary Parmelee and his father was Joseph Moss Ives. His father died suddenly of a stroke. Although Ives was emotionally broken, he still had a very successful career in music. Ives went to Yale…

Madonna is playing. Journey is playing. Katy Perry is playing. For once, no one is talking. Everyone is focused on their devices. It is Monday. You leave class, you come back the next day. Madonna is playing. It is still Monday. Your list of music Monday topics is stretching on to infinity. It has been Monday for so long. Journey is still playing. Theme essays, Miss. Hintze calls from the front of the room. She says you can do it on whatever theme you want, but you know what she wants. Six…

They danced with the music, and the way that they moved their bodies were so smooth. It took a lot of practice to be able to dance like that. And the way that they dressed, it reminds me of Michael Jackson and his dancers about a long time ago. Their dance moves were fabulous…

instrument produce beautiful, flawless music? It takes a great deal of natural talent, training, and long hours of practice to play that way. Much of the professional life of a musician revolves around practicing, rehearsing, performing, and sometimes recording. Practice (often for 4 or 5 hours a day) is a central aspect of a musician’s life. Without practice, musicians’ performances and recordings would not be successful, and no one would want to buy their music or pay money to hear them…

Music of Slaves duroing the 1400’s, displayed a sense of strength and unity. This included drums and banjos, as well as the use of a balafo -whichj is a type of xylophone. Slave music as described by slave masters was used for may different reasons, such as celebrations/religious ceremonies. In reviewing the Middle Passgae, the documenatrt provided an overview on the captivity of African people, which were turned into slaves. African people were packed like sardines in decks across the Atlantci…

In the current political climate, the arts have not been deemed as important by our country’s leaders, and they have even threatened to cut funding. Many schools have cut funding for the arts; eliminating music, art, and drama programs. This metaphor can be used to explain why funding and education in the arts are so important. It explains in beautiful poetic language the way that the arts fuel the soul. In this day and age where humans are more absorbed…