Flute

Fact VS. Fiction Movies are created to be enjoyed. Some pay tribute to famous people throughout history, while others are merely used for our amusement. Some movies about a particular person contain nothing but the truth about that person’s life. Others contain some truths while the rest is left up to the writer to fill in, to keep the movie from being too boring. Because movies are for our entertainment and not necessarily to tell us the truth, (that’s what a documentary is for) I can see why…

center or “stable” key. Both pieces contain complex rhythms, and the scoring of instruments is thin. Both require a virtuoso player, because of the technical requirement to play the music and the range of the music. For example, in Boulez’s piece, the flute part contains multiple leaps, extended range, a plethora of accidentals, and difficult rhythms. Babbitt’s piece display similar technical challenges that Boulez’s piece does, but for soprano and piano/tape. My current musical understanding is…

Bethune’s Symphonic Band. The first band I will be reviewing is The Homestead High School Concert Band, conducted by John Weir. The tempo was fast at around 140 beats per minute. There was not good balance at bars 19-23 because the clarinets and flutes were too loud and it was a bit hard to hear the saxophones and lower brass. In that same measure, the alto saxophones were not precise with the accents and there was no space between notes. The balance between the instruments was okay…

His success led to an opera company in Prague to commission Don Giovanni, who was a triumph in Prague. He was delighted to receive a commission from a Viennese theater for a German opera. Two months before he died, The Magic Flute was premiered to resounding praise in Vienna (Kamien, 212). The quality of Mozart’s music is surely at the heart of its timeless and universal appeal. It gives voice to something at once deeply human and impossible sublime. In addition to the staggering…

track’s almost abrupt and invasive opening is a clever trick to tie the narrative of the busy and chaotic day becoming the calmer and much more somber night. Cecil’s endearing yet, dangerously uneasy sounds replicated and accented by the piano and flutes and bells in the background, and among the almost wild-racing pace of the tempo towards the midpoint of the track, Cecil never manages to overwhelm the listener. He or she is instead immersed in the bursting color pallet of yellows, reds and…

100 in G Major “Military” the most. In the first movement, the violins start with a sweet melody while the bassoons accompany them. After a few more lines, the movement passes a new melody to the flutes, answered again by the violins. Once the ensemble is in unison, Haydn creates perfect openings for soloists. The second movement opened up a new world for listeners and composers around the world. Instruments that were only used in operas such as…

young child, his mom told him of the life his father had before. She told him that Unoka does have addictions till’ this dat, however, when he was younger he was a very humble person. Unoka loved to play the flute all day and all night. He would go around town and play the beautiful sound of the flute and teach people how to play the lovely melodies he would always play around his village. Unoka loved the good hire and the good fellowship and would just help others. However, that was years ago,…

Athena is one of the many Greek Goddess's. She is the goddess of wisdom, war, patriotism, good citizenship, skill Athena is known most specifically for her strategic skill in warfare. Athena is the Protector of Athens. She taught cooking, sewing and weaving to the women and agriculture and metallurgy to the men. She had many siblings, but about 5 times as many half-siblings. These half-siblings were a result of Zeus' many affairs with his Her various names are: Anemotis ("protector of the…

“I’ll be Froggy and you can be Ballie,” my best friend, Jillian Creighton told me. Six years ago, the two of us had sat in her living room, holding two items. Eight-year-old Jillian was holding an oven mitt that looked like a frog, and I was holding a colorful beach ball. We began to film ourselves, creating movies together: “The Adventures of Froggy and Ballie!” To this day, we still talk about these silly videos. Jillian and I have been best friends since the second grade, and share many fun…

Marching band has taught me not only to work hard, but to also be a better person. These life skills will help me develop even more through my years at Mercyhurst University. I want to continue to play my flute and piccolo into college because the Spartan Marching Band has given me the drive to do so. Mercyhurst has always had a pep band, but this year is the first year that they’ve had a traditional marching band. Because Mercyhurst University has just started…