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    Robin Williams Influence

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    Williams father worked as a superior decision at Ford Motor Company while, William's mother had been a one time model. Williams was raised in Episcopal Church, while Robin’s mother accomplished Christian Science. Williams grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and he was a student at the Detroit Country Day School. Robin was bullied poorly throughout his childhood for being fat. Robin beat his overweight problem by joining in wrestling and track. Robin realised that he could make the other kids laugh, and as a way of gaining respect from them. Williams illustrated himself as a very quiet boy. Robin did not control his shyness until he got involved with his high school drama department. Robin Williams had a taste for acting from a young age and won a full scholarship to attend Juilliard School in New York City. Williams was one of the only 20 students received into the Juilliard School in 1973, and one of the only two students to be accepted by the famous actor John Houseman into the Advanced Program that year. Christopher Reeve and William Hurt were his classmates. In 1976 Robin Williams had left Juilliard School. Robin Williams study acting in his Juilliard School. He practiced stand-up in his free time and he quickly noticed, after taking advice from a friend of his, that comedy rather than acting was his best way forward. During the 1970s, Robin started his career by performing stand up comedy shows. Williams was noticed by the TV producer George Schlatter…

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    Nathaniel is a 58 year-old single African American homeless man who suffers from a mental illness that lives in the city of Los Angeles. Nathaniel began experiencing delusions, hallucination, and hearing voices when he was a young boy. When Nathanial was approximetly13 years old he had his first hallucination, in which he saw a car that was on fire and that it was driving away. Nathanial’s mental illness has progressed as he has become older. Nathaniel’s first mental breakdown occured while he…

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    The Soloist Analysis

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    The Soloist, directed by Joe Wright, tells the anecdote of an unlikely bond formed between two men of divergent backgrounds. One of the main characters, Steve Lopez, was a divorced middle aged man working as a journalist, for his ex-wife Mary, at the L.A Times. Lopez experienced a biking accident which made him reflect upon his life while hospitalized. He began to search for his true passion as he lost interest in journalism. One day, Lopez encounters Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless man who taught…

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    Dance Autobiography Essay

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    When I was young, I was always up on my feet and moving. No matter the activity I was involved in or what hobby I took interest in, I would find a way to choreograph little routines and show them to my friends and family. My parents tried to put me in sports, I would do cartwheels and dance on the playing fields, completely oblivious to what was going on during the games. In 5th grade, I was put into my first dance class as a hobby. This happened all because I watched the Disney Channel movie…

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    do as an adult. So during the summer, I went to Heifetz to spend time with other great string musicians and teachers, practice a lot of violin, and really understand what path I should take. When I arrived at Heifetz Summer Institute, I realized something: I'm going to be away from my family for six weeks! This realization made me feel unsettled, but I knew I needed to come and seek a glimpse of my promise as a violinist. I went to the rather bare-bone dorm, and met a handful of string…

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    It is with great pleasure that I write in support of Dr. Qing Jiang for consideration for The Samuel L. Williams Endowed Professorship in Music. Dr. Jiang is a very worthy candidate for the award, having distinguished herself amongst Department of Music junior faculty by her impressive record of national and international concert appearances, and by her exceptional teaching of piano and chamber music. Dr. Jiang’s CV details her diverse career as a soloist, chamber musician, and…

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    Life After College

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    use of respectable names such as “Harvard University”, “Juilliard”, “NYU”, and others to generate interest and hyperbolize their claims. For example, “Students who attended arts schools appeared to be struggling more than their peers. Former students at Juilliard are making a median of $30,100,” the authors use…

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    We all want to be in a relationship and go to college, but sometimes they both don’t reach our wants and needs. N.b Grace illustrates how we can make this work in a book called High School Musical 3: Senior Year. She describes in the book of how Troy and Gabriella have to cope with not being together as they go off to college. We all know how it is to have a worry in the back of our head, and that was Troy and Gabriella's worry. It was like that for them thinking about their future lives and…

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    Myra Brooks In-Turner

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    Myra Brooks Turner passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Parkwest Hospital surrounded by her family. Myra Brooks-Turner is an educator, an award-winning composer, professional pianist and freelance writer. Having started musical training at The Juilliard School in New York City at age twelve, she holds bachelors and masters honors degrees with piano, theory and composition from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. A professional composer and musical director in Dallas, Myra…

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    Isolation In The Soloist

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    Steve works as a journalist for Los Angeles Times to write articles about “real stories by real people”. One day, he was strolling through a park and heard Nathaniel playing violin. To his surprise, Nathaniel only plays violin with two strings, as he couldn’t afford to get new strings. Nathaniel revealed to Steve that he had gone to Juilliard which made Steve curious of how someone like Nathaniel ended up homeless; Steve knew that Nathaniel’s story would be a big hit. Steve wrote about Nathaniel…

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