Kasey Chambers

you know my first mate’s real name,” the Captain continued. “Most would simply refer to him as ‘The Strategist.’” ‘Cedric’ was hardly Caelan’s real name, but the statement was one she wouldn’t answer easily. She changed the subject. “And here I thought that if you actually caught me, you’d kill me on sight. How moralistic of you, Captain.” “Merely pestering my prey before the kill,” was his smirking reply. His steps were unhurried and leisure as though striding towards a meek slave girl, not an assassin known for her minute reflexes and quick temper. A grave, condescending move that Orlana did not easily forgive. Short and stocky in stature, she did not give him the satisfaction of using his dominant height against her. Her fine-set glare was teeming with unsuppressed animosity, but Blackblaze clearly found her attempt amusing. That Godsforsaken smirk widened. Her blades itched to cut his throat out. A single swipe was all it took and Captain Blackblaze, the Eastern Pirate Lord would be drowning his own blood. Vaguely she wondered where Daeth would take his spirit into the Netherworld. Probably nowhere good. The idea was pleasing, but if she struck, her life might as well be forfeit. There were too many pirates for her to fight through on her own. Even if she used the Captain as a hostage, she wouldn’t have enough time. “Obviously, you didn’t know I bought this place the last time Malcrove and I struck a deal,” Captain Blackblaze drawled pretentiously. “A deadly mistake…

“For friends that come together to reach for better,” could be a slogan for many positive products on the market. Would you ever guess it to be for a beer, such as Michelob Ultra? Michelob was originally an all malt beer when it was first brewed in 1896. However, for the first time, Michelob Ultra will also be brewed with 100 percent malt for a complex flavor while still being a “superior light beer,” according to www.anheuser-busch.com. Michelob Ultras unique ad and commercial both attempt to…

but then, Sycorax in Caliban turned into … humans. Joey was so surprised, that he tripped. They had a long talk about what just happened. Suddenly Sycorax started feeling sick and started going crazy. She started feeling worse and worse, so Joey and Caliban needed to leave her behind. So on the went to reach their destination. After two days they have reached Diamond city. They first rested a while and then they went asking around, no success. Until there was a guy that said that they should ask…

The lady that composed this piece is actually the mother of the woman that was playing violin. I thought this was very cool and you could tell that this piece meant a lot to her. This piece is from the modern era as it was wrote in 2012. The piece itself was written to represent the landscape of Wallah Wallah, Washington. This was the place of a musical festival that she and her husband had founded. The landscape was supposed to be beautiful fields filled with golden grasses. The piece used…

Charles Ives is one of the famous American Modernist composers. He was born in 1874 and he composed many compositions until he died in 1954. He was born in Connecticut as a son of Army bandmaster. He began to compose at 12 and he became an Organist at 14. Although he was not famous during his lifetime, he is very well-known as his unique compositional styles. His compositional style combines American popular and church music tradition. The Church music traditions of his youth with European and…

In 1839, Breitkopf & Härtel published Robert Schumann’s Fantasie in C major, Op. 17. Schumann conceived the piece in early 1836. The first iteration of Op. 17 was a one movement piece titled Ruines. Ruines was Schumann’s cathartic expression of the fatigue of separation from his love, Clara Wieck. After several alterations of the piece--in the effort to raise funds for a monument to Beethoven--Schumann expanded Ruines to three movements, mulled over a series of titles, and ultimately settled on…

3.3 Piano Figuration 3.3.1 Use of Percussive Figuration Prokofiev first used percussive figuration in Sarcasms Op. 17 and Toccata Op. 11 written in the same year. At the beginning of Sarcasms, the Tempestoso is depicted by the percussive introduction. The harsh percussive sound in the interval of the augmented fourth is not only reinforced by ff, but also projects an intense emotion. The dynamic contrast in the first four measures further heightens the intensity. Ex. 3.9 Sarcasms Op. 17 No. 1…

“I have never drawn a distinction between music for films and for operas or concerts” –– Erich Wolfgang Korngold Many conclude that Korngold was born in the wrong era. Instead of his romantic concepts excelling, his ideals and concepts were overshadowed not only by the vogue of the Second Viennese school composers: Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern, he was also amidst an era of chaos, including the happenings of the first World War. In addition, the rise of Nazism turned his move to…

Pianist and composer, Cecile Chaminade is the only female composer represented in the Flute Music by French Composers collection, and is one the early emerging female composers of this era, though not very well known. Born in Paris in 1857, “Chaminade received her earliest instruction from her mother, a pianist and singer” (Citron). With both parents amateur musicians, Chaminade was showed early talent, with her earliest compositions date to the mid-1860s. Her father did not want her to attend…

On Friday, November 25, 2016, at 8pm, I attended the Mozart and Brahms’ concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall’s Los Angeles Philharmonic in Los Angeles, California. This was a very nice venue with a mixed crowd. They offered a student rush discount ticket which was amazing because they were pretty good seats for $10. The concert was held on “casual Friday.” People were still a little over dressed for being a casual night. As soon as I walked into the concert hall, I noticed an organ straight…