Music education

My grandson asked me to tell him a story about myself, so I recounted my early days when I met the great Jacques Arcadelt. It was many years ago in the mid 1530's. I had snuck into a party hosted by the Medici family. I heard beautiful music and wanted to see the performers first hand. Plus, they always have the best wine. The Medici family has been in power in Florence for so long, people know of no other rulers here. Even though they still followed a monarchical structure and often ruled…

There is a bronze sculpture that sits inside the Philadelphia Museum of Art Like several other pieces inside the museum, it rests atop an extravagant block of limestone, guarded by trained personnel, under the watch of state of the art cameras. This bronze sculpture depicts a woman’s round bosom with her head vainly looking off to the side admiring her beauty. As beautiful as this simplistic sculpture may be, for several years it was the center of art critique for its strong resemblance to a…

talents were beyond emulation. He restricted to the beauty and evenness of song. He wrote mostly solo piano. He gained and has maintained renown worldwide as on of the leading musicians of his era. Chopin's parents sent him to the Warsaw Conservatory of Music and he studied with Elsner for three years. However, his parents eventually sent him to Vienna because they thought he needed a broader musical experience. After few years, he performed all over the world. Finally, he settled down in Paris…

This assignment include a comparison between a folk song and a pop song, both of them are part of beautiful and attractive music. From this assignment I feel like become closer to both of these two styles. First, when I listen to a folk song, I feel like listening a story. A story from long ago, with a group of people. The "group" could be as particular as a family, or a nation. Then, when I listen to a pop song, I feel more emotion in it than the history. My folk song is “Czechoslovakia Hey Ho…

theatre, and rap sounds like a horrible combination. A combination that a history teacher might use to make their students more enthusiastic about their class. This is what came to mind when I heard of Hamilton for the first time. After hearing the music and later watching the show, however, it became apparent that Hamilton was successful in blending these elements into the wildy popular musical that it is now. It started when Lin-Manuel Miranda decided to read Ron Chernow’s biography Alexander…

It was a beautiful church. Stacked with rows of pews. The old woodworking of each bench with red velvet covering each row. The old worn look of many followers sitting and kneeling. The stained worn wood in front where their hands laid to pray. Windows fill with stained glass to allow the beam of light from the sun to shine through. I could see the speckled particles of dust shining like the light at the end of a tunnel. In front of me was a platform with a podium built of beautiful wood. The…

performance, I noticed that the performers were not dressed like normal musicians that I have watched before. They were wearing boots with spikes, sun glasses, and some even had colored streaks in their hair. They are performing very fast paced classical music. The Main musician in this performance is Nigel Kennedy. Nigel is a British Violinist, who is known for being on the the best violinist in the world. He also does not look like the normal classical violin performer. The concert has dark…

Deep into the heart of the music city, home to Brad Paisley, Johnny Cash and Blake Shelton. Back in a dark old run down bar, stands a girl. She’s been in just about every little restaurant this town has to offer. Where she stands is on a small soap box, with smoke coming from old cowboys cigars, she sings through the fog. The tune to a new popular Carrie Underwood song comes from her mouth, and everyone turns to look in awe of her voice. Her name is Sadie, Sadie Elle. Along with every other…

#2 Journal Entry The song that I find “prudent and modest” is Howl’s Moving Castle theme piano version song. A few elements that Boethius’s argument would agree on this song to have an uplifting and classical melody; thus, it would calm and sooth people’s mind and body in harmony. It may also bring people to enjoy the song together. At the beginning of the song, it starts off with a slow tempo then gradually rising up the tempo. After that, the melody will repeat back and fort monition…

by he and Bill Evans, the other pieces were written by Davis himself(“Kind of Blue”). Born in a wealthy family in Illinois in 1926, Davis began playing trumpet at the age of 13 and moved to New York City years later to pursue his music dream at Julliard School of Music. However, he chose to quit Julliard and start to play as a professional in the clubs with Coleman Hawkins(“Miles Davis”). Davis managed his…