Seminar 1 Reflection Questions To make our time together as productive and efficient as possible, please reflect on the following questions and email your responses to Dr. West and Dr. Clauhs by Tuesday, 9/13. 1. How much of your teaching opportunity/experience is indeed student-centered? Why? Since this is Block 1 and the beginning of the school year, a lot of the first few days of school has involved work outside of playing music and rehearsing, including things such as organizing the band…
There are many things that make me who I am; regardless if it comes from the past, present or future. I am a simple person with many hopes, dreams, and ambitions.When talking about my favorite things they range from different spectrums. The first thing that is very exciting to me are films. I nearly go to the movie theater every friday to watch a new movie. I like films like Fast and Furious, Divergent, The Hunger Games, and etc. Films are really cool and depicts dreams that we wish were real.…
Narrative Essay Growing up I never really appreciated the sound of music. I had never thought of it in the way I do now. Not up until the summer of 2001; my oldest sister, of the two, would always drive around in our hometown playing her favorite alternative rock tracks. It was calming driving the backshore, with the waves crashing into the rocks. It was like I was at peace sitting in the backseat of her jeep, just watching the ocean; I could feel myself hearing Stone Temple Pilots. At that…
Without the black or white keys on a piano, the sounds created will never be rich nor harmonious. Just like the keys, everything in life comes in duos. Without one another, the other can’t exist because together, duality forms a whole. Similarly, energy is needed during the day, but inactivity is necessary during the night to recharge. No human would survive deprived of warmth in the cold, but none would exist either if left without coolness in the heat. What may seem as opposite forces are in…
The entire poem is twelve lines long and has no end rhyme. Most of the poem is a list of things that the languageless Maris Kenny CRW 1301 Close Reading 3 September 23, 2016 people point at: “at parts of bodies, at what they want to eat, at instrument panels, at new highways and other areas of intense reconstruction, at our own children smiling into cameras,” (line 3-7). Despite the lack of rhyme there is a flow and overall melodic feel. The layers…
Music is embedded in every existing culture. There are no boundaries within the music. It varies between times and places. Without any doubts, music is one of the main sources that connect people without any barriers. So what exactly is music? According to the dictionary, music is a form of art that expresses different ideas and emotions through elements of rhythm, melody, and even color. The definition may seem to be easier to categorize music; however, music can be more than just the…
prevail and outshine the rest. However, this class will go into specific details of the classical instruments like Violin, Viola, Cello, and String Bass and how they are used throughout these String Methods. Consequently, these string instruments play a huge role in the music world around us; each come with a variety of different techniques and difficult necessities to be learned. In order to learn the instrument properly, one must be self-disciplined, subconsciously confident, and have a…
1. What mood do the opening stage direction and setting description create? What effect is created with the music of the “blue piano”? The opening stage direction and setting description create a calm and soothing mood of the town. I felt a mood of soothing when the text stated, “You can almost feel the warm breath of the brown river beyond the river warehouses with their faint redolences of banana and coffee. This illustrates how the atmosphere of Elysian fields is pleasant and peaceful due to…
Music can have many different effects on people. For example, it can have an impact on your brain, mood, and what you do in life. There are many genres of music in today’s age. We have rap, hip hop, rock, and many more. The most popular genre of music in the United States in 2017 was hip hop. Almost every year before 2017 rock was the most popular genre. The impact music can have on your brain is rather extensive. Many people believe that hip-hop is all about drugs, girls, and guns and this is…
My Live Aid At my Live Aid I would have One Direction (with Zayn Malik), Zayn Malik, 5 seconds of summer, Ed Sheeran, All Time Low, Green Day, blink-182, Fall Out Boy, Patrick Stump, My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way, Tonight Alive, Taylor Swift, Halsey, Little Mix, Panic! At the Disco, Hozier, Good Charlotte, Twenty One Pilots, Sex Pistols, Ramones and my own band Verge of Chaos performing. I picked these artists because all of them are my favourite bands and artists. They are my favourite…