Philosophy of music

Goossens. The style of music is Nationalistic music. The melody played by the trumpet and other brass instrument played harmony. The rhythm was sharply detached and it has a steady, slow beat, but at the middle it speeds up and shifts into a smooth. At first the melody is low with all of the brass instruments mixed together, but later when more instruments get blended it gets both louder and the melody gets higher. The meter was really hard to measure in this kind of music. The dynamics were…

The phrase “band is life” is thrown around between each member of the band. To an outsider, the phrase might be a little strange and not knowing the context of it might be off putting. The phrase to each member roughly means this is what I really enjoy being apart of and I'm proud of what I'm building. Another phrase used by the band at Center Hill is “What does it take to make a marching band great?” and the response of the entire band yells back “Pride!” and they repeat what two times and…

the mood between vocals. Another one of my favorite songs is Downeaster “Alexa”. The topic of Long Island fishermen was a very interesting one. I like the folk feel the song has. I like the way verses move from high to low in pitch. The background music…

master of ceremonies to finish speaking, I surveyed the hall and found my grandparents greeting guests with infectious excitement. I thought how grateful I was to receive an opportunity to play Carnatic violin in a concert hall in India. Carnatic music is a devotional art form that originates from South India. I grew excited and impatient, not nervous, because I knew how hard I worked to get there: practicing for hours, convincing my brother to keep taalam (the beat), listening to recordings,…

Andreyevna née d'Assier, was 18 years younger than Ilya and the second of his three wives. Both Ilya and Alexandra were trained in the arts, including music, which was a necessity; living in a remote area of Russia posed a need for entertainment. Tchaikovsky began piano lessons at age five and within three years he had become as skilled at reading sheet music as his teacher. However, despite their initial support, in 1850 Pyotr’s parents decided to send him to the Imperial School of…

I can remember every single detail and every event that led me to meeting some of the most fantastic people I will ever know. I remember it was November 12th, and I saw a post on Tumblr from a blog I follow, run by a transgender boy named Mikey from Vina, talking about seeing a band, FrnkIero andthe Cellabration live. I also happened to like this band, so we started talking, and I asked my mom if I could go to the concert, even though it was 2 hours away in San Francisco, and to my surprise, she…

Throughout childhood, people try and find where they fit in, where they belong. I desperately tried to find my place by throwing myself into multiple activities, from sports to musical groups. I liked the majority of them, but nothing was as enjoyable as marching band. The image I have chosen is my marching band’s practice field. We like to call it our “dirt mound” due to the lack of flat ground, dying grass, and dirt ditches from the years of band camp. The field may not boast the greatest…

Demon to Angel, or at Least Trying to Be Dimas Salaberrios was not always a man of God, in fact, he was quite the opposite. His is a terrifying story about the evil that truly exists in and beyond our world. The co-pastor of Infinity Bible Church in the Bronx is also the president of Concert of Prayer Greater New York, but not long ago he was preying on the people of New York not praying for them. Like Nicky Cruz in the 1970s, Salaberrios found himself in the streets of New York fighting to…

brother’s perspective of him, and the music scene Sonny is associated with . Music has a major influence on both the brothers, and their attitude on how they perceive life. Sonny started showing an interest in music at a young age, which molded him into the man he has become, and affected his life choices he has made. Some of the choices made were very poor decisions, but copes with them with his music. Sonny’s older brother cannot understand his brother’s passion in music and is quick to pass…

(191). Therefore, it is through higher education and equal access to higher education that we may establish this common ground to no longer advance a white elite but advance the notion of cultural pluralism. Sandel illustrates that liberal political philosophy has its flaws and these flaws can ultimately describe the downfall of the “procedural republic. Sandel presents democracy’s discontent as a product of liberal theory. In his preface, Sandel highlights “the gap between our ideals and…