Piano

paper.In all my years of playing piano, I practiced the bare minimum for auditions and recitals alike, and that thoroughly frustrated my parents and my teacher. I had never liked practicing piano, but that changed in middle school when I happened upon a Chinese movie called Secret. Not only was I in love with the movie, I loved the soundtrack even more. Normally, I do not notice the background music of movies, but Secret had such compelling music that I bought the piano book containing all of…

attend a piano concert because piano was an instrument that I have been playing since a young age. I enjoyed playing it but became bored of playing the piano so I quit. Later however, I did pick it up again and started to self teach myself a few songs and then started to play it again. I remembered a few things here and there that I had learned when I was younger and started to play decently well. I find that this piano concert was very interesting. I have only gone to a couple of piano concerts…

the international pianist Molly Morkoski and as well the master class the after day. Prof. Morkoski is an instructor of Piano at CUNY-Lehman College in the Bronx, New York and has come all the way across the country to showcase her marvelous piano playing. One idea that really captured my attention in the program notes is the program and the choice of pieces; some are great piano repertoire and while one of them is an orchestrated piece. Starting off the concert with a bang, the piece “Sonata…

The Piano Lesson by August Wilson tells the story of two siblings and the piano that comes between them. The play explores the lives of an African American family years after slavery is outlawed. Its plot is driven by the two main characters arguing over how important it is to keep a piano that contains the legacy of a family. The play begins with Boy Willie visiting his sister, in the North, with the intention of selling the piano their father inherited them. His plan is to sell the piano…

Katie, wanting to take piano lessons, offers Miss Tynmore an hour of cleaning in exchange for piano lessons. After much persuasion, Tynmore agrees, and Katie’s piano lessons commence. Tynmore tells the children to listen and watch, however they get distracted by a number of things. Francie stared cruely at the instructor's extravagant hat embellished with a bird on it. Later, told by her mother it is merely a mess of glue and feathers, Francie is scolded and told to stop staring. Francie can’t…

been playing piano. It has been the most consistent thing in my life and has grounded me during the ups-and-downs of my adolescence. My journey with the piano began as a seven year old at the end of my short affair with the violin. On a trip to my grandparent’s home in Jamaica, I sat at an electric piano with my grandfather and he taught me Hot Crossed Buns. When I returned home, I begged and pleaded with my parents to sign me up for piano lessons, and I abandoned my bow for a bench. Piano soon…

his life. He gave up conducting and performing but continued to compose and many of his most admired works came from this period. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor op.57, together with the Waldstein op.53 and Les Adieux op.81a are considered as the three great piano sonatas of Beethoven's middle creation period. It is also regarded as the most technically challenging piano sonata. The title “Appassionata”, which means "passionate" in Italian, was added by the publisher. It was composed and…

the future. Knowledge gained from prior actions, and their consequences after, are vital in survival and preparation for upcoming tribulations. In August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, this artful theater production expresses how the past provides the necessary understanding to prepare for the following difficulties. Bernice in The Piano Lesson conveys how the past, and former problems— such as her husband’s death— are astoundingly significant towards overcoming obstacles that will come. Past…

are and who your family is. In August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, Berniece Charles denies and avoids her family’s history by not playing the piano and rejecting the existence of the Ghosts of the Yellow Dog. This reveals how embracing the past can be beneficial to present and future actions. The Charles family has overcome a copious amount of obstacles over the years: they were enslaved by the Sutter family, separated and sold in exchange for a piano, and have even been incarcerated in the…

In the book The Piano Lesson, written by August Wilson, the author uses characterization, symbolism and conflicts between races to create Boy Willie’s speech patterns and mannerisms. Boy Willie’s character the author recognizes the conflict between the black and white people that happened at that time. The only characterization that I could find for Boy Willie is that he is obnoxious and, “loud n’ proud” not bothering to be polite but his words have a hidden meaning. As part of Boy Willie’s…