Program music

from high school, I attended Jacksonville State University, Alabama, and marched with JSU Marching Southerners. In 1993, I transferred to the University of West Georgia where I earned my Bachelor of Music in Music Education Degree in 1997. While at West Georgia, I was President of the Collegiate Music Educators National Conference West Georgia Chapter and held the executive offices of Vice President and Secretary in Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Nu Beta Chapter. In addition, I was Tuba Section…

I will major in biology and minor in music while in college. I would like to be an anesthesiologist and invest music back into the community by helping inner-city schools with their music programs.Throughout my adolescence I have been deeply involved with music and credit that to my success thus far. As a child, I was in and out of hospitals due to illness, ever since then I have been interested in the medical field and how they help people. I have always enjoyed helping those in need in order…

I attended a classical music concert on Saturday. The concert is part of a fifteen-day USA tour of the chamber orchestra that originated in London, the Academy of St. Martin In The Fields with Joshua Bells. Joshua Bells is a very well-known violinist and music director of the Academy of St. Martin In The Fields. Joshua Bells is the first person to hold the title of music director of this chamber orchestra since the orchestra was formed in 1958 by Sir Neville Marriner. People were dressed very…

The performance I attended was at the Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University. This concert was a preview of BCE’s performance this upcoming Thursday at the American Choral Directors Association Central Division Conference. The works of Ratniece and Hearne will be performed at the conference. The program we started with was Horo Horo Hata Hata by Santa Ratniece, followed by a few other pieces. This was my first time at the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, it was a very interesting…

in numbers does not constitute the amount of musicians there are in the nation, let alone the world. Many musically inclined individuals begin to prosper in high school band, which then leads to the overall passion for music. Aside from this passion, being involved in such programs has additional benefits to the musician. The variety of bands, such as concert, jazz, and marching, can collectively influence what these benefits…

Art Programs: Giving More Than Receiving Art programs help people, but people are not helping arts programs stay in schools. Art programs are not getting as much funding as sport programs. When schools do not have enough money, they usually get rid of the art programs. People tend to think of sports as more important than the arts, even though art programs have many benefits. Art programs are not receiving enough funding in schools. Furthermore, schools do not carefully consider which…

When it comes to budget cuts in public schools, the arts always seem to be the first to go. Over the past several years, more public schools have been abandoning art programs make way for more curriculum based classes, such as science and math. Even though the arts are not always present on school curriculums, it does not automatically mean they are unimportant. In fact, the arts are proven to increase academic performance, foster valuable life skills other classes cannot, and improve…

From a young age, one of the most influential aspects of my life has been music. At the age of three I was handed a violin, and was encouraged to continue lessons throughout most of my childhood. I was taught where to place my feet, how to support my posture perfectly, and where exactly to place my fingers to produce the right note. This was the first example of music that I had, and through this I was shown that music is precision, perfection, and that the rules needed to be followed to make it…

Music education is something that was stressed throughout history starting in the Renaissance Era in the European countries, but now music education for all is in danger of becoming a thing of the past in America. Recent laws passed by the American Congress combined with public disinterest have put music education under fire in recent years. Music education is a vital part of any student’s education. This is because without proper education of the arts, the future could very well be one without…

professionals while also being used as an education tool for up and coming artists it just exhibits the magicalness of the program, and really shows how advantageous it is. Speaking of connections I have been blessed to work with a few of the professionals involved in the CMTP (i.e. Steven Gallagher, Matt Murray, Colleen Dauncey, and Akiva Romer-Segal) within Bravo Academy’s New Music Theatre Intensives and I cannot say enough about how significantly I have grown through collaborating with them…