major because I want to gain experience as well as expanding my leadership skills through the dedication and commitment I have. When I first joined marching band, I was a very quiet and timid individual, but as I got more used to the marching band program, I noticed that I had…
Culture Turn on the TV and guaranteed there will be hundreds of shows on entertainment. The variety is endless relating to reality TV, idol shows, and singing or dancing competitions that can be scrolled from any network. Viewers are fascinated by such programs that give a chance to ordinary people at making it to the big screen and to become a celebrity. Author of various books and writer of “A Nation of Idol-Worshippers”, Terry Golway analyzes the growing popularity of pop culture resulting…
In ‘Music and the Silent Film’ by Patrick Miller the writer comments that from the earliest days of the cinema, commercial films were accompanied by music. From the fairground nickelodeons where player pianos churned out popular favourites to the glittering movie palaces where large orchestras accompanied the images on the silver screen, film music flourished. Music for the movies not only heightened the emotional response to a picture, but also served the practical purpose of drowning out the…
There have been many actors, artist, directors and writers that have created different forms of media that have influenced many people and that have influenced even themselves to. Many creators of movies, music and books have created a message in their work with out knowing that it impacts a large group of people. A artist named Donald Glover also know as Childish Gambino an actor, rapper, director and writer has created many pieces of media that has gotten much praise. He has a show on FX…
diversity is evident through Space Coast’s designated towns: Cocoa Beach, Palm Bay, Melbourne, Port Canaveral, Melbourne Beaches, Titusville, and Viera. Its identity is drawn from the Kennedy Space Center, which was the public face of a NASA space program that concluded with the landing of the shuttle Atlantis in July of 2011. The region’s current appeal rests largely in its beautiful white sand beaches, rocket launches from the…
On October 17, I was able to observe Ryan Anderson’s junior and senior high band. This was an eye opening experience because of the differences he ran his band. Dover-Eyota Middle and High is a Grammy nominated band program, so this was a great opportunity to see a band outside of Tennessee. Mr. Anderson did utilize the room in a big way. Firstly, he purposefully spread everyone in the room out. In the middle of the ensemble, there was an aisle so he would be able to walk from the podium to the…
contain everything.” (Gustav Mahler). This quote accurately describes Mahler’s outlook and perspective on not just his music, but the way he views life. Mahler’s artistic interpretation served as a stepping stone future musicians would be influenced by for generations to come. Because of this, Mahler has cemented himself in history by pushing the limits of the universal language that is music. Gustav Mahler was born on July 7, 1860, in the German town of Igula. The family began quickly growing…
compelling” (Jerpi). Additionally, producers tend to look for cast members with strong emotions, such as anxiety or rage, in order to increase the entertainment value. This allows the viewers to connect with the cast members and be drawn into the program week after week…
A Different Role I had always admired the cellos in the music rooms of Trudeau. In Grade 9, I started playing the double bass when I joined the strings program, and while I enjoyed bass, I had always wanted to play the cello. Making the switch was extremely difficult, but I worked hard for it, and now, over a year later, I am able to play decently. One of the first memories I had with cello started in February of 2015. I had just finished an entire semester of playing bass, and I was looking…
Origins The Voyager program began in the 1965 with Gary Flandro’s discovery of a rare planetary alignment of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune that would occur in 1977. This alignment occurs only once every 175 years. The Grand Tour as the program was called had launch windows between 1976 and 1980. The original idea of the Grand Tour was to send four probes to ultimately visit every planet in our outer solar system. In 1971 funding for the Grand Tour program was canceled in the 1973 NASA…