The Pianist

The life of Amy Tan is a miracle; we can see her power inside everything she creates. Her novel has strongly appealed, which can make people feel they are inside of her story. She is an Asian American writer. In her book you may see the fusion of American culture and Chinese culture. Her personal life has strongly influenced her writing, and she draws on her family and relationship with her mother, also work experiences. Amy is the second child of her family and she was born in Oakland,…

The first real jazz concert that I saw was a Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola. Now this may not be one of the most ideal spots to listen to jazz but it’s still an experience I will never forget. I attended one of the late night sessions which began around 11pm. The featured musician that was going to play was Josh Bruneau. After some research I found that Josh Bruneau is a fairly new jazz musician. Although he has been playing jazz for a long time he wasn’t recognized until the release of his…

In marketing, it is mandatory to know one’s audience or market. There are multitudinous things to consider when identifying a target market. It is vital to understand the wants, resources, and buying habits of the habitué. With the help of market segmentation, large groups of people in a market are broken down into smaller groups. By using segmentation, it is more facile to define and cater to a specified group of people. However, it is important for companies to plan how to differentiate…

Pictures from an Exhibition, and Night on Bald Mountain. Before he became a composer, Modest was always interested in music. As a child, his nanny taught him about russian folk tales. This drew him to story writing. His mother was an excellent pianist, and gave him lessons at age seven. When he was 10, his music career was disturbed when his father sent him and his brother to the Peter-Paul school in st. Petersburg to pursue a life in the military. During this time, his father entrusted his…

Bumbled is a 3D platformer/art game inspired by games such as flower, Mister Mosquito and Nights: Into Dreams. In Bumbled you control Queen Garnet, a queen bee whose loyal subjects have all mysteriously vanished. After years of being pampered and attended upon, she is left to her own devices and forced to leave behind her life of luxury in order to gather nectar from flower and find her loyal subjects. Can Queen Garnet survive beyond the hive? The game’s art style is evocative of water colors…

Mark Buselli on the trumpet, Nathan Bogert on the alto sax, Scott Routenberg on the piano, Nick Tucker on the bass, Cassius Goens on the drums and guest artist Adam Schroeder on the baritone. The composition they played was an original piece by the pianist Scott Routenberg. The piece was well put together and executed perfectly. Scott revealed to the audience that the piece was written on September 7, which made the piece even more…

the students that the room needs a tree. Her introduction is also quite scary. She then introduces herself by telling the students a very long and dramatic story about her grandfather who is a Hungarian prince, and her mother who is a world-famous pianist. All these actions reveal her as a very strange…

He helped mediate between the piano and orchestra as well as oversee the orchestra so they do not play louder than the piano. If the orchestra plays louder than the piano player, the audience would not be able to hear the melody of the piece. The pianist also made sure that she was playing louder than the orchestra was playing, which resulted…

The Classical Period and The Romantic Era of classical music have many similarities and differences in form, texture, and articulation. Ultimately, the Classical period is known better for being extremely structured, usually having binary or rondo form, whereas the Romantic era is known for the more flowing, unorthodox structures. This is because the Classical period focused more on form, whereas the Romantic period focused on emotion. Also, the Romantic period allowed for the use of rubato, or…

Billie Holiday is considered one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. Holiday was born on April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia and died on July 17, 1959. Billie Holiday struggled in her early life which was why she moved to New York and began her career, but she encountered problems even though she was successful. Billie Holiday did not live in a peaceful home while growing up. Born in Philadelphia, her birth name was Eleanor Fagan. She spent much of her childhood in Baltimore with her…