The Pianist

the rule and they use loaded stated such as well “my parents did it to me and look how I turned out.” An example of an authoritarian parent is a dad forcing his son to play basketball but his passion is playing the piano because he wants to be a pianist when he grows up. Another parenting style is permissive parent. A permissive parent does not disciple the child and would rather be the child friend instead of the parent. The roles are not properly identified and the line can be easily crossed.…

describes himself as a rebel, when it comes to the taste of music during his time. In the beginning of his narrative, Felsenfeld feels he is missing out on different aspects of culture, particularly music. At seventeen, he was a traveling, amateur, pianist. He was getting tired of playing the same music and started drifting from his passion. Until his friend Mike showed him something “wild”. When Mike played Beethoven’s ninth Symphony, Felsenfeld said, “it was like a drug effect on me”. His love…

The short film Gould Meets Gould is an example of seamless realism. This short film opens with a black screen and white letters showing the film’s title, Gould Meets Gould. It is literally about Glenn Gould, who argues with himself about the roles of artist and audience. Gould Meets Gould is a film written by Gould in which he interviews himself. Since seamless realism tries to disguise the illusion of realism, this film is an excellent example of the form. In the film, Gould is…

American Jazz sensation, Miles Dewey Davis III was born in Alton, Illinois, on May 26th 1926. The nine time Grammy winner is considered to be one of the top musicians of his era. He forever changed the style of jazz and history of music. Throughout his years in music, he has proven to be a universal musical genius that was able to stretch his style of sound for miles. Davis grew up in a middle class home with his parents, Miles Davis Jr. and Cleota Henry. His father was a successful oral…

July 24th, 2012, my wildest dream came true, when I met my role model of several years at a one-hundred guest tea party she held in Chicago. It sounds completely crazy, but it’s true. The role model I got to meet is Emilie Autumn, a baroque/gothic pianist, violinist, and singer-songwriter. And probably most importantly, the main reason that I did not commit suicide freshman year. She indirectly taught me to be confident, stand up for myself, to fearlessly be myself, and that it was okay to be…

After the world war one and somewhere between the 1930`s, a great cultural event happened in America. The jazz era also known as the Harlem Renaissance had a lot of people flocking to Harlem, New York. According to Richard Wormser from PBS, he states Harlem was considered the mecca to which black writers, artist, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars traveled. Many came to express their talents freely, and escape oppression in the south and the caste system. It was during this time that…

Chartism was a mass movement driven by the working class. The working class wanted to extended voting rights beyond those owning property, believing every men should have the right to vote. Voting should be located in secret ballots and elections should be held each year. They wanted members of the parliament to be paid and property qualifications for becoming a parliament member to be abolished. The Chartist movement requests were radicals to those not involved in the movement. People began…

This classical music recital on September 24, 2015, in Duncan Recital Hall at Baird Musical Hall stars many of Morehead State University’s musical professors. The compositions it features are Donald Gillis’s They’re Off, Béla Bartók’s Quarrel, W.A. Mozart’s La ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni), Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Fantasie Concertante for Piano, Clarinet, and Bassoon, Michel Blavet’s Variations on a Theme by Corelli, John Macky’s Damn, and Ryan Mcguillicuddy’s On The Bus. In Donald Gillis’s…

This review is on the book Soothe: How to Find Calm Amid Everyday Chaos by Grammy Award nominated pianist Jim Brickman. This book of wonderful stories, tips, and useful advice is a result of Brickman’s personal experience with an overload of stress and anxiety during his busy tours combined with an honest realization of how much true relaxation is needed in life. He reminds us that in our busy schedules, we need to take a deep breath, enjoy life, and find calm amongst the chaos that constantly…

Synesthesia is a neurological condition in which one sensory experience is perceived in more than one way by the body. There are numerous forms of synesthesia, all of which involve different combinations of sensory experiences. Grapheme-color synesthesia is the most common form, with 60% of synesthetes possessing this type. In grapheme-color synesthesia, symbols are perceived in different colors. For example, the letter “A” is commonly associated with the color red among synesthetes. A pop-out…