Trombone

Autobiography Assignment My life had been a journey ever since I existed in this world. I did not have a traditional childhood growing up, it all started when I was baby where I was found by the police in Suzhou, China and taken to a local Chinese orphanage. Here I would spend my first 18 months before I was adopted by my mom Frankie, and moved across the world to Calgary, AB, Canada. Here I made my roots and started forming family traditions with my other aunts and uncles in my family. Some…

atmosphere for the dancers to soak up. I was curious to see what this year’s performance would look like. The first part of the show featured Dr. Mikell Pinkney who performed a dramatic, almost sermonistic style reading of a section from God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse by James Weldon Johnson. It opened up with the drummers playing and after a few minutes Dr. Pinkney found his way onto the stage. He observed the drummers for a moment before he began the speech, letting the…

I decided to rent Doctor Atomic by John Adams. Doctor Atomic is an English language opera that portrays the anxiety and tension felt by the scientists involved in the creation of the atomic bomb in 1945. I read the synopsis of several concerts and operas and they all were appealing, but then I read the description for Doctor Atomic and knew I should critique it. I am a chemistry major and the summary of this opera intrigued my scientific side. I also felt that I would enjoy this English language…

become more independent and do activities on their own. In addition to the first two examples, the performance of Jazz music at the parties. “By seven o’clock the orchestra has arrived, no thin five-piece affair, but a whole pitiful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos, and low and high drums.” (Fitzgerald, 40) Jazz music was considered the devil 's music, but the younger generations broke that reputation and listened to it at parties. These example show that…

As soon as the music behind my float started playing, people began cheering. The music was loud composed of tubas, clarinets, trombones, trumpets, and a large bass drum with a cymbal on top. Next to the band, there was the image of virgin mary that is in the town’s largest church. It was being carried by four men and they where each holding a piece of the wood stand on their shoulder…

On Friday, November 25, 2016, at 8pm, I attended the Mozart and Brahms’ concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall’s Los Angeles Philharmonic in Los Angeles, California. This was a very nice venue with a mixed crowd. They offered a student rush discount ticket which was amazing because they were pretty good seats for $10. The concert was held on “casual Friday.” People were still a little over dressed for being a casual night. As soon as I walked into the concert hall, I noticed an organ straight…

On Monday evening, September 21, 2015, I had the pleasure of watching University Jazz Combos. The performance was held at the University of Louisville School Of Music in the Bird Recital Hall. These three combos consisted of the Mark Turner Combo directed by Tyrone Wheeler, Illinois Jacquet Combo directed by Ansyn Banks, and Michael Brecker Combo also directed by Ansyn Banks. I wasn’t for sure what to expect when coming to this concert. Different from the other jazz performance I attended, this…

Music plays a key role in a film, as it can add profound levels of emotion and change how someone interprets and comprehends a given scene. The usual music utilized on film is one that fits seemingly and represents the actions, visuals and emotion being displayed. For example, a frantic car chase can go along with fast and agitating music; or comedy or a parody can go along with ridicule and playful works. In both cases the music influences the viewer on how they should interpret, feel and…

The back-up singers and the piano’s entrance is about a half of a beat after Aretha’s entrance. At this point all of the instruments are in full swing. The brass has a solo about half way through the song; the saxophone having the melody and the trombone and trumpets playing the harmony. Also this solo is the loudest part of the entire piece, having to be at a fortissimo or fortississimo. The tempo of the entire piece is the same, staying at a steady pace, my guess is it would be conducted in…

COMPOSER COMPARISON HANS ZIMMER’S PROFILE

Zimmer was 1st introduced to film music in London during collaboration with Stanley Myers for the film “My Beautiful Laundrette”. He then started working on his own solo projects which became a success, mastering the use of combining old and new musical technologies. He got his 1st break in 1988 when he was asked to score Rain Man for Barry Levinson. This was his 1st film to win an Oscar for Best Picture of the Year and earned him his 1st nomination…