Violin

THE MORNING RAGA (VARIOUS THEMES) - BY DHANANJAY ARORA “The Morning Raga” is a film based on the play written by Mahesh Datani. This story basically revolves around music. In this story there are two best friends Swarnlata who is a Carnatic singer and Vaishnavi is shown as a violinist. On getting an opportunity of singing in the concert Swarnlata dominates Vaishnavi on accompanying her with their children. On the way their bus met with an accident with the car on the bridge of their village and…

Concert Report Diablo Valley College hosts many different concerts. Music of different genres, including classic, jazz, baroque, renaissance, and modern, sounds in this institution. Moreover, DVC Philharmonic Orchestra plays the works of American composers, such as Aaron Copland. A masterful concert dedicated to Appalachian Spring which impressed the audience of the College is the primary focus of the following discussion. On the third of October 2013, the members of DVC Philharmonic Orchestra,…

As I sit here fumbling over what to write about and thinking about all of the memorable moments in my life, One memory stands out from the rest. The first time I ever played the cello was breathtaking and I can remember the day clearly as if it was yesterday. The cello added to the quote I’ve always gone by “All things begin small some grow into something bigger and same fade away as if they never existed”. The start was small and steady but the product of it was astonishing and important.…

1. Explain Judith Jarvis Thomson's violinist example, and say what it is meant to show. To summarize the violinist thought experiment, the subject wakes up in a hospital with his/her kidneys attached to a famous violinist who is in need of a transplant. The subject now has the choice to either disconnect him/herself effectively killing the violinist, or to stay connected to the violinist for nine months. Thomson’s violinist analogy clearly mirrors the situation of a women who is pregnant,…

Today, we consider the violin to be an elegant, sophisticated instrument. However, in 1878, George Dubourg published an account entitled, “The Violin”, in which he makes the bold statement, “instead of a bow-arm, must ladies be allowed only the arm of a beau? Why should not a lady play on the violin?” . Even once playing the instrument was considered acceptable, being a professional musician as a woman was rare until the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries . Even in today’s modern society,…

Introduction to Opera Compare the characters of Carmen and Micaëla in Carmen. What are the differences between them, how is this expressed in the music, and do you think the outcome is inevitable? Introduction Bizet's Carmen is an Opera in four acts, first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March with a plot based on the 1845 novella by Mérimée. Today it stands as one of the most popular french operas of all time.The Opera explores the relationship between the enchanting Carmen and…

The Melting Pot I choose the “Arabian Waltz” by the Silk Road Ensemble as my song. This group is composed of “distinguished musicians, composers and performing artists from more than 20 countries around the world to celebrate, explore and experiment with a wide variety of cultural approaches to musical performances” (The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma: Live from Tanglewood). At the beginning of the piece I felt very serene with just a couple of instruments playing. However, when all the…

a. The four instruments I chose were cello, trumpet, flute, and snare drum. The cello is part of the string family, and consists of a wooden neck, endpin, tuners, fingerboard, bridge, and body. The cello has four strings: A,D,G,and C. The strings are held by the bridge and when a string is plucked or bowed it sends vibration waves through the cello producing the sound. One of the most common uses for the cello is at an orchestra or quartet. The trumpet is part of the brass family and consists of…

Last week I had the privilege of witnessing an hour performance of “Cello Suites: Bach and Britten” at hosted by the Canadian Opera Company at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitehere at the Four Seasons Centre for Performing Arts. The performance consisted of Joesph Johnson, the principle cellist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The program that afternoon, Johnson produced intense sounds for an hour by performing two pieces cello solo works of inspired from the Baroque period and the 20th century.…

My first band concert Chapter One My concert I am having a band concert tonight. Yesterday I practiced at E.B Stillman and I am nervous. The stage is so big and I get to sit up there with all the other band players. I play the flute, yes I am a flutist. There are flutes, clarinets, trumpets, trombones, tubas, french horns, snare drums, oboes, a xylophone, and a big drum. I am a nine year old fifth grader. Some little kids might think a flute of a toy flute. But no, this is what a real deal…