Adrian Anantawan's Performance

As I review the 60 minutes interview with Derek Paravicini I found out he is an interesting young man. He was born blind and with a severe learning disability,due to his birth being very premature, at just 25 weeks. He is a musical prodigy, having perfect pitch and the ability to play virtually any piece of music after hearing it only once. Derek could hear music just one time and play it. When was not playing music he continues to have his learning disability.

Cortney. The first few lessons I attended I was advised not to even touch the bow. Before wielding the bow, it was imperative that I learned the basics of the strings, the notes they produce, and the parts of the violin. This nonetheless was just as exciting to me as playing Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. I began my violin studies through (and continue to practice today) the Suzuki Method, a school of teaching based predominately around training the student to recognize their own mistakes, and to correct them accordingly. Due to this, students learning through Suzuki tend to progress at a substantially slow rate to begin with, until suddenly, something ignites, and the student begins to progress much more rapidly than before. The Suzuki Method admittedly discouraged me at times. Maybe it was because I was only allowed to learn pieces by listening to recordings, and not reading music, or perhaps I found playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star literally hundreds of times a little too repetitive. Yet I persisted. Consequently, the Suzuki Method and Mrs. Cortney have molded me into a much more refined violinist than I would have ever become through any other method, as well as taught me the values of discipline and

James Armistead is an important yet unsung hero of the American Revolution. Not many Americans have even heard his name and they should. Without him the Americans would have lost the battle of Yorktown which was an important victory for the Americans. In the textbook he only has three sentences on the sidebar (American Nation, p. 187). African-Americans are often overlooked in history due to the racism that has continued even today.

On June 13th and 14th a portion of the Mandan football team took part in two 7 on 7 passing tournaments. The first of which was in Fargo at the campus of Concordia college. The second took place in Grand Forks at UND. Being on campus gave our Athletes the opportunity to talk with and be seen by the coaches of these two colleges.

Video Jury-I expressed a strong tone, a correct hand position for my bow and proper technique while playing during my video jury. 2. During my performance, I could improve on the accuracy of my fingerings to gain a greater intonation accuracy. In addition, by demonstrating the rhythms and dynamics in Pavane, it would improve the dynamic contrast that should be heard from the start to the end of the piece. 3. This year, I will adequately finalize each piece for my senior recital. This will include meeting with my collaborators during and outside of school. I will grasp the ability to sight read and continue to challenge myself with pieces that I have not played before. Furthermore, I will improve my note accuracy in scales, specifically, third position scales through fifth

The performance program was chosen to stretch the soloist in ways unfamiliar and uncomfortable while still showing abilities previously acquired. The program is as follows: The Osborne Rhapsody for Bassoon by, Sonatine by Alexander Tansman, Concertino by Paulo Mignone, Bassoon Sonata by Gustav Schreck, and Hungarian Fantasy by Carl von Weber.

The violin is the smallest and highest pitched string instrument. It is played by a violinist or fiddler. When playing, the violinist holds the violin between the top of his left shoulder and the left side of his chin as he draws the bow across the string or plucks the strings with one or both hands. The sound can be stopped by placing a hand on the strings. The bow is made of wood and horse hair. The violin is tuned in perfect fifths. Music for the violin is written in the treble clef. In the orchestra, the violins play in two groups. These are the first violins and the second violins. In the orchestra, the violins sit to the left of the conductor in rows. The first violins are to the far left and the second violins are to the right of them. The Concert Master is usually a first violin player, and he or she sits in the front row of the first violins.

The tune that was being played led the dancers through their movement. The violinist played her heart out and the dancers dug right into it. The music was comprised of a live violinist who was accompanied by an instrumental sound track in the background. The music shifted gears as it went from soft to more upbeats after the two women were done and the larger group performed. The costumes worn by the performers were directly related to their body movement. Initially, the

I found him to be a serious and self-motivated student who maintained a consistent practice routine in spite of a challenging class schedule. He was invariably well prepared for his lessons. A very accomplished violinist, Stephen’s playing displayed great technical skill and a warm, expressive sound. He was an ideal violin student. Often during lessons, he asked penetrating questions, drawing insightful (and sometimes surprising) connections between the technical or musical ideas that I had presented. When challenged with improving a technical skill (such as up-bow staccato), he commited himself to the work with great diligence, often accomplishing within a week or two what many students would need a month to achieve. Perhaps what is most useful for you to know about my work with Stephen is that, due to his musical skills, his intense commitment and sharp mind, his lesson was the height of my violin-teaching week. He was, and is, the most interesting and enjoyable student that I have taught in my twenty-eight years of collegiate

Seeing him perform myself as he cohesively engages with the audience at any given moment, I was able to observe his devotion to his craft. “I like the intimacy of it and the immediacy. I'm a fast moving sort of guy. Even in the studio, I like to have everything with me. I want to do everything really fast….At every moment, every time I play the songs, they're different. It's really nice to be able to present that to people.”

However, Davis Garret´s childhood life was not normal because he started to play the violin when he was 4 years old and his father was very demanding in Davis ´s practice. He played the violin many hours a day to improve his playing, further, he has as a professors, famous musicians, for instance a Polack Violist “ Heather”

Temple asking him how school was going. Andrew was a very talkative and energetic boy with a heavy sense of sarcasm. While Andrew was telling Ms. Temple about school, Ms. Temple was putting a shoulder rest on his instrument and tuning it. At 4:51pm, Andrew showed Ms. Temple his fourth finger exercises. Ms. Temple asked for it to move to the C string. Once Andrew did this, Ms. Temple asked if he could make a thumping sound when his finger hit his fingerboard. Ms. Temple stated how it should be put down with authority. Andrew seemed to struggle with this and felt like it was his viola that was the issue. Ms. Temple quickly tried it on his viola to show him how it was possible and involved pinky strength. At 4:53pm, Andrew played through exercise thirteen and twenty-four in the Suzuki book. Throughout this exercise, Andrew was able to play the exercises well and make funny comments throughout. At 4:56pm, Andrew took out Suzuki Book 1 and opened it to, Bohemian Folk Song. He was able to play through this piece well! Andrew stated afterwards, “At least I tried to do the ritardando”. His knowledge and articulation of musical terminology was very impressive due to his young age. Ms. Temple really focused on Andrew’s posture by making sure he did not over exaggerate it. She also focused on note names and having Andrew verbalize it. At 5:00pm, Ms. Temple was moving to show the increase of bow and

The most important thing to Andrew is his drumming. Just like Andrew’s passion and dedication for drumming, we all have something that we are extremely passionate about and dedicated to, and will not let anything stand in our way of not being able to do whatever it is we are passionate about. I have some personal experience through darts that shows my dedication to the game as

Andrew is continuing to improve on his technique on the drum pad. He learned more scales on the bells and we continued to progress in the method book. We also looked through Andrew’s concert music.

During the course of this unit I think I learned how important it is to focus on emotional reactions and responses when working with this style of physical theater. For example Harley and Forest’s group used a lot of facial expression and they also had very strong body language. It not only gave more to the story of the piece but it also had the audience