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Mozart's Observation

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From the Top is a great organization which many individuals strongly support. This show takes place every Saturday. There is a host and young performers, mostly teens, which perform on camera and on the radio station. The host or even a famous musician introduces the performer. The performers perform, and then, (my favorite part), they comment on it afterwards. This commentary includes games, interviews with the host, and many more fun ways to engage with the young performers. Through this commentary you really learn a lot about the performers in a very fun way. The music performed by these teenagers is of a very high-level. I would expect these pieces to be performed by professionals that have been in the music industry for years upon years and yet these young children and young adults are performing these pieces with outstanding talent, surprisingly, like a professional might perform them. Through the performers’ facial expressions and …show more content…

Allegro, from the Sonata in F major, KV 370 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Firstly, I must say the passion shown in his music is outstanding for a 17-year-old young man. The host said he had a wonderful way of playing Mozart. Nicholas’ music teacher shared with him that Mozart was to be played light and to think of it as an aria, (art song), but he said he always had trouble playing light, therefore his rendition of Mozart as light and fun, but not as light as Mozart, would traditionally be performed. Nicholas shared his passion for teaching others and hopes to someday become a music teacher. Another interesting fact he shared with the host was his strange selection of the instrument itself. He comes from a long line of musicians that all play the clarinet, but when it was his turn to pick up and instrument he chose the oboe because he saw it as a

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