Personal Narrative: Don T Be Allowed To Leave In A Middle School

For many people music is way to express themselves or distance themselves from their problems. Overall music means different things to different people and this is how I see music. I recently saw Legally Blonde the Musical in the Mary Jane Teall Theatre at Century II on Sunday October 12th at 2:30 p.m. It was performed by the Music Theatre for Young People which are teenagers (13-18 years old). Even people from the Bishop Carroll Chorus were acting in the musical. Only the main characters of the play had personal microphones and they were hooked on their ear and extended close to the mouth.

The drums came in, reverberating through the amphitheater before Tyler sang his first note of the eighteen song setlist and bright, luminous lights struck flashing over the crowd like a lightning storm. I couldn’t contain my smile and I was shaking uncontrollably at that moment; it just felt so surreal, and you can tell everyone else felt the same way. Everybody was jumping up and down, and singing along, and I watched before my eyes as the entire theatre came together and become one, all thanks to music. One of the highlights of the show was during a medley of their older songs in which they performed a part of their song “Screen”, and the entire crowd was chanting the bridge, “We’re broken people”. Twenty One Pilots’ music talks a lot about depression and different struggles, and although I’m not depressed, we all have our own personal struggles. Having music you can relate to can really help you, and this part of the show was a perfect example of that. There’s just something comforting about a crowd of people all singing about how broken they are; it can give you a sense of hope and a realization that you’re not

There’s no better feeling than being at a concert and jamming along to songs that you love while surrounded by people who share the same love for the music. Music concerts are majestic environments where a variety of different people come together in order to share their love of music. A few weeks ago I attended a Zac Brown Band concert for the first time and I was truly inspired by the band’s artistry and skill. The band was fully able to captivate their audience with their soulful tunes and obvious passion for performing. One moment of the concert that particularly stood out to me was when the band performed a cover of The Beatles hit song “Let it Be.” Zac Brown Band was able to stay true to the original song while bringing a whole different level of soul to the music through the addition of a gospel choir. The audience immediately related to the song and came together to sing along to a song by one of the biggest bands in music history. Zac Brown Band was able to successfully deliver such a powerful song as “Let it Be” which was off of The Beatles final studio album.

It is required that at least one of the arts, choir, band, or art, is taken at some point in one's high school career, but one of these fine arts is especially looked down upon. Band is seen as a program for geeks and nerds. Color guard, which is a sub-unit of band, is for girls who tried out for cheer and did not make it, and if a boy is in guard then they are seen as feminine. There is a different stereotype for each section involved in band. It is true that all of the other arts come with stereotypes, but they are not as degrading as the bands. These students are not receiving the recognition they deserve. Band is under appreciated for its physicality, challenges, and overall benefits.

And it was sold out. The opening act of the concert was Vance Joy, who sang about five or so songs then introduced Taylor Swift. When Taylor Swift entered onto the stage, she was flabbergasted by all of the cheering fans who were chanting her name. She just looked around like she was watching pigs fly or something. Her First song she performed was “Welcome to New York and the stage was set up like Broadway. She sang another seven or eight songs and then she grabbed her black, shiny guitar and the entire walkway of the stage started rising up a couple stories and started spinning in three hundred sixty degrees while she was singing “Fifteen”. After she sang “Fifteen”, she told us that she had a surprise for us at the end of the show if we would keep up our enthusiasm. A few songs later, she said,”Are you guys ready for your surprise?” Then the Band Perry walked out and everyone started screaming. Including me. The Band Perry sang “If I Die Young”. The awesome part was that my dad was singing along to entire time to every song he

On Friday night, November 13, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. I attended the Manhattan School of Music for the Jazz Orchestra that performed by Jazz vocalists and MSM alumni Jane Monheit and many other musicians. That place is unlikely the ordinary place, people have appropriate dress on and have nicely etiquette toward the performers, unlike me, many of audiences seem like that they come to this concert with certain knowledge of Jazz orchestra. And its musical venue was the ideal spot for the concert, so I sat in a decent spot spot that located at midst of the concert hall where I can view all the performers and hear performers’ music clearly. And the conductor informally began the show was quite nicely and politely which made me feel really comfortable

     Since the dawn of musical expression, there have been people trying to stop or hinder the constitutional right to listen and enjoy

From my experience, surviving middle school takes a mixture of luck, naive fearlessness, and an aggressive number of colorful plastic binders. I started my first day of fifth grade a jumbled mess of nerves, anxious about making friends and doing well in class, and inexplicably dressed head-to-toe in red, white, and blue swag my mom got when the Summer Olympics were in Atlanta. I mean, my backpack matched my shoelaces, which matched my pants and my shirt. I might have even had a hat. A hat. A precisely matching hat. That I wore all day. Needless to say, I was not a particularly cool child. I studied hard, had a core group of equally nerdy friends, and constantly worried about whether I was doing the right thing or, perhaps more accurately, becoming the right thing. Was I not studying hard enough to get into college? Or maybe studying too hard, missing out on my youth? Would I grow into my teeth one day? Would my skin eventually stop looking like greasy peanut brittle?

This would occasionally include expressing their passion or disliking of something. Some would argue that it was not okay for musicians to express themselves in such matters. I argue that these musicians have the right to sing whatever they like. Musicians aren’t forcing anyone to listen to their music or to do what the message of their music says. Like everyone else, musicians have the right to exercise their freedom of speech. The First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press...” Therefore, the moldy figs have the same right to say what they dislike about the music just as much as the artists have the right to sing about what they

how important it is that everyone shows up." It is a fair point, but going back to what Dweck said, some kids will

Having to remember all the music and the show, knowing there are 6 pairs of eyes on you and the people next to you, and counting on the other kids in the band to be there and not mess up, is very

Thankfully, according to the article, the officials did contain all these fans that were acting out. But there shouldn’t have even been an opportunity for these fans to have access to performing this action. As an event planner, I would never undervalue my guests for an event and be prepared for the worst but hope for the best. This crowd control difficulty was a major safety issue that initiated from the poor planning from ticket sales. If there was a pre registration for this free event then officials could have predicted and planned more adequately in regards to the amount of security to have on board for the duration of the event. As a bonus for taking the time out to preregister, those attendees will be mailed a complimentary t-shirt prior to the event for their assistance in helping making the event a safer, more enjoyable celebration. I enjoyed that the planners took into account the seriousness of crowd control and strategically brainstormed with the idea of be proving physical tickets for people that attend this occasion. In addition, for the tragedy of the fifteen year old that was stabbed, this will be an incident a little more difficult to contain. Again, more security will be needed in order to diffuse situations as severe as these or lesser such as verbal or

I found it amusing because it was so different then what I expected to see at a concert.  At the beginning the lights dimmed and I spotlight was focused on a door to the left side of the stage. I thought it was just going to be a soloist walking on to the stage but

I think time and attention span play a part in this. In today’s society with all the technology and social media, younger people tend to have shorter attention spans. In pop concerts songs are usually 3-5 minutes long, you can sing along or dance to them. Classical music pieces can be 15-20 minutes long and you have to sit there quietly listening. Also, older people or people who don’t have children tend to have more free time to attend classical concerts. In a study by the NEA, nearly 50% of respondents stated they didn’t attend an event because they didn’t have the time.

In the year 2011, Rigby High School’s Concert Band was coming to the close of another great concert. They were getting to a very dramatic part of the song Ave Maria, and during a break in the melodies, a sharp baby cry was heard throughout the auditorium, followed by a loud yell from a parent. The rest of the concert was a disaster, with conversation and talking heard in the recording. In fact, Rigby has not once gotten a clean recording without conversation and noises in the concerts. People unfortunately do not understand how to behave during concerts of any type. With some concerts and performances, it is ok to vocalize, but concert band is not one of them. To help explain this, concert band will be compared to jazz band in its