Peter Hadreas Essay

The audition requires young musicians to prepare a solo piece, scales, orchestral excerpts, and to sight read a piece of music at the time of the audition. After auditioning, it will be determined by the conductor of the specific group whether or not one’s skill level meets the level of the group. The Memphis Youth Symphony offers a myriad of opportunities throughout the season for young musicians to connect and highlight their talent as a whole. There are four annual concerts along with several other events that allow students to acclimate into the community, while also enjoying a valuable learning experience. The Memphis Youth Symphony is a large discourse community with over 200 students from schools all across the tri-state area—I set out to conduct pertinent research to efficiently support my analysis of The Memphis Youth Symphony discourse community.

Peter Elbow’s essay centers on different ways to examine claims in life. Specifically, Elbow describes two different methods, or “games,” to examine claims: the doubting game and the believing game.

For this concert report I chose to go to a performance of student composers held at the Kimball Recital Hall. I chose this one because I wanted to see some of the talent that my peers have in the music realm, and also it was one of the only concerts I have been able to attend because I usually work at night. It was impressive to hear pieces composed by students. I cannot imagine creating something as complex as a musical composition, much less actually performing it, so this aspect of the concert was particularly awe-inspiring. There was a large attendance, and I think that much of the audience consisted of friends of the composers and/or performers. I went with three friends, who I convinced by telling it would be interesting to see

This composition consists of three movements of which we will further examine movement II, Adagio Cantabile. This movement is placed in high contrast with the other two, particularly in tempo.

The piece makes use of an allegro tempo (‘moderately fast’), setting the foundations for the relentlessly aggressive nature of the piece. This is supported by the irregular aforementioned 5/4 time signature, which when combined with the allegro tempo, creates an intense, uneasy, and unnatural mood. A 5/4 time signature will almost always ‘place the listener on edge’, as it is an irregular time signature, due to the odd number of beats (5) in each bar. This manipulation of tempo and time signature was an ingenious decision by Holst, as it establishes the foundation of the piece through his portrayal of the unnatural, uneasy atmosphere of war. However, the addition of a time signature change to 4/4 in bars 68-92 (C1 – see figure 2.1) would be extremely effective in assisting the sections’ ‘military’ atmosphere (as the act of military marching is typically rigid, regular, and constant), further supporting Holsts’ theme of unpredictability. The strings ostinato at the opening of the piece is coloured by a mechanical timbre, achieved through the use of ‘col legno battuto’ (Italian for ‘hit with the wood’). ‘Col legno’ is a technique which involves striking the strings with the wood of a bow, as opposed to drawing the hair of the bow across. The obvious manipulation of this technique results in an extremely effective mechanically percussive

His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave And Conductor on the Underground Railroad.

Towards the end of the 1930s, the United States government was preparing itself to progress from one despondency to another. Because the Great Depression was nearing its final months and the threat of becoming involved in the European war continuously intensified, it was decided that substantial amounts of energy, along with an ascending budget, was to be focused on developing military boats that could haul soldiers from ships to open beaches. In New Orleans, Andrew Jackson Higgins was known for manufacturing Eureka Boats, or shallow-watercrafts that assisted in the exploration of oil and gas throughout the Louisiana bayous. After many failed attempts Higgins was able to adapt his design

f. The song starts forte with an immediate crescendo/ decrescendo, followed by an accent mark on beat 1 mm 5. Mm 9 begins another crescendo/ decrescendo again followed by another accent. The following page brings us all the way down to a Piano, followed by a crescendo/ decrescendo and then immediately after, another crescendo/ decrescendo. Bringing us to mm 25, we are nearing the end of the piece with a forte followed by 2 decrescendos in succession to each other. There is then a fermata which allows for dramatic effect. The post fermata measure then shows a fermata and the word broaden which slows down the piece and leads you to a second fermata holding out a note forteissimo and then going back into time and ending the

Philosophers, Peter Singer’s and Onora O’Neill’s attempt to draw connection between poverty and moral philosophy and how aid should be directed towards groups in absolute poverty. The aim of this paper is to provide an extensive analysis on the work of both the philosophers’ while outlining some of the limitations each of the theories has.

`Fly Away Peter' by David Malouf - To what extent is Jim's understanding of self enhanced by his contact with those around him?

Campbell did not appear biased in her approach to this study. Her focus was to understand children’s musical culture. There were some questions and critiques of how musical education could benefit from seeing children

On Sunday, May10 2015, a concert was held in The Broad Stage. The concert was played by Santa Monica College Symphony Orchestra, whose conductor is Dr. James Martin. For this concert, I would identify myself as a referential listener at this concert. I say this because I am not an expert in music, therefore it would be hard for me to be a critical listener. I wouldn’t be able to tell what went wrong with a performance even if some incorrect notes were played. I was more of a referential listener because the music was soothing and brought my mind to peaceful thoughts. This essay will tells my experience of the concert in order to persuade my friend to  attend a classical music concert with you in the future.

Uyezds divided by the State and they consisted of the cities and the surrounding area. This divided the population tremendously unevenly. The division of the population and cities were difficult to manage as many were far away in rural locations.

Specefic Rhetorical Purpose: To inform Public Speaking students about the power of music and its effects on the brain.

Among the most popular informative speaking topics, the ones concerning music must be really exciting. So why don’t you try some of these ideas: