Rivals Vs. Family : Rivals Or Twins?

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.

Students currently participating in band or orchestra scored 63 points higher in verbal and 44 points higher in math. Many schools have been considering on placing a GPA requirement to attend Band or Orchestra curriculum. Superintendents, attending Band or Orchestra should not require a GPA requirement because students attending band or orchestra acquire higher SAT scores, and benefit students in other academic subjects. Students who are in a Band or Orchestra curriculum acquire higher GPA scores based on statistics. According to Whitworth University studies, people enrolled in a band or orchestra class in Whitworth, are achieving higher GPAs than regular students. For instance, data

“You are at the #1 public university in the world,” are the words implanted into the University of California, Berkeley. UC Berkeley is defined as #1 for its programs, history, faculty, environment, and prospective influences but ultimately, what defines UC Berkeley are its students. Through the impact its students make and the legacies they leave, a high level of prestige has been established when discussing the university. Another aspect of the university that engenders prestige is the admission process, which is set in place to assess who would best “fit” the university. A project done in 1999 that produced a film called “Making the Grade,” observes two students from two different school dynamics in San Francisco that both want to attend

The film, Precious, is a powerfully charged story that delves into the family dynamics of a 16-year-old girl and her struggles to survive an onslaught of treacherous experiences. Throughout the film, the viewer is enveloped in a dramatic web of extreme situations, experienced by the main character, and those to whom she is close. The themes of domestic violence, rape, incest, drug addiction, gambling, poverty, social justice, social services, housing and education are laced together throughout the story. Particularly poignant attention is paid to various systems that help shape the experiences of the characters. The social services industry, and its associated workers, educators and administrators, set the foundation for the social themes that are highlighted by this film.

Congratulations to the students in 7th and 8th grade who spent a whole weekend at UMKC for the UMKC Honor Band and Orchestra. These students were nominated by their peers and teachers and selected by the UMKC staff. The nominees had to perform a solo piece to audition for seating. There were more than 25 other local middle schools participating in this festival, and Prairie Star did quite well with a whopping 13 students accepted to the festival.

2) A specific example of a rival cause in my life actually happened a few days ago. My mother and I had gone out to buy myself some shoes for my brothers wedding, we had told my father that we would be gone for about an hour. Since my mom and I are best friends we got distracted and ended up spending three hours at the store. My mother was very anxious at the thought of calling my father since she thought he was going to be upset at us for taking so long at the store. She decided to call his cell phone, but he was not answering the phone. She called his phone about 20 times and he did not answer even once. My mother said he wasn't picking up because he was angry. She was 100% sure my father was angry, in order to calm her down I started naming

When comparing The University of Findlay (UF) and Ohio Dominican University (ODU),  I have found similarities and differences that can be seen as positive and negative. ODU is a private, Catholic university that covers ninety three acres of land  and was founded in 1911. There are 2,600 students enrolled at ODU. Of the students, fifty seven percent are female and forty three percent are male. ODU has  undergraduate and graduate programs. The University has sixteen athletic teams that compete in the NCAA Division II  and provides more than forty organizations for the students to be involved in. (“How ODU Rank Among America’s Best Colleges?”) (“ODU Quick Facts”). ODU offers more than forty five  majors (“Ohio Dominican Offers More than 45 Majors”) and does have middle school education for teaching, which is a major that I am considering.

While being enrolled in College Credit Plus, I have had the opportunity to take dual credit classes that have better prepared me for rigorous college level work. Although half of my classes are college taught, I have still been able to maintain a strong connection to my high school and the extracurricular courses it has to offer. Academics courses are very important to me however, one of my favorite parts of the day is being able to play in the schools highest orchestra group: Sinfonia. I am thankful to be a part of the College Credit Plus program because of the time management skills and preparation it has given me to be a successful college student.

In today’s society, most state colleges have become more comparable to businesses rather than universities. It is a competition between them to see who can

East Carolina’s Concert band and Symphonic band performed on Tuesday, February 16, at seven thirty in the evening in Wright Auditorium. Being a duel performance it included over a hundred of my talented East Carolina peers led by outstanding band Directors Dr. Juchniewicz and Dr. Staub. Along with great students and Directors, the show incorporated a beautiful trombone solo performed by a fellow colleague. Although I have never attended a concert where such style of music was being performed, I did enjoy the music being played and most of them sounded as if I heard them before. The professionalism the students portrayed and maintain to the audience was breathtaking and made me honored to be their peers.

Much too often in America today, modern music and art programs in schools are perceived to many as extracurricular activities rather than important subjects that are vital to a students learning and skill development. The truth of the matter is that encouraging music and art education in public schools has a much larger impact on student’s grades, academic performance, and the economy than the majority people realize. Within the next year city school budgets will be dropping by twenty five percent, and despite the fact that music and art programs have been showing a dramatic contribution to student’s learning, this substantial drop in funding for the programs will lead to no dedicated money for art or music programs (Mezzacappa). There is

Whenever I mentioned applying to Duke, an identical expression emanated from my relatives’ faces: shock, disgust, bewilderment... One could expect nothing less, growing up in a family of Maryland Terrapins. At first, the athletic rivalry even blinded me from exploring this prestigious university; however, after intently researching the programs offered at varying institutions, I began to understand that Duke was not just a premier school for college basketball, but a perfect place to pursue my academic mission.

In another case, a 15 year old boy in Utah has been reported for killing his two younger siblings by stabbing them multiple times with a knife. It is revealed that he is the biological son of the parents and the two younger siblings were adopted. The family revealed that sibling rivalry is the main cause behind this tragedy, since it has always been an issue of theirs in the past.

Wartburg College is nestled in the small Iowa city of Waverly population 10,106. The small campus of 1,482 is arranged so it is very close together and most buildings are connected by skywalks. Since the private college is so small, the average class size is eighteen, and the student to faculty ratio is an impressive 11:1. Of the 1,482 students at Warburg College around 450 are involved in music in some way. This shows a strong emphasis on and belief in music. There are currently fifteen choral and instrumental ensembles at Wartburg and there is always potential to be more. They allow people to form music ensembles and have them supported by the school if a faculty member will sponsor it. They even have a community symphony that some selected students can play in. With this, the students can interact more with the Waverly community and form some important business connections that they can call on in the future. All the ensembles are open to music and non music majors and they are all open to incoming freshman. Students do not have to be an upperclassmen to make it into one of the three internationally touring ensembles. Wartburg college has a 4-4-1 class schedule and this allows the touring ensembles to travel in what they call “May term” or the 1 part of the class schedule. During that time they only take one class for the whole month of May and really immerse themselves in it. It is also at this time when most people plan their study abroad classes. 42% of the 2016 class

Chapter ten focuses on bringing together communities, schools, universities, and different art groups. There are a couple of cases that take place in this chapter as well. One focuses on the partnership between schools and community musicians. The other one is the “Opera in the Bus”, which focuses on community projects in the Netherlands. Then there is a segment on authentic community engagement in north Texas.